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2. Railroad land grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The land rush climaxed in the 1870s in Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, as the population more than doubled from 1.0 million in 1870 to 2.4 million in 1880, while the number of farms tripled from 99,000 to 302,000, and the improved acreage quintupled from 5.0 million acres to 24.6 million. [16]

3. Preemption Act of 1841 - Wikipedia

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   The Preemption Act of 1841, also known as the Distributive Preemption Act (27 Cong., Ch. 16; 5 Stat. 453), was a US federal law approved on September 4, 1841. It was designed to "appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands... and to grant 'pre-emption rights' to individuals" who were living on federal lands (commonly referred to as "squatters".)

4. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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   The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of the ...

5. Ramstad: As year ends, 3M’s resort is still for sale and many ...

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   A 3M spokesman said this month that Wonewok is still for sale. In downtown Minneapolis, the Dayton's Project and IDS Center attracted some small retailers to sell goods to holiday shoppers this month.

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   People 3 months ago House Where Brittany Murphy Died and Britney Spears Felt a Portal to Another Dimension for Sale for $18M. The "8-Mile" actress purchased the property in 2003 from Britney ...

7. Preemption (land) - Wikipedia

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   If he was a citizen or was taking steps to become one and he and his family developed the land (buildings, fields, fences) he had the right to then buy that land for the minimum price. Land was otherwise sold through auction, typically at a price too high for these settlers. Preemption is similar to squatter's rights and mining claims. [1]