BLM land

The Midwestern states, like Oklahoma, were settled by farmers, homesteaders, and a lot of the land was arable. So, a lot of land was claimed by individuals.

The western states are dryer. Homesteading was much harder, cattle was easier, but 160 acres wasn’t enough, and a lot of the land isn’t flat enough to farm, so a lot of land went unclaimed.

And thus, it stayed on the federal land registry, at a MUCH higher percentage than more arable hospitable areas in the Midwest or west coast. That land became National Forest, or BLM land.

I sometimes think they should offer 40 acre lots now, win a chunk in a lottery, and build a house and improve it and live on it (not farm it) because there is a LOT of land that is not used, and land prices are higher than they should be, due to scarcity of available land and water.

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BLM land