Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, Number 1, 1981

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Dr. L. A. Culmsee in his oasis won from the desert after twenty years of effort. Courtesy of the author.

Last Free Land Rush BY CARLTON CULMSEE

U T A H S E E M S NOT TO HAVE RECEIVED general recognition for initiating America's last expansive free land rush. Reed Smoot led the 1909 ConDr. Culmsee is dean emeritus, Utah State University.


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