Articles by brankin
us counties
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:48 PM
County boundaries show a kind of political density only somewhat related to population. Compare this map with maps of federal land, agricultural, and the US rail network; small counties with metes-and-bounds surveying recall an era of small-landholder farming.
federal lands in the us
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:39 PM
This map shows visually the changes in federal land policy in the US:
The north-south line separating the west from the east shows a change in policy as western expansion progressed: a newly assertive federal government, the beginnings of the US conservation movement, and an admission that areas like the Great Basin could not be developed [...]
