youaskeddidntyou t1_j833xqa wrote on February 11, 2023 at 7:18 AM Reply to Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn Sixty years before Lewis and Clark explored the Missouri River - the French laid claim to the country when they "buried the lede". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verendrye_Site https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/verendrye-plate Permalink 1
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Reply to Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn
Sixty years before Lewis and Clark explored the Missouri River - the French laid claim to the country when they "buried the lede".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verendrye_Site
https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/verendrye-plate