America's 150 Million Acre Failure

Описание: Throughout the USA, there's a 150 million acre checkerboard of land. Actually, not just one; hundreds, scattered all over the country, each with its own unique story. I wanted to find out why. This is the story of America's Land Checkerboarding Problem.

A documentary by Hinson Chan

Many thanks to Mark Ames, Isaac Hansen, and all the people I either reached out to via email, interviewed or spoke to for this video. It was honestly an amazing experience learning from all of you.

-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
0:52 Ch.1 The Land of Squares
6:19 Ch.2 Westbound
11:43 Ch.3 Allotment
17:53 Ch.4 Two Centuries Later
21:53 Interview with TNC
24:54 Idaho Checkerboard
28:42 Conclusion

-- Music --
Lucid Dream - Karl Casey (credit to Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio)
Fortress Europe - Dan Bodan
Mysterious Strange Things - Yung Logos
Final Girl - Jeremy Blake
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Huge inspiration from BobbyBroccoli, who does incredible work on his channel as well! I loved his style of presentation, and responded to my emails when I reached out with questions as well!
   / @bobbybroccoli  

As well, thank you to John, Nick, and Ethan for the commentary, support, and feedback throughout my research and editing!
   / @ibuildstuff  
   / @founderofgames  
   / @ethanwatercup  

I started this project when I was 15, almost a year and a half ago, in August 2022. Back then, I really didn't know what I was getting into, I just noticed this strange pattern of land all over the United States on Google Maps. But as I kept researching, more and more questions just kept coming up: who did this? Why? What were the consequences? I made a preliminary version of the video, back in January, but I felt that it didn't answer all the questions I had. So I kept digging. And finally, today, after many interviews, rabbit holes, and hours chasing random acts of Congress, I present this video.

Oregon public and private land map: https://projects.oregonlive.com/maps/...

Corrections:
4:45 "Theolodite"
7:01 in the ship animation, Whitney would've gone down below South Africa, through the Indian Ocean, and past Indonesia.
27:22 "Glacial Till" (not hill)

Check out my sources for this video. The document is still in progress, as I work on gathering them from all over the place, but here is the link for now: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g...