Apr 21
Watch the western US get settled, one farm at a time
Posted by: Chris Hails in Arizona, Land, Wild West Add comments
Thanks to Gapminder data you can now watch the real-time settlement of the US from the era of the founding fathers in Virginia through to the western states in the 18th century and beyond.
Visit the link for the data on ‘US farm land (acreage per person)’ and then hit the play button bottom left of the Flash style interface.
The chart will then whiz you from 1610 through to the present day with colourful dots appearing as and when records of farms began to be stored I’m guessing.
A great way to visualize the settlement of the US as westward expansion took hold:
