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Cool! Do you have some good links about the story behind this development?
by ranit 5mo ago
Cool! Do you have some good links about the story behind this development?
- thinkling 5mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboarding_(land) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboarding_(land) TL;DR: Railroad developers were granted alternating square mile sections as a reward for their investment.