Show I Then and Now ow I IThe The land office in the territory was opened In March 1869 ettle- ettle merit ment and disposItion ot of the public lands in the territory from the date of opening to the close of the lbs fiscal year 1887 aggregated d 13 acres with a value alue of Homestead Homestead Home Home- stead entries numbered cash entries were land and desert 2209 coal pre pre-emption entries numbered num- num and cash coal entries numbered 75 The total acreage of lands surveyed during the period stated aggregated acres |