STATEMENT SHOWING
LAND GEANTS MADE BY CONGRESS
TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
RAILROADS, WAGON ROADS, CANALS
AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO
COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1908
Department of the Interior, General Land Office,
Washington, D. C., November 27, 1907.
The honorable the Secretary of the Interior.
Sir : I have" the honor to submit herewith a tabulated statement show¬
ing the land grants made by Congress in aid of railroads, wagon roads, canals,
and river improvements, with data relative thereto, compiled from the records
of this Office. As great care has been exercised in its preparation, it is believed
tó be as accurate as it is possible to make it from the data available, and its
approval is recommended.
Very respectfully,
R. A. BALLINGER, /
Commissions ¡\
Approved November 27, 1907.
FRANK PIERCE,
Acting Secretary.
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STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
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Date of grant.
Sept. 20,1850
Sept. 20,1850
Sept. 20,1850
June 10,1852
June 10.1852
Feb. 9,1853
July 28,1866
May 15,1856
May 15,1856
May 15,1856
May 15,1856
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155
May 17
Route of road.
From the southern terminus of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal to a point at or near the junc¬
tion of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, with
a branch of the same to Chicago, on Lake
Michigan, and another via Galena to Dubüque,
in the State of Iowa.
From the mouth of the Ohio River to the city of
Mobile.
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From Hannibal to Saint Joseph.
From Saint Louis to such point on the western
boundary of the State as may be designated
by the authorities of the State. Located via
Springfield.
From a point on the Mississippi River opposite
the mouth of the Ohio River, in the State of
Missouri, via Little Rock, to the Texas bound¬
ary near Fulton, in Arkansas, with branches
from Little Rock to the Mississippi River
and to Fort Smith, in Arkansas.
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From Burlington, on the Mississippi River, to
a point on the Missouri River near the mouth
of the Platte River.
From Davenport, via Iowa City and Fort Des
Moines, to Council Bluffs.
From Lyons City northwesterly to a point of
intersection with the Iowa Central Air Line
R. R., near Maquoketa, thence on said line,
running as near as practicable to the 42d par¬
allel, across the State to the Missouri River.
From Dubuque to a point on the Missouri River
near Sioux City, with a branch from the mouth
of the Tete Des Morts to the nearest point on
said road.
From the Saint Johns River, at Jacksonville,
to the waters of Escambia Bay, at or near
Pensacola.
Extent of grant in place.
Even sections within
miles of road.
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Odd sections within 5 miles
of lands granted by act
of 1853.
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road. \
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Extent of indemnity limits.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Even sections.
Same. State elected to
take indemnity from odd
sections.
Same. Odd sections as
above. '
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Even sections within 15
miles of road.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. States elected
to take odd sections.
Odd sections within 20
miles of road.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Extended to
20 miles by act of June 2,
1864.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. See act June 2,
1864, extending limits to
20 miles.
Grantee.
State of Illinois .
State of Mississippi, so far
as road is in said State.
State of Alabama, so far
as road is in said State.
State of Missouri.
States of Missouri and
Arkansas, respectively.
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State of Iowa.
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Fifteen miles on each side
of road.
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State of Florida.
Grantee of State.
Illinois Central R. R. Co
Mobile and Ohio R. R. Co...
Hannibal and Saint J oseph
R. R. Co.
Pacific lt. R. Co.
Cairo and Fulton R. R. Co.
Little Rock and Fort Smith
Rwy. Co.
Memphis and Little Rock
It. R. Co.
Burlington and Missouri
River R. R. Co.
Mississippi and Missouri
R. R. Co.
Iowa Central Air Line R. R.
Dubuque and Pacific R.
R. Co.
Florida, Atlantic and Gulf
Central R. R. Co.
Pensacola and Georgia R.
R. Co.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
Illinois Central R. R. Co.
Mobile and Ohio R. R. Co.
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Ilannibal and Saint Joseph R. R. Co.
From Pacific, Mo., to State line, to the Saint
Louis and San Francisco Rwy. Co. From
Saint Louis to Pacific, Mo., to the Missouri
Pacific Rwy. Co.
From mouth of Ohio River, in Missouri, to
Texas boundary at Texarkana, Ark., to Cairo
and Fulton R. R. Co., now Saint Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Rwy. Co.
From Little Rock to Fort Smith, Ark., to Little
Rock and Fort Smith Rwy. Co.
From Little Rock to Mississippi River, opposite
Memphis, Tenn., to Memphis and Little Rock
R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Chicago, Bur¬
lington and Quincy R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Rwy. Co.
Grant west of Cedar Rapids granted to the Ce¬
dar Rapids and Missouri River R. R. Co.
Lands now owned by Iowa R. R. Land Co.
Road operated by Chicago and Northwestern
Rwy. Co.
Dubuque to range 36 W. to Dubuque and Sioux
City R. R. Co.
Range 36 W. to Sioux City, to the Iowa Falls
and Sioux City R. R. Co.
Entire road operated by Illinois Central R. R. Co
Tete Des Morts Branch, to the Dubuque, Belle-
vue and Mississippi R. R. Co.
