re: #3 calochortus

I thought he was being pretty careful with his claim. His ancestors had been up and down the valley, or whatever. He didn’t say they settled, he didn’t say they bought, he didn’t claim anything except that their hanging around gave him rights.

“I’ve lived my lifetime here. My forefathers have been up and down the Virgin Valley here ever since 1877. All these rights that I claim, have been created through pre-emptive rights and beneficial use of the forage and the water and the access and range improvements,” Bundy told KLAS before the government’s round up began.

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But court records obtained by KLAS indicated the family’s cattle didn’t begin grazing the land until 1954