Grants Block 4 Wyoming Access Points
Summary
This decades-old land division method continues to create complex legal battles over fundamental public rights to traverse private property boundaries.
- Land Grant Legacy The ‘checkerboard’ pattern results from historic railroad land grants dividing ownership into alternating private and public sections 1.
- Access Dispute The core legal issue revolves around whether stepping on the exact corner junction of four sections constitutes illegal trespass 1.
- Boundary Confusion The pattern creates situations where standing at one point touches four different owners, two public and two private entities 1.
- 4 - The number of distinct owners touched when standing at one corner point 1.
- 2 Public/2 Private - The split ownership types encountered at the four-way intersection point 1.
- 2019 - The year hunters first encountered the blocked access while scouting Elk Mountain 1.
Key Moments
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hunters Brad Cape and Phil Yeomans scouted Elk Mountain in southeast Wyoming, finding access blocked by land governed by the 'checkerboard' p...
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The checkerboard pattern means that if you stand at the corner of four parcels, you are touching four different owners, two public and two private.
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Different Perspectives
Opposing View
Rail checkerboard blocks access to 4 land parcels swiftly.
Sources:
All Articles
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[1] The Checkerboard