Branch now operated by Chicago, Milwaukee
and Saint Paul Rwy. Co.
Jackson vile to Lake City
Lake City to Pensacola. This portion of the
grant was again divided in 1881, the portion
extending from the Apalachicola River to
Pensacola being conferred by the State upon
the Pensacola and Atlantic R. R. Co. The
road, and, presumably, the grant from Jack¬
sonville to the Apalachicola River, is now
owned by the Florida Rwy. and Navigation
Co.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
Aug. 2,1852
Mar. 3,1849
Aug. 2,1852
Feb. 18,1859
Mar. 3,1849
Aug. 2,1852
•Feb. 18,1859
June 5,1862
Mar.. 3,1869
May 6,1870
Apr. 10,1869
Mar. 8,1870
June 2,1864
July 1,1864
Mar. 3,1865
Mar. 3,1865
Feb. 10,1866
June 2,1864
Mar. 3,1865
Jan. 31,1873
June 15,1878
J une 2,1864
Mar. 3,1865
June 2,1864
Mar. 3,1865
Mar. 2,1868
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Object of act.
For protection of settlers along line of road..
Granting right of way
For protection of settlers along line of road.
Confirming transfer from State to company and
extending time for completion of road.
Granting right of way
For protection of settlers.
Confirming transfer and extending time for com¬
pletion.
Extending time for completion of road.
Extending time for completion of first 20 miles.
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1 Extending time and providing that lands shall
I be sold to settlers at a price not exceeding
I $2.50 per acre. t
J Repealing proviso to act of Apr. 10,1869.
Increasing indemnity limits to 20 miles and ex¬
tending right of selection to even sections.
Authorizing change in location of road; no
change in location of grant.
Extending time for completion.
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Authorizing relocation of uncompleted portion
of road, and providing that grant be taken
along new location within 20 miles.
Extending time for completion
Confirming adjustment made by General Land
Office. *
Directing restoration of vacant lands falling
outside 20-mile limits of grant as relocated
under act of June 2, 1864.
Releasing State from obligation to construct
road east of Cedar Rapids; authorizing relo¬
cation of uncompleted portion west of that
point, so as to connect with the Iowa branch of
the Union Pacific R. R., (the eastern terminus
of which was at Council Bluffs), and extending
right of selection to even sections within 15
miles of original line, and to all lands within 20
miles of now line. For construction of this
act, see Cedar Rapids and Missouri River R. R.
Co. v. Herring (110 U. S., 27).
Extending time for completion.
Authorizing relocation of road west of Fort
Dodge; not to change location of grant.
Extending time for completion.
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Note.—Notwithstanding the division made by
the State, this grant was, after full considera¬
tion, treated as a single grant, and the lands
certified accordingly.
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IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPIEED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.,
Date of definite location.
Feb. 14,1852.
Nov. 18,1851, from Alabama line
to Tibby Creek.
Jan. 31,1853, from Tibby Creek to
Tennessee State line.
Aug. 28, 1849, from Chestang's
boundary to Mississippi State
line. Map filed under act of
Mar. 3, 1849.
July 10, 1852, from Chestang's
boundary to south boundary of
Mobile.
June 10,1853
Jan. 3, 1854.
Nov. 25,1853.
Aug. 11,1855, in Arkansas.
Feb. 16,1857, in Missouri..
Aug. 13,1855.
Aug. 18, 1855.
Apr. 7, 1857.
Apr. 1,1857, under act of 1856..
Jan. 11,1870, relocation under act
' of 1864.
June 15,1857, under act of 185G
Dec. 19,1867, relocation under act
of 1864.
Oct. 11,1856.
Aug. 17,1857
Aug. 17, 1857, from Lake City to
Toll cihfl cepa
May 10,1858, from Tallahassee to
Pensacola.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Sept. 20, 1850. All lands within
limits.
Sept. 20, 1850. 4.11 lands within
limits.
None. Indian lands.
Sept. 20, 1850.
limits.
June 11, 1852.
limits.
All lands within
All lands within
June 11, 1852. All lands within
limits.
May 19,1853, under act of 1853...
June 13,1867, Arkansas; May 17,
1870, Missouri, under act of
1866.
May 19, 1853, act 1853; Mar. 14,
1868, act 1866.
May 19, 1853, act 1853; Mar. 14,
1868, act 1866.
May 10, 18§6; June 16, 1864; and
June 7^"" 5. All lands within
limi:
May 10, 1856; June 16, 1864; and
June 7, 1865. All lands within
20 miles of original location.
May 10,1856; June 16,1864; June
7, 1865; and June 12, 1875. All
lands within 15miles of original
and 2£ miles of new location.
May 10, 1856; Oct. 20, 1856; Oct.
22,1856; and June 16,1864. All
lands within limits.
May 17, 1856; May 23, 1856. AU
lands within limits.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands. *
Aug. and Sept., 1852.
Sept., 1853.
Sept:, 1853.
Grant adjusted in 1854.
Aug. and Sept., 1854.
Aug. 15,1887.
Mar. 21,1883.
Withdrawal never revoked; but
little or no vacant lands within
limits of grant.
Dec. 15,1887.
Sept. 9,1879.
