Loretto Land Justice

From Land to Property: Origins of Loretto Motherhouse, Kansas and Texas properties

Eastern Continent

1. 1765 Treaty of Fort Stanwix-Motherhouse

2. Henderson’s Purchase 1775-Motherhouse

3. Declaration & Totems

Southwestern Continent – San Elizario, Tx.

1. Peoples with claim to San Elizario 1200 to 2024

3. U.S. Government treaty with the Apache and others 1865 brings the San Elizario land fully into U.S. hands

4. The Apache wars and the reservations

Central Plains, Kansas Land

1. Trade policy 1700 to 1800

2. Osage territory Treaty of 1825

3. Successive cessions

4. Survey & patents, Cavenaugh parcel