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The guys take you on a 230+ year journey to understand how the United States went from having zero acres of public land to acquiring 1.8 billion acres, and then wound up with the 640 million acres we have today. They will explain: why the acquisition and disposition of federal lands were critical to settling the country; how the government disposed of land; authority for the government to own land; the Federal Land and Policy Management Act; the sagebrush rebellion; and more public lands stuff. Download now!
By David Willms, Mike McGrady and Nephi Cole4.9
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The guys take you on a 230+ year journey to understand how the United States went from having zero acres of public land to acquiring 1.8 billion acres, and then wound up with the 640 million acres we have today. They will explain: why the acquisition and disposition of federal lands were critical to settling the country; how the government disposed of land; authority for the government to own land; the Federal Land and Policy Management Act; the sagebrush rebellion; and more public lands stuff. Download now!

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