Introduction - Welcome to Grant County

Most quadranglists and 18th Century revolutionary philosophers agree: neatly ordered grids are sexy. And so the greatest result of the Northwest Ordinance and the Public Land Survey System is that these grids can now be seen from satellite imagery. Sure some detractors cry that grid-based development is conducive to urban sprawl, leading to longer commutes, obesity and social isolation. And sure, some will say that the unyielding grid all but prevents any modicum of smart urban planning and development. But I can dismiss all that with a wave of my hand. For one has not truly lived unless they have seen the beauty that is the agricultural paradise of the Midwest! And it isn't the Midwest if it weren't laid out like a piece of graph paper!
Welcome to Grant County! Grant County is located in a state in the Midwest, though the exact one cannot be confirmed due to most people having forgot. Some say it's Minnesota, some say Illinois and some say Iowa. Some even say Arizona. Some people are friggin' stupid! Most people tend not to worry themselves too much on it as they go about their days as if their political subdivision were surrounded by a blue moat. And if Grant County were in the UK, this moat would've been paid for by the taxpayers. Ah yeah, this MP public finance scandal will be Gordy's undoing!
Grant County was founded in 1862 by a man who wanted to set up a tar and feather business free of Northeastern regulation and interference from the political machines. He died after walking into a silo with a lit cigar. And then for a long time, nothing happened. The seal states "2008" because that's the first year the farms in Grant County turned a profit even counting federal subsidies. This most pleasant of news has returned some interest for people to start moving to this area, and that is what this journal is going to chronicle! Maybe...

Grant County is divided into ten townships, and each of these townships is further subdivided into townsites. No one knows where the rule came from that townsites had to be square and one of three sizes, but there is little political will to change the law down there in the State Capitol. Farm land was dispensed under the Homestead Act, the Driving The Indians Off The Land And Bribing The Sheriff Act and the Here's Hoping We Can Grow Enough Wheat To Pay Off The Second Mortgage Act.
That's all for this update, especially since I'm tired and already working way past government hours as it is. Check back for a tour of the vast farmlands and bucolic splendor that is Grant County!
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