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  2. Alaska Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023) [1].On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.

  3. Land Act of 1820 - Wikipedia

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    But to encourage more sales and make them more affordable, Congress also reduced both the minimum price (from $2.00 to $1.25 (equivalent to $27 in 2023 [1]) per acre ($495 to $309/km 2)) and the minimum size of a standard tract (from 160 to 80 acres (647,000 to 324,000 m 2)). The minimum full payment now amounted to $100, rather than $320. [2]

  4. Federal lands - Wikipedia

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    Over the 1990–2018 time period, the largest decline in federal acreage was in Alaska (a decrease of 9.4%, or 23.0 million acres (0.093 million km 2)) and in the 11 contiguous states of the West (a 3% decrease in federal land, or 10.7 million acres (0.043 million km 2)).

  5. Dominion Lands Act - Wikipedia

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    Farmers could buy land within the 20 mi (32 km) zone, but at a much higher price of $2.50 per acre ($6.2/ha). In 1879, the exclusion zone was shrunk to only 10 miles (16 km) from the tracks; and in 1882 it was finally eliminated. Less than half of the arable land in the West was ever open to farmers for homesteading under the Act.

  6. List of Alaska ballot measures - Wikipedia

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    A measure making all unappropriated land available for homesteading until a total of 30,000,000 acres were transferred [27] Passed [31] 70,409 (55.92%) 55,511 (44.08%) Proposition 5 A measure requiring all aluminum drink containers sold in major municipalities have a refund value of at least ten cents [27] Failed [31] 49,882 (39.84%) 75,337 (60 ...

  7. Tongass National Forest - Wikipedia

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    Though its land area is huge, about 40% of the Tongass is composed of wetlands, snow, ice, rock, and non-forest vegetation, while the remaining 10 million acres (40,000 km 2) are forested. About 5 million acres (20,000 km 2) are considered "productive old-growth", and 4,500,000 acres (18,000 km 2) of those are preserved as wilderness areas. [20]

  8. Little Diomede Island - Wikipedia

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    It is only 0.4 miles (0.6 km) from the International Date Line and about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) from the Russian island of Big Diomede. According to the United States Census Bureau, the island has a total area of 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km 2), all of it land. On the western shore of the island is the village of Diomede, also known as Iŋaliq. The highest ...

  9. Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court further affirmed the president's constitutional power to withdraw public land from use in United States v. Midwest Oil Co. , 236 U.S. 459 (1915).. Following these events, Congress enacted the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 which dictated a system of leasing and development for mining interests on federally owned lands.

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