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	eogen - Land Entry Files of the General Land Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Land offices and types of land entries are given for some states in the system as code numbers, and the final certificate number is called the "document number." Researchers interested in GLOARS should contact the Bureau of Land Management at the address given above.
		In cases where the land office was not cited in the tract book, researchers can consult an index prepared by the General Land Office which is arranged by state, meridian, township, and range, and chronicles the time periods during which various land offices administered the public lands in any given area.
		Most bounty land warrant acts allowed, in the event of the death of those eligible, for the warrants to be issued to their immediate heirs.
	www.eogen.com /LandEntryFilesoftheGeneralLandOffice (4922 words)

	Arizona: History
		Ranching began to thrive and sheep raising grew from solely a Navajo occupation to a major enterprise among white settlers.
		Irrigation, spurred by the Desert Land Act and by Mormon immigration, promoted farming in the southern part of the territory.
		The canal, which uses dams, tunnels, and pumps to raise the water 1,247 ft (380 m) to the desert plain, was opposed by environmentalists, who feared it would damage desert ecosystems.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0856705.html (1153 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Rutherford B. Hayes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This is sometimes considered to be a second Corrupt Bargain.
		In 1878 Hayes was asked by the Argentines to act as arbitrator following the War of the Triple Alliance between Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay.
		The Argentines hoped that Hayes would give the Chaco region to them, however he decided in favour of the Paraguayans.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Rutherford_B._Hayes (1142 words)

	Idaho, Timeline of State History - SHG Resources
		The United States acquires all land south of 49 degrees longitude by a treaty with Great Britain.
		State of Columbia proposed by the Idaho legislature in a petition to Congress, to include all the lands in western Montana, northern Idaho, and eastern Washington.
		National Desert Land Act passed by Congress for reclaiming land by irrigation.
	www.shgresources.com /id/timeline (5001 words)

	Environmental-History
		Best known for his work, Deserts on the March (1935) in which he popularized the concept of "desertification" and offered suggestions for remedial measures.
		Numerous critics have charged that the Mission 66 program "overbuilt" many national parks with structures, roads, trails, etc. In many national parks, the development plans of Mission 66 gave rise to a popular wilderness movement that culminated in the Wilderness Act (1964).
		Coffee Table Books: In attempt to rouse public opposition to the Echo Park Dam, the Sierra Club published a large format book of photos of the monument, entitled This is Dinosaur and edited by prominent western novelist Wallace Stegner.
	www.mtsu.edu /~lnelson/Environmental-History.html (782 words)

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