A History of United States Public Land Law and the Evolution of the National Forest System

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• OBJECTIVES

• OPTIONAL READINGS

• INTRODUCTION

• THE ACQUISITION ERA

• THE DISPOSAL ERA
  • The Sale of Federal Land
    • Preemption Right
    • Preemption and Homestead Acts
    • State Grants
    • Railroad Grants
    • Graduated Prices for Federal Lands
    • Free Homesteads
      The Timber Addition
      The Irrigation and Desert Land Additions
      
      
    • The Mining Laws

  
  

• THE RESERVATION ERA
  • The Evolution of Forest Reserves (National Forest)
    • Forests in the West
    • Forests in the East

  
  

• THE MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP ERA
  • Special Uses
  • Exchanges
  • Purchases
  • Boundry Lines
  • Rights-of-Way
  • Claims

  
  

• CONCLUSION

• REVIEW QUESTIONS