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		kjkjadksj 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Mont... Sometimes the checkerboarding is the result of indian reservation agreements. For example, Palm Springs is technically like this.

dogman144 5 months ago [–]

Well, often in the west the big square in an undesirable desert is the reservation, and the checkerboard is the 1800’s railroad.

kjkjadksj 5 months ago | [–]

Not always. See Tulsa OK.

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