By: Ardis E. Parshall - June 19, 2014 To understand what happened to Cora Birdsall, you need to understand something about land law in the United States. Wait! Wait! Don’t go away – this is not too boring; it’s brief, and might give you something new to appreciate about Mormon history. As the United States acquired new territory in western North America in the 19th century, the U.S. claimed ownership of the new territory in the nam...
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