Before the 1950s, clover was a STANDARD component of American lawns. Seed mixes included it on purpose.
Then, broadleaf herbicides were invented. They killed clover along with "weeds." So the chemical companies rebranded clover as a weed to sell more herbicide.
That's it. That's the whole story.
Clover is not a weed. It's the future of your lawn.
White Dutch clover (Trifolium repens):
Self-fertilizing — fixes atmospheric nitrogen into the soil. No fertilizer needed. EVER. And it feeds the grass around it for free.
Drought-resistant — stays green when grass goes brown.
Bee paradise — constant blooms from May to frost.
Chokes out weeds — dense growth shades out weed seeds.
No mowing needed (stays 4-6 inches) — or mow monthly.
Soft underfoot — kids love it.
Costs $5-10 to overseed 1,000 sq ft.
How to add clover to your existing lawn:
Overseed in spring or fall. Scatter seed (2 oz per 1,000 sq ft). Water lightly for 2 weeks. Done.
Stop using broadleaf herbicides (they kill clover)....

was the first homestead protection law in American history, passed by the Republic of Texas Congress in January 1839 and signed by President Mirabeau Lamar.
The law protected a Texas family's homestead from seizure by creditors. A family whose head of household had incurred debts could not have their home taken to satisfy those debts, regardless of the amount owed.
The specific Texas context was the vulnerability of the Republic's farm families to debt: the factoring system, the frontier credit economy, and the financial fragility of agricultural households that had borrowed against expected crop yields were producing family-level economic disasters when crops failed or prices dropped.
The law's advocate in the Texas Congress was Albert Clinton Horton, a Georgia-born Texas farmer and legislator who had witnessed the devastation that debt-driven evictions from family farms caused.
The Texas Homestead Act influenced comparable legislation in Florida, Mississippi, and other states, and ...