In 1844, a Mexican land grant gave settlers rights across what is now an 80,000-acre Colorado ranch; nearly two centuries later, the access fight has become the state’s longest-running land dispute
The Sangre de Cristo Land Grant was established in 1844 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. A land dispute in Colorado dates back to an 1844 Mexican land grant and continues to involve questions over who can access the property and for what purposes. The land, now known as Cielo Vista Ranch and traditionally called…