Dec. 15,1887.
May 22, 1891.
Dec. 15,1887.
Jan. 17, 1888, from Jacksonville
to Apalachicola River.
Aug. 15, 1887, from Apalachicola
River to Pensacola.
Manner of restoration.
Public notice, by order of Com¬
missioner of General Land
Office.
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By order of Commissioner of
General Land Office. See
notice No. 517.
By order of Secretary of the Inte¬
rior.
By order of Commissioner of
General Land Office.
Condition of grant.
Adjusted and closed.
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Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
Adjusted and closed.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
By order of Secretary of Interior.
By order of Commissioner of
General Land Office, issued in
accordance with act of June 15,
1878.
By order of Secretary of the Inte¬
rior.
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Adjusted and closed.
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Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
Adjusted and closed.
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Estimated area of
grant in acres.
2,595,133.00
737,130.29
419,528.44
778,550.04
1,159,080.33
Mo. 500,384.44
Ark. 1,946,112.00
1,052,082. 51
838,400.00
1,046,062. 73
1,228,526.96
1,025,795.67
1,207,145.51
1,315,496..?2
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Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.
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2,595,133.00
»737,130.29
» 419,528. 44
611,323.35
1,161,284.51
65,120.31
1,325,195.46
1,052,082. 51
184,657.33
389,990.11
& 644,747.17
b 1,166,836.63
& 1,239,464.08
1,308,620.88
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Remarks.
From Cairo to East Dubuque and from Centraba to Chicago,
111. (See opinion of Attorney-General, Mar. 10,1852, rela¬
tive to extent of grant and location of Chicago branch,
5 Opin., 518.)
From Mobile, Ala., to Cairo, 111. Entire road held to be sub¬
ject to obligations of grant, although grant of lands is con¬
fined to States of Alabama and Mississippi. (See opinions
of Attorney-General, Aug. 17, 1852, 5 Opin., 603; and Nov.
21,1871,13 Opin., 536.)
a In the adjustment of this grant the road was treated as an
entirety and without reference to the State line. Hence
Alabama has had approved to her more and Mississippi less
than they would appear to be entitled to in proportion to
the length of the road in the respective States.
From Hannibal to Saint Joseph, Mo.
The mileage here given covers the road from Saint Louis to
Springfield only, the portion between Springfield and the
State line being reported as a part of Atlantic and Pacific
R. R.
From Bird's Point, Mo., opposite mouth of Ohio River, via
Little Rock, to Texarkana, Ark.
Little Rock and Fort Smith R. R., from Argenta, opposite
Little Rock, to Fort Smith, Ark.
Memphis and Little Rock R. R., from Argenta to Mississippi
River, opposite Memphis, Tenn.
From Burlington to East Plattsmouth, Iowa.
From Davenport to Council Bluffs, Iowa. (See decision of
Supreme Court in case of GrinneÚ v. R. R. Co., 103 U. S.,
739.)
From Cedar Rapids to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Lyons branch, from Lyons to Clinton, Iowa.
Main line, from Dubuque to Sioux City, Iowa.
Tete Des Morts Branch, from the mouth of Tete Des Morts
River to the main line near Dubuque.
& Includes 35,685.49 acres of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific R. R., 109,756.85 acres of the Cedar Rapids and Mis¬
souri River R. R., and 77,535.22 acres of the Dubuque and
Sioux City R. R. situated in the old Des Moines River grant
of August 8,1846, which should be deducted from the fore¬
going amounts. (Wolcott v. Des Moines Co., 5 Wall., 631.)
Completed from Jacksonville to Lake City, 59 miles, and from
thence to Quincy, 130 miles additional, within time pre¬
scribed by granting act. . Completed from Quincy to
Apalachicola River, 20 miles, in 1873, and thence to Pensa¬
cola, 161 miles, in 1883. Adjusted as one grant.
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STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO A
Date of grant.
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15
11
15
11
15
11
17
11
17
11
17.
11
17
11
17
11
17
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21
13
520
11
21
13
520
11
21
11
21
13
520
11
21
11
21
13
119
Route of road.
Extent of grant in place.
Extent of indemnity Limits.
Grantee.
17
19
20
21
21a
22a
24a
25
May 17,1856
May 17,1856
May 17,1856
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
June . 3,1856
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
Mar. 3,1865
June 3,1856
Mar. 3,1865
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
Mar. 3,1865
June 3,1856
26 June 3,1856
June 7,1864
From Amelia Island (Fernandina), on the At¬
lantic, to the waters of Tampa Bay, with a
branch to Cedar Keys, on the Gulf of Mexico.
From Pensacola to the State line of Alabama,
in the direction of Montgomery.
From Montgomery to the boundary line between
Florida and Alabama, in the direction of Pen¬
sacola, to connect with the road from Pensa¬
cola to said line.
From the Tennessee River, at or near Gunter's
Landing, to Gadsden, on the Coosa River.
From Gadsden to connect with the Georgia and
Tennessee, and Tennessee line of railroads,
through Chattooga, Wills, and Lookout Val¬
leys.
From near Gadsden to some point on the Ala¬
bama and Mississippi State line in the direc¬
tion of the,Mobile and Ohio R. R.
