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| 1909 | 2 |
2 stories matching desart
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:descart, depart, desert, des, dessert, dart
- A Lake, Not a Farm: Homesteaders Fought Over Calispell’s Swampy Shore
A Spokane sportsman’s club contests Calispell Lake homestead claims, arguing the land is water, not farmland—and more claims may follow.
- Duck Club Loses Fight Over Calispel Lake Homesteads
A Spokane land office ruling sided with settlers who argued that marshy ground at the upper end of Calispel Lake could be drained and farmed.