(Before It's News)
The story behind the Oregon armed standoff
How did an armed takeover of a federal nature reserve in Oregon come about? It dates back to when Eastern Oregon father-son ranchers, Dwight Hammond and his son Steve, were convicted of lighting fires on federal land. The Hammond Ranch story began in 1991, when Steven Hammond started a fire on his own land for noxious…

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http://ppsimmons.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-story-behind-oregon-armed-standoff.html