The checkerboard pattern you see in Oregon's forests from a satellite are because the government gave away a crapload of land to fund railroad development http

The checkerboard pattern you see in Oregon's forests from a satellite are because the government gave away a crapload of land to fund railroad development https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7155994,-122.829874,73748m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7155994,-122.829874,73748m/d... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_and_California_Railroad_Revested_Lands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_and_California_Railroad...