Our Public Lands, Volumes 26-28U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1976 |
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... settlers were granted the land they had already claimed and instead of the millions of acres purchased , the Company was granted title to a mere 200,000 acres . In promoting settlement , the Company was faced with a problem of access ...
... settlers were granted the land they had already claimed and instead of the millions of acres purchased , the Company was granted title to a mere 200,000 acres . In promoting settlement , the Company was faced with a problem of access ...
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... settlers through the mountains , and it is revealing that a grandson of Daniel Boone was among those settlers in- volved in the conquest of California . With only 200 years of history , the United States is a stripling among nations ...
... settlers through the mountains , and it is revealing that a grandson of Daniel Boone was among those settlers in- volved in the conquest of California . With only 200 years of history , the United States is a stripling among nations ...
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... settlers had set up their own government which they called the Watauga Association . In creating their Government they wrote the first Constitution ever to be adopted west of the Appalachian Mountains . James Robertson was among those ...
... settlers had set up their own government which they called the Watauga Association . In creating their Government they wrote the first Constitution ever to be adopted west of the Appalachian Mountains . James Robertson was among those ...
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... settlers back across the mountains or " make wolf - bait of their carcasses . " That determination did not lessen with the fall of Vincennes . The Indians launched an attack on Boonesborough and were driven off , but they came back ...
... settlers back across the mountains or " make wolf - bait of their carcasses . " That determination did not lessen with the fall of Vincennes . The Indians launched an attack on Boonesborough and were driven off , but they came back ...
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... settlers were granted the land they had already claimed and instead of the millions of acres purchased , the Company was granted title to a mere 200,000 acres . In promoting settlement , the Company was faced with a problem of access ...
... settlers were granted the land they had already claimed and instead of the millions of acres purchased , the Company was granted title to a mere 200,000 acres . In promoting settlement , the Company was faced with a problem of access ...
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Page 11 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly...
Page 14 - Act, an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which ( 1 ) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 18 - And that we might go out with every help that could serve to make the result of our voyage entertaining to the generality of readers, as well as instructive to the sailor and scholar, Mr Webber was pitched upon, and engaged to embark with me, for the express purpose of supplying the unavoidable imperfections of written accounts...
Page 2 - As the nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities to protect and conserve our land and water, energy and minerals, fish and wildlife, parks and recreation areas, and to ensure the wise use of all these resources.
Page 14 - ... generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
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Page 14 - An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions...
Page 4 - The department also has major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under...
Page 14 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 20 - West," suddenly arrived in the city, arrayed and equipped in all their classic beauty, — with shield and helmet, — with tunic and manteau, — tinted and tasselled off, exactly for the painter's palette...