DCHP-3

land-guide

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

during the settlement of the West, an official of the government or a land company who met settlers and directed them to available homesteads.

See: land agent(def. 1),land locator,locator(def. 2)

Quotations

1881
No land guide is to leave a new corner while under any difficulty, but is to remain until such is overcome, or good provision made.
1911
The man finds suitable land--often a very expensive job through unscrupulous land-guides.
1954
While there [at Didsbury, Alta] I contacted Bert Smith, the land guide, who drove me out here.