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The checkerboard makes sense in the 19th century context. Railroads were funded by land speculators, but the government doesn’t want to give them all the best l
by labster 3y ago
The checkerboard makes sense in the 19th century context. Railroads were funded by land speculators, but the government doesn’t want to give them all the best land. Since public/private is a binary distinction, they halftoned the land, sharing the profits and producing the legal gray area we see today.