This land had been under examination by the Land Departnent of the United States years ago with reference to its quality and bad been pronounced agricultural land. The Department by a rule had said there were no desert lands within those limits. The great tide of emigration flowed in the direction of the Dakotas. of Western Kansas. and Nebraska. about the year 1880from that to 1883. It was one of those recurring waves of emigration which this country has experienced from the beginning. This land stretching north and south through our country was the next step in thepathway of emigration. It chanced that in those years an abundant rainfall characterized the country. Nothing could be found more inviting to the settler.
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