HIGHLAND PARK - The borough is getting ready to join other communities across New Jersey that are welcoming filmmakers. On ...

Introduction Softly undulating hills modulate the topography of San Francisco. To me this is a city epitomizing the feminine principle. In opposition to this, linear tracts of housing wind up the ...

The proposed ordinance addressing truancy stemmed from a May meeting between city attorney staff and Elmbrook School District ...

The ELLICOTT LINE, the western border of Pennsylvania and its border with Ohio, is a famous demarcation between older colonial land grants and the newer land allotments following the Revolution.It ...

The first sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) began with the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.The Ordinance of 1875 provided that western lands were to be surveyed and divided ...

These schools, the mainstay of the Wisconsin public elementary school system, had their origins in the Land Ordinance of 1785 where land was set aside to fund education.

The 1785 and 1787 Land Ordinance Acts, also identified as the Northwest Ordinances, were established to allow settlers to buy land in the new territories of the fledgling United States.

For centuries, municipalities have organized themselves into rectangular patterns. From the scale of the city at large down to the level of a block or residential lot, grids are efficient and logical.

Even before the Constitution was ratified, the Confederation Congress enacted the Land Ordinance of 1785, which required newly established townships in territories ceded by the British to devote a ...

Valparaiso’s responsible bidding practices continue as a topic of debate by the Valparaiso City Council and Mayor Jon Costas, with a majority of the Democratic-led council favoring a more ...

For historical context, the land ordinance of 1785 set this survey strategy in motion. It was a money maker for the federal government. Points were picked and land was out in 160-acre plots as the ...