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<br />o <br />C-;.\ <br />c;.' <br />-I <br />0;1 <br />,-- <br /> <br /> <br />~~I1./J' <br /> <br />T h" ",I" "i publi, 1,Il1d ['Vl'I1' <br />tu.llly .1pprll'llhed .303. mil. <br />IlIlll.H rf,'S MUTt' Ih.lll 2~7 mil. <br />lltlll .lln'~ Wt'f"(' lLlinwJ Ulll.h'f thp <br />f 1\l11lt'~tt'.ld '\\"1 ,lIlJ gr,wls to the <br />SLlt(.~ tor .111 pllrpO~l'$ lot.lled 328 <br />lllllhilll .llfl'~. LlIld \\.'.15,1150 granted <br />hi mdllcH"Y, 10 r.1I1ro.llls, or !'oolJ under <br />,\ V.Hll'ty of l,ther 1.1\v5. All told <br /> <br />Sales-Honleste.1ding <br /> <br />HOW THE LAND WAS DISTRIBUTED <br /> <br />J, l.t.~, I 00,000.l( H'S of publir land has <br />p.l~~eJ out of Ft'JeT.11 ownershIp <br />during the 200 )'t',lTS of our n,ltilll1.11 <br />('Xlstl'nn,'. <br />It was the vvor\..mg 01 the dispos,11 <br />systt'lTl th,lll.ventu.ll1y g.1Vl' birth III <br />tht' nmll'pl of H'll'lltion. In t'Mh laSl', <br />those who acquired a p.ucel of public <br />land trit'd to Sell'(t land thai \V.1S bt'st <br /> <br />sUited tn thelT paTticul.\T flt'ed. Hllllll'- <br />~tl..lders IOllkl'd for gpod .'griclllhJr.ll <br />l.lIld, mllll'r~ lllllkl'd for ll1im'r.lll.lIlds, <br />('Ie., ,lIld, III l'.llh C.l~l', thl' l.mJ Ih.11 <br />W.l., lett III public mVllcrship \V.lS tht-' <br />l.mJ less Sllltl'J for priv.ltl' 1I~l' - <br />I.HlJ~ too Jry, hl~l ~t('l'p, tuo rocky, or <br />tOll mfeflJ!t' tn proviJe .t profit.lbll' <br />rl'lllrn to .1 priv.lh.' owner. <br />