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News From The Land Patents - Historic Homesteading, Mining, Timber, Range, & Other Land News, Tutorials, And Places of Interest News From The Land Patents Historic Homesteading, Mining, Timber, Range, & Other Land News, Tutorials, And Places of Interest The Land Patents Resources The Land Patents Bureau of Land Management Featured Patents Places of Interest About Shop The Land Patents makes finding public land patents a matter of a simple search. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), along with a wide range claim types, grants individuals and companies land patents on public land. The Land Patents is a source to see where these patents are and have been. New patents are being filed, auctioned, or resold through private sales. While claims change hands, become active or closed, or have new actions filed, we are updating our records to make this information available to everyone. Understanding the BLM Explanations and "how to" demonstrations to better understand the Bureau of Land Management and public lands. Places of Interest Museums, historic sites, and other golden landmarks to visit. Using The Land Patents Learn what’s new and how to use the tools featured on The Land Patents. Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum by Lizette Twain on January 8, 2016 in Places of Interest , Texas • 0 Comments With over 100 cattle brands decorating the entrance, there is little question that the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is a monument to the Texas cowboys and settlers that first developed northern Texas. Located in Canyon, just south of Amarillo, on the West Texas A&M University campus, the museum is Texas’ largest history museum and a well curated survey of the region’s past.… Read more El Morro by Lizette Twain on December 30, 2015 in New Mexico , Places of Interest • 0 Comments In an otherwise desolate land, with neighboring locations so harsh as to be named El Malpaís (The Bad Place), El Morro is a stunning oasis. The pool of water at the foot of this massive rock formation has sustained travelers for thousands of years. Indeed, evidence of these passers-by remain in petroglyphs and carvings that are preserved on the rock face. Native Americans, Spanish… Read more Cade’s Cove by Lizette Twain on November 2, 2015 in Places of Interest , Tennessee • 0 Comments Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains are the historic homesteads of Cade’s Cover. The community that developed here saw the challenges of not only farming in developing territories but constant raids during the Civil War. Before Cade’s Cove was divided into homesteads, Cherokee Indians hunted in it for thousands of years.* While there were no large permanent settlements in the… Read more The Department of the Interior by Lizette Twain on September 1, 2015 in District of Columbia , Places of Interest • 1 Comment While the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) scope and presence spans across the country, its main offices are found in Washington DC. There, a grand building has been the hub of public land management since its construction was completed in 1936. Along with offices, the building houses a museum and an extensive collection of murals celebrating the various roles of… Read more Understanding Maps by Lizette Twain on July 29, 2015 in The Land Patents • 0 Comments The time has come for a over of our mapping services to clear the way for further development of handy tools for our users. As such, this month we have rolled out a new map format to better allow our users to quickly peruse land patents by disposition. In order to keep the maps as clutter free as possibly, we… Read more Rancho La Brea and The Tar Pits by Lizette Twain on July 14, 2015 in California , Homesteads , Places of Interest • 0 Comments Much of California was already claimed by Mexican citizens before the state joined the US—Los Angeles included and Rancho La Brea of particular note. Rancho La Brea was named after the natural asphalt that occurred that bubbled to the surface on the land. The 4,439-acres of land was granted by the Mexican government to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez… Read more Understanding Patent Ownership by Lizette Twain on July 12, 2015 in Bureau of Land Management , The Land Patents • 4 Comments We receive lots of emails from people who find their name or a relative’s name on our site and want to know if this means they have some right to the land listed under that name. The short answer is, if you have to ask, then probably not” but the complete answer deserves the time and attention that is best… Read more Rancho Santa Anita by Lizette Twain on June 29, 2015 in History , Homesteads • 0 Comments Rancho Santa Anita was a 13,319 acre land grant covering modern day Arcadia, Monrovia, Pasadena, San Marino, and Sierra Madre held by Perfecto Hugo Reid in 1845. While Reid sold this land to Henry Dalton in 1847, the secession of California put the ownership of this land in flux until the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo agreed to honor preexisting… Read more The Innocente Homestead by Lizette Twain on June 18, 2015 in History , Homesteads • 0 Comments Immanuel (Manuel) Innocente was of the Chumash tribe and head cattle wrangler at El Sur Rancho in San Buenaventura. In 1868, Manuel moved with his wife, Francisca – who was likely Yokut – and two children to Big Sur and purchased a homestead in what would later become Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. This homestead included dry, scrub covered hillsides, as well as a… Read more The Pfeiffer Homesteads by Lizette Twain on June 11, 2015 in History , Homesteads • 2 Comments The Pfeiffer name is scattered across Big Sur, California. Be it Pfeiffer Falls, Pfeiffer Ridge, Pfeiffer Road, Pfeiffer Gulch, or Pfeiffer-Redwood Creek all these landmarks are homage to a family that settled and thrived in Big Sur since 1869. Michael and Barbara Pfeiffer were European immigrants who settled in Sycamore Canyon, Big Sur in 1869 [visit Michael’s owner page] with their four children Charles, John,… Read more Posts navigation ← Older posts The Land Patents The Land Patents™ provides data on the locations and status of land patents on public land. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), along with a wide range patent types, grants individuals and companies homesteading, mining, ranching, logging, and more rights on public land. The Land Patents™ is a source to see where these land patents are and have been. 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