I think folks need to do some research about federal lands, cession of jurisdiction and the Acts admitting each western state into the Union.

There are some Supreme court rulings on federal jurisdiction, the ceding of jurisdiction of federal lands and additionally, the history of federal land grants through expansion, Homestead Acts and mineral and transportation development.



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