Colfax County, Beaubien, Miranda, Lucien Maxwell, land grants Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Part 1: The last of the pre-territorial land grants was steeped in controversy. 1 Part 2: The story of an iconic figure in New Mexico history. 2 Part 3: The sale of Lucien Maxwell's estate, formerly known as the Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant, takes a violent turn at the end of the 19th century. 3