Texas Farmer Terry Henderson and his wife meet with BLM officials in Clay County, Texas. (Photo: Texas Farm Bureau/Jessica Domel)
Posted on 08/01/2015 6:59:24 AM PDT by markomalley
A Texas farmer finally received land back that was taken from him by a court and given to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) more than thirty years ago. The victory puts land back into his undisputed possession and control that has been in his family since 1904. It also brings hope and a pathway to victory for other farmers who stand to lose up to 90,000 acres of land to the BLM.
Tommy Henderson met with BLM officials on the steps of the Clay County Courthouse in Henrietta, Texas, where he was presented a patent from the U.S. government bestowing rights to ownership and use of the property, according to an article by Lynn Walker in the Wichita Falls Times Record News. Henderson told the Times Record he hopes this will pave the way for dozens of other Red River land owners in Texas who are battling to keep their land from being taken by the BLM.
Texas Farmer Terry Henderson and his wife meet with BLM officials in Clay County, Texas. (Photo: Texas Farm Bureau/Jessica Domel)
In a federal court decision in 1984, a judge stripped Henderson of ownership of a portion of his land located along the Red River in Texas. The Red River is Texas’ northern border with Oklahoma. Some of that land was given to the BLM and a small section was awarded to an Oklahoma man who brought the lawsuit. The Oklahoma rancher was attempting to claim land because of boundary changes due to erosion and evulsion.
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BLM personnel should be held criminally libel for this and those who suffered should be compensated.
I bet they are really nervous when they travel around these areas.
Now what about Cliven Bundy ?
I think the word you are looking for is ‘liable’. And after 30 years, it is unlikely that anyone involved in the original action is still working for the government.
They should be
They will just kill the next farmer and take the land. BLM was shameful.
There is almost always conflict when rivers are used as borders but then the channel changes, as is natural for flood plain rivers. A small chunk of Iowa is on the west bank of the Missouri River for this reason.
Bundy never owned the BLM land. He has or had grazing rights on it.
To: SeekAndFindJust a reminder:My very nice neighbor is from Venezuela.
Just a few days ago, he was in visible shock...I had to ask what was bothering him.
Two of his close relatives, who were food producers in Venezuela had just been murdered by a bunch of government thugs who went right up to them on their farm, killed them, and took over.
15 posted on 7/30/2015, 9:04:13 AM by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
I thought the article was going to say he met with BLM officials, in order to beat the snot out of those POSs.
As Sister Mary Francis used to say:
“Show me your FRIENDS, and i will tell you what YOU are.”
Now what about Cliven Bundy ?
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Bundy owns only about 160 acres of land in fee. The land in dispute that
Bundy had was BLM owned land he had cattle grazing rights to.
I do believe BLM land should be divided up and handed off to the states. The department itself should be likewise divided up and handed off to the states; they can elect to fund their state BLM, or disband it, or whatever they choose to do with it.
The best answer would be if they would then privatize the land, with first right of purchase going to landowners who presently hold leases on it. The rest could be sold to the public, perhaps even by lottery. US citizens only, of course.
Greg Abbot the new Gov of TX has basically said over my dead body regarding those 90,000 acres along the Red River.
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