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Show 824 HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAND LAW DEVELOPMENT protection of timberlands, 555, 556 Desert Land Act, 639-640 National Academy of Sciences, 568 National agricultural convention (1872), 24 National Conference on Land Utilization, 527 National Forest Commission, 568 National Forest Reservation Commission, 595 National forests, proposed, 548 income, timber and grazing, 1966, 606 status, 1909-1913, 593 National income and debt, 1831-1836, 12 National Land Reform Association, 391-392 National parks, origin, 566-567 reserved or created before 1900, acreage, 567 National Reclamation Assoc., 683 National Resources Board, 599-600 Naval oil reserves, established, 736 Naval Oil Shale Reserve, Rifle, Colo., 748 Nebraska, admission to Union, 311-312 Federal grants, management, 321 homestead entries, 403-408 homestead entries, 1903-1919, 499 Kinkaid Act, 498-501 land entries, original, Pierce County, 1867-1886, 443 Nelson Act, 575 Nevada, admission to Union, 310-311 grants, education and irrigation, 309-311 Grant, special, 310-311 New England, land laws, early, 43-46 New Mexico, admission to Union, 304, 315-316 grants, education, 315-316 Federal grants, management, 339 New York, land laws, early, 42-43 land claims, early, 52 military bounties, 252, 254-255 New York Times support of Sparks, 476-477 Newell, F.H., 658 irrigation study, 646-647 land speculation, 661-662 reclamation, 665, 669, 671-672 Newlands Act, 28 Congressional discussion, 653-656 excess land provision difficulties, 695-6% implementation, 656-658 Newlands, Francis G., 653-654 See Newlands Act North Carolina, land laws, early, 39-41 land claims, early, 50 cession of land claims, 53-54 military bounties, 252-253 North Caspar-Alcova Project, 689 North Dakota, admission to Union, 313 grants, education, 313 Northwest Ordinance, 1787, 72-73, 285 extended 1789, 288 Northwest Territory, growth, 1800-1820, 137 private land claims, 91 Ohio, admission to Union, 3-4, 288-291 grants, education and roads, 291 canal, 347-349 Federal grants, management, 337-338 military tracts, Federal, 68, 258-262 tenancy, 261 Oil. See Petroleum Oklahoma, 315 Operating Agreements Act, 740 Oregon, 308 Oregon and California Railroad lands, 29, 378, 456- 457, 602 Oregon Compromise, 84 Organic Act 1853, 389 Pacific Railroad Acts, 364-367 Pacific Railroad Survey, 363 Pennsylvania, land laws, early, 42-43 military bounties, 253 Pet banks, 172 Petroleum lands, 730-731 Petroleum legislation, 731-745 Placer Act 1870, 721-722, 731 Act 1897, 732 Pickett Act, 733-736 Pierce, Franklin, railroad grants, 360-361 Pike River (Wise.) Claimants' Union, 155-156 Pinchot, Gifford, 564, 568, 571-572, 576, 578 v. Hermann, 577 and Hitchcock, 577 Placer Act, 721-722, 731 Polk, James K., 229 Population growth, 1850-1860, 277 Population growth of Iowa and Florida, 1830-1850, 298 Population of Minnesota, 1850-1860, 307 Possessory Act, 1850 and 1852 (California), 712 Potash Leasing Act, 741-745 Potassium Act, 29 Powell, John W., arid lands report, 419-420, 645 irrigation, 645-646 |