How did lands in the American West become privately owned

[froggy]

Pioneers stole it.

 

[eagle1462010]

 

[Old Rocks]

At present there are many thousands of square miles in Oregon where I can hunt, fish, hike, and camp without paying a fee, or asking permission of anybody. These are Federal lands like BLM, Wilderness areas, and National Monuments. Most of these lands have very high environmental value, such as the Malhuer Game Refuge and Steens Mountain, or were so inhospitable that no one wanted to homestead them. They were used as open range with no controls, until the value as rangeland was nearly destroyed due to overgrazing.

Were the retards to get their way, these lands would be ceded to the states and counties, and eventually sold off to the highest bidder, most likely from China, Japan, or Saudi Arabia. And we, the citizens of this nation, and those states, would not be allowed on those lands. That is the Republicans plan. And the plan of the assholes currently occupying the Malhuer Game Refuge.

 

[whitehall]

The right to own property is one of the freedoms inherent in the Constitution. Would the idiot left want it any other way?

 

[BULLDOG]

The right to own property is one of the freedoms inherent in the Constitution. Would the idiot left want it any other way?

Sure, you can own all you can afford, but you can't just steal it from the federal government.