This map, created by Stanford's alumni magazine and republished by Bigthink, shows just how much federal ownership dominates the West. In effect, the map serves as a visual representation of changing land policies. The federal government kept a tighter hold on land from the 1890s on. And that time period was when the Western states were settled and formed.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Who Owns the West?
This map, created by Stanford's alumni magazine and republished by Bigthink, shows just how much federal ownership dominates the West. In effect, the map serves as a visual representation of changing land policies. The federal government kept a tighter hold on land from the 1890s on. And that time period was when the Western states were settled and formed.
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1890,
2004,
federal government,
western lands
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