[Paine in the Neck]

My point is, whatever land that was never homesteaded or given to a state was originally and still is federal property.

Right?

Then, just as a matter of headline accuracy, the use of the word reclaiming would be inaccurate.

[redfreedom]

Your right, I caught that first thing before I read the article.

My state was a part of the Louisiana Purchase and all of my grand parents homesteaded, I have one set of actual homesteading papers that shows transfer from the feds to the settler.

If you own land, look at the abstract. There is likely a very first entry showing where the land was first deeded from the feds to the very first property owner. This would not apply to much of the 13 colonies or Spanish land grants.