February 18th-- Lincoln County War Artwork

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February 18th-- Lincoln County War

February 22, 2026 • Men of Enchantment • Episode 218

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Outrage, Violence, And National Attention

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February eighteenth, eighteen seventy-eight. This day in New Mexico history, sponsored by the Land of Enchantment Law Officers of John Osborne, on February eighteenth, eighteen seventy-eight, the Lincoln County Board began. John Thomas had come to Lincoln County and established the Aunt Holland Company or Mercantile arrival. I don't want to remember if we had a campaign of harassment to a dual area. And finally a court order. And I don't want to local cowboys to help protect the coward by the board. And then after which it would have been a dead horse's head. The war would last for several months and draw the attention of the president of the negative.