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... acres was always his goal . The dedication of this Methodist clergyman to a secular cause was maintained at ... acres ) , and to have secured its reduction to about 96,000 acres ( allowed to an individual under Mexican law as a personal ...
... acres was always his goal . The dedication of this Methodist clergyman to a secular cause was maintained at ... acres ) , and to have secured its reduction to about 96,000 acres ( allowed to an individual under Mexican law as a personal ...
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... acre Sangre de Cristo ( Lee and Beaubien ) Grant was void because , under Mexican law , it should have been limited to 96,000 acres . To that , the com- pany's lawyers replied cryptically that " the grant was not void , but at the most ...
... acre Sangre de Cristo ( Lee and Beaubien ) Grant was void because , under Mexican law , it should have been limited to 96,000 acres . To that , the com- pany's lawyers replied cryptically that " the grant was not void , but at the most ...
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... acres under ditch and eighty more being farmed . He also had 160 acres fenced and ran twenty cattle , 950 sheep , goats , and burros . Two houses - one log and the other adobe - and a log corral were on his place . " Quite a few ...
... acres under ditch and eighty more being farmed . He also had 160 acres fenced and ran twenty cattle , 950 sheep , goats , and burros . Two houses - one log and the other adobe - and a log corral were on his place . " Quite a few ...
Contents
O P McMains His Place in History | 1 |
Chronology | 5 |
Accepting the Call | 9 |
Copyright | |
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