Odd sections within 6
miles of road.
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Odd - numbered sections
within 6 miles of road.
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From Girard to Mobile, Ala.
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From Montgomery, Ala., to some point on the
Alabama and Tennessee State line, in the di¬
rection of Nashville, Tenn.
From Selma to Gadsden, Ala.
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From Little Bay de Noquet to Marquette, Mich
Twenty miles westerly from Marquette, Mich
From Marquette to Ontonagon, Mich.
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From Ontonagon, Mich., to the Wisconsin State
line.
From Marquette, Mich., to the Wisconsin State
line.
From Marquette, Mich., to thé Wisconsin State
line at the mouth of the Menominee River.
From Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some
point on or near Traverse Bay.
Odd sections within 6
miles of road.
Four additional sections
per mile.
Odd sections within 6
miles of road.
Four additional sections
per mile.
Odd sections within 6
miles of road.
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From Grand Rapids to some point on or near
Traverse Bay.
Amends act of June 3, 1856, so that same- shall
read "From Fort Wayne, in the State of In¬
diana, to a point on the southern boundary
line of the State of Michigan, thence by way
of Grand Rapids to some point on or near
Traverse Bay."
Four additional sections
- per mile.
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road.
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Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Twenty miles.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road.
Twenty miles
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
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Twenty miles.
State of Florida.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
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Twenty miles.
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State of Alabama.
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State of Michigan.
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IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS,
WAGON ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
Object of act.
Florida R. R. Co., which,
by change of name, be¬
came the Atlantic, Gulf
and West India Transit
Co.
Florida and A'labama R. R.
Co., of Florida.
Alabama and Florida R. R.
Co., of Alabama.
Tennessee and Coosa R. R.
Co.
Coosa and Chattooga R. R.
Co.
Wills Valley R. R. Co......
Northeast and Southwest¬
ern R. R. Co.
Mobile and Girard R. R.
Co.
Tennessee and Alabama
Central R. R. Co.
Alabama and Tennessee
Rivers R. R. Co.
Bay de Noquet and Mar¬
quette R. R. Co.
Marquette and Ontona¬
gon Rwy. Co.
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Ontonagon and State Line
R. R. Co.
Marquette and State Line
R. R. Co., afterwards
known as the Chicago,
Saint Paul and Fond du
Lac R. R. Co.
Peninsula R. R. Co
Amboy, Lansing and Trav¬
erse Bay R. R. Co.
Grand Rapids and Indiana
R. R. Co.
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No subdivision. Present owner, Florida Cen¬
tral and Peninsular R. R. Co.
No subdivision. No change of ownership known
to this office. Road operated by Louisville
> and Nashville R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Mobile and
Montgomery Rwy. Co.
No subdivision,
of the State.
Present owner, the grantee
From Gadsden, through Chattooga Valley, to
Georgia State line. No company claiming
grant is known to General Land Office.
From Gadsden, through Wills and Lookout
Valleys, to Wauhatchie, Tenn. Present
owner, the Alabama and Chattanooga R. R.
Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, the Alabama
and Chattanooga R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, the grantee
of the State.
No subdivision. Present owner, the South and
North Alabama R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, the Selma,
Rome and Dalton R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Marquette,
Houghton and Ontonagon R. R. Co.
Sept. 29,1890
Mar. 3,1903
Mar. 4,1907
Apr. 10,1869
Sept. 29,1890
*Apr. 10,1869
Sept. 29,1890
Mar. 3,1903
Feb. 24,1905
Mar. 4,1907
Mar. 3,1857
Mar. 3,1871
May 23,1872
Sept. 29,1890
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496
1222
1408
45
Forfeiting uncompleted portion of grant
Providing for an exchange of lands between
settlers and the company or its vendees.
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Reviving grant and extending time for comple¬
tion of road.
Forfeiting entire grant.
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496
1222
813
1408
Forfeiting grant between Troy and Mobile, Ala.
Providing for an exchange of lands between the
company, or its vendees, and settlers.
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Amending act of June 3,1856, as to name of com-.
pany.
Reviving grant and extending time for comple¬
tion of road.
Confirming to State lands theretofore certified,
and granting right of way.
Forfeiting grant between Jacksonville and
Gadsden, Ala.
Note.—The act of March 3, 1865, provided that
this company should receive lands for only
20 miles of road, viz, 200 sections; and that
said lands should not be selected east of the
line between ranges 26 and 27 west or south of
the line between townships 47 and 48 north.
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No subdivision. Present owner, Marquette,
Houghton and Ontonagon R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Ontonagon
and Brûlé River R. R. Co. +
No subdivisions. Present owner Chicago and
Northwestern Rwy. Co.
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Lansing to Traverse Bay, owned by the Jack¬
son, Lansing and Saginaw R. R. Co. From
Amboy to Lansing, owned by Northern Cen¬
tral Michigan R. R. Co.
No subdivision. No change in ownership.
