Blood in the Borderlands: The Rise and Fall of Charles Bent, 1829-1847
David C. Beyreis Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences Saint Mary’s School, Raleigh, North Carolina At the time of his violent death in 1847, Charles Bent was one of the most powerful men in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. He first came to New Mexico in 1829 and rapidly became an economic powerbroker in the region. Bent…
