By: Ardis E. Parshall - June 23, 2014 When Isaac Birdsall filed a homestead claim on land in Sevier County in 1882, it was not the first parcel he selected. He had first chosen a section near Salt Lake, and then another section in Monroe. In each case he found that although those parcels were available from the Land Office, there were existing claims to them, or parts of them, by earlier settlers, so the Birdsalls did not pursue ownershi...
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