321,000 Acres Near Yakima Thrown Open to Settlers
The Interior Department restores a huge block of North Yakima district land to the public domain, with settlement allowed after November 9 and entry after December 9.
Seattle — The acting secretary of the interior vacated the former order of withdrawal under the reclamation act in connection with the Yakima (Tieton) project, and has restored to the public domain, where not otherwise withdrawn, reserved or appropriated, about 321,000 acres of land in the North Yakima district. The land is to become subject to settlement on and after November 9, and to entry, filing or selection December 9.
“restored to the public domain ... about 321,000 acres of land in the North Yakima district.”
The Tieton project was part of the federal reclamation vision that remade the Yakima Valley with irrigation. Opening 321,000 acres to settlement was a land rush in slow motion—an echo of how public-land decisions still set the terms for who can buy in, farm, and build in the West.
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