The Strange Beauty of Grid Corrections

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Before Thomas Jefferson became president he came up with the bright idea of dividing up the American west into regular rectangular parcels of land. The Public Land Survey System was devised in order to distribute land to Revolutionary War soldiers and to make it easier for the government to raise money by selling land.


The result is what is now known as the 'Jefferson Grid'. If you have ever
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