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landrush
noun 2
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2ADJ.
all, great
LANDRUSH + NOUN
1850's
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noun
1
An event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis.
Among other regions which witnessed that land rush were the prairies of Asotin. It is safe to say that the majority of the families that located there (and the same is true of the larger part of Eastern Washington) made their locations in 1876, 1877, 1878 or 1879.
It never knew a boom and was relatively untouched by the great landrush of the 1850's.
2
Any scramble for limited resources.
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Among other regions which witnessed that land rush were the prairies of Asotin. It is safe to say that the majority of the families that located there (and the same is true of the larger part of Easte
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It never knew a boom and was relatively untouched by the great landrush of the 1850's.
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The landrush to all intents and purposes made the cowboy defunct.
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