re: #139 Feline Fearless Leader

And that low percentages of Federal ownership are in the East is no surprise since the 13 colonies are older than the Federal government and had control/ownership of much of their territory beforehand. Odds are that the US ownership in those places are properties sold/ceded primarily for military forts, bases, etc.

I’m curious to what effect the lack of a unified government really played in the distribution of land for the early states. By the time the west really started to come into play, it was clear that the land was in the purview of the government and you could earn yours by homesteading or whatever. But when the early settlers came over from Europe, it was more with land grants (to the big wigs) that were parceled out, I think? This is an area I’m really not familiar with.