June 18,1864
June 18,1864
May 20,1868
Apr. 20,1871
Mar. 2,1889
Mar. 2,1889
July 5,1862
May 20,1868
May 23,1872
July 3,1866
Mar. 2,1867
Mar. 3,1871
Sept. 29,1890
Mar. 3,1865
1008
1008
620
Extending time for completion of road
Explaining act extending time for completion
ox road.
Extending time for completion of road.
Authorizing resurvey and new location of that
part of the line between Marquette and On¬
tonagon. No change in location of grant.
Forfaiting grant between L'Anse and Ontona¬
gon, Mich.
Forfeiting uncompleted portion of grant
Authorizing State to relocate road so as to reach
State line at mouth of Menominee River; to
surrender lands received along original loca¬
tion and select other lands along new location.
Extending time for completion
Authorizing relocation of road. Change of road
not to change location of grant.
Reviving grant extending time for completion,
and providing that no lands shall be applied
to construction of road south of Owosso until
road north of that point has been completed
and lands patented.
Extending time for completion. .1
Authorizing company to change northern ter¬
minus of its road to the Straits of Mackinaw;
change in location of road not to change loca¬
tion of grant.
Forfeiting grant between Jonesville and Amboy,
Mich.
Extending time for completion
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IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location.
Sept. 22, 1857, from Fernandina
to Waldo, and thence to Cedar
Keys.
Dec. 14, 1860, from Waldo to
Tampa.
Aug. 13,1856
Sept. 18, 1856.
Jan. 18,1859.
Sept. 20, 1858.
Nov. 29, 1858.
June 1, 1858.
May 30, 1866, from Decatur to
Calera.
July 26, 1871, from Montgomery
to Calera.
Mar. 27, 1858
Dec. 17, 1857.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
May 17, 1856; July 8, 1856; and
Sept. 6, 1856.
Sept. 6, 1856; Apr. 25, 1857; and
Mar. 16,1881.. All lands within
limits.
June 9, 1856. All lands within
limits.
May 17, 1856; February 13, 1857.
All lands within limits. .
June 19, 1856; Feb. 13, 1857. All
lands within 15-mile limits.
June 19, 1856; Feb. 13, 1857. All
lands within 15-mile limits.
June 19, 1856; Feb. 13, 1857; and
Jan. 7, 1869. All lands within
15-mile limits.
June 19, 1856, and Feb. 13, 1857.
All lands within 15-mile limits.
May 30, 1856, under act of June
3, 1856. No withdrawal under
act of 1865. Selections made
within limits of Marquette,
Houghton and Ontonagon
grant.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
Aug. 15, 1887.
Dec. 15, 1887..
Dec. 15, 1887..
Aug. 15, 1887.
No withdrawal of indemnity
lands has been recognized
since the war of 1861.
Aug. 15, 1887.
Aug. 15, 1887..
Dec. 15, 1887.
Dec. 15, 1887.
Jan.14, 1859.
Nov. 30, 1857
Nov. 30, 1857, under act of 1856.
Jan. 11, 1865. Relocation under
joint resolution of 1862.
Oct. 23, 1858.
Dec. 2, 1857, from Grand Rapids
to Traverse Bay; May 22, 1866,
from Fort Wayne, Ind., to
Grand Rapids, Mich.
May 30, 1856; Apr. 28, 1865. All
lands within limits.
May 30, 1856. All lands within
limits.
May 30, 1856.......:
Jan. 16, 1865; May 26, 1865. All
lands in limits.
May 30, 1856. All lands within
limits.
May 30, 1856, all lands within 15
miles from Grand Rapids
north; Oct. 23, 1866, all lands
within 20 miles within State of
Michigan.
Sept. 12, 1879, of lands with¬
drawn under act of 1856 not
covered by grant of 1865.
Manner of restoration.
By order of Secretary óf the
Interior.
.do.
By order of Secretary of the
Interior.
.do.
.do.
.do.
Aug. 15, 1887.
June 15, 1868.
June 15, 1868.
Dec. 15, 1887.
Dec. 15, 1887.
Dec. 15, 1887.
.do.
By order of the Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
do
Condition of grant.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
Adjusted and closed.
do
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
Not earned.
-Practically adjusted, but jiot
closed.
Adjusted and closed.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
.do.
Adjusted and closed.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
Adjusted and closed.
Estimated area of
grant in acres.
1,034,279.72
147,942.81
439,972.58
96,033.12
832,693.62
302,181.16
594,689.60
508,620.33
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
.do.
.do.-
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
.do.
.do.
305,929.59
35,679.79
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to J une
30, 1907.
721,613.8
166,691.08
399,022.84
67,784.96
None.
653,808.57
302,181.16
445,438. 43
458,555.82
128,301.05
305,929.59
34,227.08
680,033.37
1,053,138.67
954,373.83
518,065.36 125.2
237.65
70.
44.
119.
36.5
223.6
183.
O
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85.
70.
44.
119.
None.
None.
183. "
45.26
None.
a ® ©
a ►>
® *
-'Ö'Ö
xi <D
&
ití o
s
152.65
None.
None.
None.
10.22
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
852,521.10
125.2
188.10
152.65
None.
None.
None.
36.5
37.5
None.
None.
67.35
75.
None.
73.27
None. ! 60.
None.
None.
73.27
None.
