John Tunstall
John Henry Tunstall (6 March 1853 – 18 February 1878) was an English-born
rancher and merchant in
Lincoln County,
New Mexico, United States. He competed with the
Irish Catholic merchants, lawmen, and politicians who ran the town of
Lincoln and the county. Tunstall, a member of the
Republican Party, hoped to unseat the Irish and make a fortune as the county's new boss. He was the first man killed in the
Lincoln County War, an economic and political conflict that resulted in armed warfare between rival gangs of
cowboys and the ranchers, lawmen, and politicians who issued the orders.
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