Maxwell Land Grant the ranch headquarters and the family home. The Cimarron Canyon State Park extends along Cimarron Canyon from Eagle Nest Lake to Ute Park and along US Route 64. The park is part of the Colin Neblett State Wildlife Area, which consists of acres of former Grant land. This area was purchased by the State of New Mexico in the early 1950s. The Whittington Center, founded in 1973, is the largest shooting and hunting complex in the world. It is owned by the National Rifle Association, and covers of the Maxwell Land Grant. Five cases involving the land grant went to
Arizona State Land Department Trust. The total acreage was about 10,900,000. Today, State Trust Land is apportioned among 14 beneficiaries. Creation of State Land Department On May 20, 1912, an act of the First Legislature created the three-member State Land Commission to serve as the temporary Land Department of the State. The members were Mulford Winsor, Chairman; Cy Byrne, Secretary; and William A. Moody, member. Appointed by Governor George W. P. Hunt, they were charged with assessing, evaluating, and making recommendations about the land granted by Congress to the State for the Common Schools and other institutions. The Commission was to report back to