8 iH
öS
p -
s
a
None.
None.
None.
None.
25.83
37.5
None.
139.6
None.
None.
None.
20.
None.
Remarks.
Completed from Fernandina to Waldo within time pre¬
scribed, and from Waldo to Tampa after that time.
Cedar Keys branch, from Waldo to Cedar Keys.
From Pensacola, Fla., to Flomaton, Ala.
From Montgomery to Flomaton, Ala.
From Gadsden to Guntersville, Ala.
From Gadsden to Georgia State line.
From Mississippi State line, near Meridian, to Wauhatchie,
Tenn. Company received lands for road in Alabama only.
The Wills Valley portion of this grant was adjusted sepa¬
rately and has been closed.
Completed from Girard to Union Springs, Ala., within the
time required, and from Union Springs to Troy after that
time. Unconstructed from Troy to Mobile. In this con¬
nection see certificate of governor of Alabama, dated
March 20, 1884, relative to construction of a railroad from
Pollard to Mobile, 63 miles, by the Mobile and Great
Northern R. R. Co., here reported as unconstructed.
From Montgomery to Decatur. No action appears to have
been taken by the company under the grant between
Decatur and the State line of Tennessee. No road was
located between said points, and no lands are withdrawn
therefor.
Completed from Selma to a point about 9 miles west of Tal¬
ladega within the time required, and from thence to Jack¬
sonville after that time. Uncompleted from Jacksonville
to Gadsden.
From Marquette to a point 20 miles southwest thereof.
Completed from a point on Bay de Noquet and Marquette
R. R., in Sec. 16, T. 47 N., R. 27 W. to L'Anse within time
required. Uncompleted from L'Anse to Ontonagon.
Completed from Ontonagon to a point near Rockland.
Not constructed from Rockland to Wisconsin State line.
From Wisconsin State line, near mouth of Menominee River,
to junction with Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon
R. R., at Negaunee, 12.1 miles west of Marquette.
Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw R. R. completed from Lans¬
ing to a point in section 20, township 29 north, range 3 west,
within time required, and from point last named to Macki¬
naw City, on the Straits of Mackinaw, after that time.
Northern Central Michigan R. R. completed from Lansing
to Jonesville; uncompleted from Jonesvillè to Amboy.
From Fort Wayne, Ind., to Petoskey, Mich. Received lands
in Michigan only.
6
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE 0 )NSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
28
29
29a
29b
30
31
32
35a
36
36a
Date of grant.
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
May 5,1864
May 5,1864
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
Aug. 11,1856
Aug. 11,1856
Mar. 3,1857
Mar. 3,1865
Mar. 3,1857
Mar. 3,1865
66
Route of road.
From Grand Haven to Flint and thence to Port
Huron.
From Pere Marquette (Ludington) to Flint.
From Madison or Columbus, by way of Portage
City, to the Saint Croix River or Lake, between
townships 25 and 31, and thence to the west end
of Lake Superior and to Bayfield.
From Tomah to Saint Croix River or Lake be¬
tween townships 25 and 31.
From Saint Croix River or Lake between town¬
ships 25 and 31, to the west end of Lake Supe¬
rior, and from some point on said road to Bay¬
field.
From Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnebago, north¬
erly to the State line.
Road as constructed extends from Fond du Lac,
via Apple ton and Green Bay, to the mouth of
the Menominee River.
From Texas line, in State of Louisiana, west of
the town of Greenwood, via Greenwood,
. Shreveport and Monroe, to a point on the
Mississippi River opposite Vicksburg.
From New Orleans, by Opelousas, to the State
line of Texas.
From Jackson to the line between the State of
Mississippi and State of Alabama.
From Brandon to the Gulf of Mexico
From Stillwater, by way of Saint Paul and Saint
Anthony, to a point between the foot of Big
Stone Lake and the mouth of Sioux Wood
River.
.do.
Branch of above road (from Saint Anthony) via
Saint Cloud and Crow Wing, to the navigable
waters of the Red River of the North, at such
point as the legislature might determine. '
Same
Also from some point on existing line between
Saint Anthony and Crow Wing, and extending
northeasterly to the waters of Lake Superior.
(See act March 3,1871, changing location so as
to extend from Saint Anthony, via Crow Wing
to Brainerd and from Saint Cloud to Saint Vin¬
cent.)
Extent of grant in place.
Odd section within 6 miles
of road.
Odd sections within 6 miles
on each side of road.
Odd sections within 10
miles of road deducting
lands granted by act of
1856.
do
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
Odd section within 6 miles
of road.
Even sections within 6
miles of road.
do
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
Odd sections within 10
miles of road.
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
Odd sections within
miles of road.
Extent of indemnity limits.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road; odd sections.
.do.
Odd sections within 15
miles of road.
Odd sections within 20
miles of road.
-do.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road.
.do.
.do.
.do.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Twenty miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road.
Twenty miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Grantee.
State of Michigan.
-do.
State of Wisconsin.
.do.
-do.
State of Louisiana.
State of Mississippi
do....
State of Minnesota.
.do.
.do.
Grantee of State.
Detroit and Milwaukee
R. R. Co.
Port Huron and Milwaukee
R. R. Co.
Flint and Pere Marquette
R. R. Co.
La Crosse and Milwaukee
R. R. Co.
Tomah and Lake Saint
Croix R. R. Co.
Saint Croix and Lake Supe¬
rior R. R. Co.
Chicago, Saint Paul arid
Fond du Lac R. R. Co.
Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Texas R. R. Co.
New Orleans, Opelousas
and Great Western R. R.
Co.
Southern Railroad Co.
Gulf and Ship Island R. R.
Co.
Minnesota and Pacific R. R.
Co., afterwards Saint
Paul and Pacific R. R.
Co.
.do.
.do.
.do.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
From Grand Haven to Owosso.
From Owosso to Port Huron
The present owner of the lands certified for
both of above roads is the Port Huron and Lake
Michigan R. R. Co.
No subdivisions. No change of ownership .
Between Madison and Portage to Madison and
Portage R. R. Co.
Between Portage and Tomah to Wisconsin Rail¬
road Farm Mortgage Land Company.
Between Tomah and Lake Saint Croix to the
Tomah and Lake Saint Croix R. R. Co., after¬
wards West Wisconsin Rwy. Co., now Chicago,
Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Rwy. Co.
Between Saint Croix Lake and the west end of
Lake Superior (Superior City) and Bffyfieldto
the Saint Croix and Lake Superior R. R. Co.,
so much of this grant as lies between Samt
Croix Lake and Bayfield was granted by the
State (act Mar. 4,1874) to the North Wisconsin
Rwy. Co. and the portion between the junc¬
tion with Bayfield Branch and Superior City
was by the same act granted to the Chicago
and Northern Pacific Air Line Rwy. Co. The
whole grant north of Saint Croix Lake is now
vested in the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneap¬
olis and Omaha Rwy. Co., by consolidation
with the North Wisconsin Rwy. Co., and by
grant from the State by act approved Feb. 16,
1882.
No subdivision
Present owner, Chicago and Northwestern Rwy.
Co.
No subdivision of grant. Present owner, Vicks¬
burg, Shreveport and Pacific R. R. Co. Road
from Texas State line owned and operated by
Texas and Pacific Rwy. Co.
No subdivision
Grant forfeited as to lands not lawfully disposed
of by State. Present owner of lands "law¬
fully disposed of " by State, if any, not known
to General Land Office.
Road, so far as built, operated by the Southern
Pacific Company, but owned by Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas R. R. Co.
No subdivision; present owner, the Vicksburg
and Meridian R. R. Co.
No subdivision; present owner, the Gulf and
Ship Island R. R. Co.
Stillwater to Saint Paul. Present owners, Saint
Paul, Stillwater and Taylor's Falls R. R. Co.,
and the Stillwater and Saint Paul Rwy. Co.
Saint Paul to Breckinridge. Present owners,
the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
Rwy. Co.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
.do.
From Saint Anthony (East Minneapolis) to
Watab, and from Saint Cloud to Saint Vin¬
cent. Present owner, the Saint Paul, Minne¬
apolis and Manitoba Rwy. Co.
From Watab to Brainerd. Present owner, Saint
Paul and Northern Pacific R. R. Co.
Mar. 3,1879
Mar. 3,1879
Feb. 17,1865
July 3,1866
Mar. 3,1871
July 27,1868
July 13,1868
Mar. 3,1873
Apr. 25,1862
Mar. 3,1865
May 20,1868
Mar. 3,1869
None
July 14,1870
Sept. 29,1890
July 13,1866
Aug. 5,1892
July 12,1862
July 13,1866
Mar. 3,1871
Mar. 3,1873
June 22,1874
Aug. 5,1892
12
15
27
307
277
588
390
Object of act.
Releasing revert i onary interest of the United
States in and to the lands certified.
do
Extending time for completion
Authorizing change in location of road without
prejudice to land grant.
Extending time for completion.
Authorizing the State to dispose of the lands
granted and which may have inured for the
benefit of the Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mort¬
gage Land Company.
Extending time for completion
To quiet title of settlers on lands claimed by
West Wisconsin Rwy. Co.
Authorizing relocation of road, but not to
change location of grant. Also granting 80
acres in Fort Howard Military Reserve for sta¬
tion purposes.
Extending time for completion.
Directing issue of patent for 80 acres in Fort
Howard Military Reserve.
Authorizing company to select its lands along
the full extent of its road as originally located.
Declaring forfeiture of all lands not lawfully dis¬
posed of by State.
None
Forfeiting uncompleted portion of grant
Provides for certification of lands and regulates
selection of indemnity.
Relief of settlers in limits of grant in North and
South Dakota.
Authorizing location to Lake Superior instead of
Saint Vincent.
Provides for certification of lands and regulates
selection of indemnity.
Authorizing State to alter location of branch
lines, so as to construct from Crow Wing to
Brainerd, and Saint Cloud to Saint Vincent,
instead of constructing from Crow Wing to
Saint Vincent and from Saint Cloud to Lake
Superior.
Extending time for completion.
