John Z. Bettancourt
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- Sep 24, 1908The Town That Owned Nothing: Metaline's Squatters Fight Two Companies for Their Own GroundFifty residents of an unsurveyed Pend Oreille River mining camp petition the Spokane land office for a federal townsite — after a silver-lead company and a cement-clay claimant both tried to patent the ground out from under their homes.Metaline, WA
- Dec 30, 1909The Battle for Metaline's LandA complex legal dispute over the Metaline townsite ends in a victory for a scrip claimant, though the fight is far from over.Metaline, WA