In 1877 the Desert Land Act encouraged development of irrigation in arid lands. It offered land at 25 cents per acre if irrigated and cultivated for 3 years
"Cheshire-Puss, would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, said the Cat. I don't much care where, said Alice. Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat."