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One victim of the Lincoln County War was Morris Bernstein. Who was he?

by | Sep 1, 2007 | Inside History

One victim of the Lincoln County War was Morris Bernstein. Who was he? James Freed Dennison, Ohio On August 5, 1878, Billy the Kid and a group of Regulators raised hell at Blazer’s Mill in Lincoln County, New Mexico, hoping to steal horses to replace some they’d lost. The trading post supplied beef to the local Mescalero Apaches. The Lincoln County War had been waging since February with members of the House faction, who monopolized county trade, fighting Regulators once employed by cattlema


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