"The BLM's pure roots go back to the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. These laws provided for the survey and settlement of the lands that the original 13 colonies ceded to the federal government after the American Revolution."
"On August 7, 1789, President George Washington signed the Northwest Ordinance of 1789 into law after the newly created U.S."
Those darn facts getting in the way of your ideology again!
