Free land claims have a long history in the U.S., going back as far as the 1862 Homestead Act that granted citizens and intended citizens government land to live on and cultivate. However ...

The U.S. claims members of the Free Land Holders Committee illegally built a fence on federal land, but the group’s members counter that the land belongs to “The Republic of the United States.” ...

Patrick Pipkin and Bryan Hammon formally challenged a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Colorado brought forth against them and other Free Land Holders who fenced off Forest Service land north of ...

The U.S. sued Patrick Pipkin, Bryan Hammon and other, unknown members of the Free Land Holder Committee ... he felt he could occupy the land because the Hallar deed gave the land to “The United States ...