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2. Land grants in New Mexico and Colorado - Wikipedia

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   Land grants by the Spanish and Mexicans between 1692 and 1846 numbered 291 in New Mexico, four partly in New Mexico and partly in Colorado, and three in Colorado. The land area of grants totaled tens of thousands of square miles. "The two major types of land grants were private grants made to individuals, and communal grants made to groups of ...

3. Sangre de Cristo Land Grant - Wikipedia

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   The Sangre de Cristo Land Grant is in the San Luis Valley. It is approximately 55 mi (89 km) in north-south distance from near Blanca Peak, 4,374 m (14,350 ft) in elevation, in Colorado to northern New Mexico. The grant is about 30 mi (48 km) wide. The eastern border is the crest of the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains which ...

4. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than 160 million acres (650 thousand km 2; 250 thousand sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States, was given away ...

5. Colorado - Wikipedia

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   In addition to these and other federal agencies, Colorado has abundant National Forest land and four National Parks that contribute to federal ownership of 24,615,788 acres (99,617 km 2) of land in Colorado, or 37% of the total area of the state. In the second half of the 20th century, the industrial and service sectors expanded greatly.

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7. Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4 - Wikipedia

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   Headquarters gate. The Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4, south of Crestone, Colorado, was a large land grant made in 1860 by the United States to the heirs of the original Vegas Grandes Grant to Baca family of New Mexico at Las Vegas, New Mexico. [1] [2] [3] Title to the grant at Las Vegas was clouded by a second grant of the same land. [3]