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Lincoln County War
The
Lincoln County War
was an
Old West
conflict between rival factions in 1878 in
New Mexico Territory
. The feud became famous because of the participation of a number of notable figures of the Old West, including
Billy the Kid
,
sheriffs
William Brady
and
Pat Garrett
, cattle rancher
John Chisum
, lawyer and businessman
Alexander McSween
, and the organized-crime boss
Lawrence Murphy
.
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