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Description: Graphic depiction of proposed 1848 distribution of Denton County, Texas lands to Icarian colonists by the Peters Company.Large white 640 acre sections retained by the state of Texas; alternating sections of the Peters Co. split into 320 acre subsections, with the company retaining half (white portion) and the non-contiguous remainder designated for settlement by colonists.
Title: Icarian-lands
Credit: Graphic from Morris Hillquit, History of Socialism in the United States. First Edition. New York: Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1903, pg. 127. Digitized and digitally edited for Wikipedia by Tim Davenport ("Carrite"), no copyright claimed for the work, released to the public domain without restriction.
Permission: Published in USA prior to 1923, public domain.
Usage Terms: Public domain in the United States
License: Public domain
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