Instead of selling the land, she offered long-term leases, which encouraged settlers to start successful family farms, and gave her a secure income.

It is said he gave away some of the land to encourage other settlers to come into the community.

The missionaries remained active well into the 19th century, and encouraged Spanish settlers by establishing California's first towns, the pueblos.

Governments like Brazil's disastrously encourage settlers to clear forest land for agriculture.

The escarpment itself created the water power that encouraged early European settlers to gravitate to the area in the late 1700s.

In addition, to encourage settlers, the Qing government granted financial incentives to families that settled there.

In the region adjacent to Louisiana, the lack of surveillance encouraged illegal settlers: fugitives from justice and adventurers.

The king's general policy was to encourage Christian settlers who could become landowners themselves.

The water power of Cold Brook encouraged settlers, who arrived after 1800.

The availability of cheap land encouraged settlers to form a small community on the track known as Monahans Well.