Lex Anteinternet: Friday, February 15, 1901. Right of way.

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Friday, February 15, 1901. Right of way.

The Right-of-Way Act was signed into law by U.S. President William McKinley permitting the Secretary of the Interior to grant rights of way through any federally owned-land, including the Indian reservations and the four national parks then in existence (Yellowstone, Sequoia, Yosemite, and Mount Rainier) if he found it to be "incompatible with the public interest".

Not good.

69 coal miners at the Wellington Colliery Company, near Cumberland, British Columbia, were killed in an explosion. Over half of them were Japanese or Chinese immigrants.

Bluesman James "Kokomo" Arnold may have been born, assuming he wasn't born on this date in 1896. He was famous for his intense slid guitar.

Last edition:

Wednesday, February 13, 1901. McKinley wins (officially).

Labels: 1900 Election, 1900s, 1901, Africa, China, Disease, German Army, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Wyoming

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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