Extending time for completion and saving rights
of settlers. Company refused to accept, and
Department held act inoperative. (See Kem¬
per v. St. P. «fe P. R. R. Co., 3 Copp's L. O.,
170.)
Relief of settlers in limits of grant in North and
South Dakota.
7
\
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location.
Jan. 5, 1858.
Dec. 9, 1857.
Aug. 18, 1857..
July 16, 1857, and Sept. 7, 1857.
Sept. 7, 1857, under act of 1856
June 9,1865, under act of 1864; re¬
location.
Mar. 2, 1858, from Prescott to Su¬
perior City, under act of 1856.
July 17, 1858, Bayfield branch,
under act of 1856.
Apr. 22, 1865, under act of 1864;
both lines, by adoption of loca¬
tion under act of 1856.
Nov. 30, 1857, from Fond du Lac
to Michigan line.
Jan. 8, 1863, through townships
31 to 36, inclusive.
June 1, 1868, from townships 36 to
Michigan line.
Mar. 27, 1857
Dec. 5, 1856.
Sept. 19, 1857.
Nov. 27, 1860
Dec. 5,1857, Stillwater to R. 38 W
Range 39 to 41 W
Range 41 to Breckinridge.
Dec. 5, 1857, from Saint Anthony
to Crow Wing.
Dec. 19,1871, from Saint Cloud to
Saint Vincent.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
May 30, 1856.
limits.
May 30, 1856...
All lands within
.do.
May 29, 1856. All odd sections
within 15-mile limits.
do
May 29, 1856, under act of 1856;
odd sections within 15-mile
limits. Feb 5, 1866, under act
of 1864; odd sections within 20-
mile limits.
May 29, 1856, under act of 1856,
odd sections within 15-mile
limits.
Feb. 28, 1866, under act of 1864,
odd sections within 20-mile
limits.
May 29, 1856.
Mar. 6, 1863.
June 18, 1868.
May 31, 1856..
May 31, 1856..
Aug. 9, 1856
Aug. 9, 1856, and July 8, 1884..
Mar. 7, 1857; June 20, 1857; Mar.
25, 1858; and July 10, 1865.
Aug. 14, 1868, and Apr. 12, 1869.
May 25, 1869.
Mar. 7, 1857; June 22, 1857; Mar.
25, 1858; and July 10, 1865.
Feb. 6, 1872.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.-
July 31, 1882.
do
Aug. 15, 1887..
Withdrawal never revoked, but
no known vacant lands within
limits of grant.
Aug. 15, 1887
.do.
None, but no known vacant lands
in limits.
Dec. 15, 1887.
Aug. 15, 1887.
Mar., 1873
All lands within grant west of
Brashear City (to which the
road was built in 1860) and out¬
side the withdrawal limits for
the New Orleans, Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg R. R., act Mar.
3, 1871.
Aug-. 15,1887..
Aug. 15, 1887..
May 22, 1891..
.do.
Manner of restoration.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
do
.do.
.do.
.do.
By order of Secretary of the Inte¬
rior.
.do.
Order of Commissioner of Gen¬
eral Land Office; under for¬
feiture act, Jan. 30, 1873.
Order of the Secretary of the In¬
terior.
do
-do.
-do.
Condition of grant.
Adjusted and closed.
—do
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
do.
Adjusted and closed.
Practically adjüstcd, but not
closed.
Grant forfeited.
Adjusted and closed.
.do
>Not adjusted.
Estimated area of
grant, in acres.
37,467. 44
589,290.83
. 1,268,404. C
1,288,208.90
560,605:87
699,220.90
409,499.81
139,113.22
3,770,533.32
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.
37,467. 44
512,887.03
1,115.38
976,866136
1,288,208.90
546,446.20
463,746. 78
f
170.66
39.
243.9
190.
199,101.51
139,113. 22
3,249,181.44
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140.05
None.
None.
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pj ® CJ
3 ® S
cô'O'Ô .
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cd «73
02 O cá R
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¡S
None.
39.
243.9
94.
113.5 113.5
170. None.
693.80
456.19
None.
96.
None.
None.
20.
60.
None.
39.
243.9
None.
None.
None.
150.
237. 61
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Remarks.
5.37
With the exception of 60 miles lying between Port Huron and
Flint these roads appear to have been constructed without
reference to the land grant. (See Rogers vs. Port Huron
and Lake Michigan R. R. Co., 45 Mich., 460.) The lands
certified to the State were conveyed by the governor to the
Port Huron and Lake Michigan R. R. Co. May 30, 1873,
to aid in building the 60 miles of road above referred to.
From Ludington to Flint.
From Madison to Portage.
From Portage to Tomah.
From Tomah to Hudson. The company appears to have
abandoned and taken up the road between Tomah and
Warrens, 12 miles, and in lieu thereof to have constructed
a road from Warrens to Camp Douglass
Hudson to Superior City.
Branch from point on main line in Sec. 35, T. 40 N., R. 12 W.,
to Bayfield.
Road as constructed extends from Fond du Lac, via Apple-
ton, to Michigan State line near the mouth of the Menomi¬
nee River. Located line, for and along which company
received its lands, extends from Fond du Lac, via Apple-
ton, northerly to Michigan State line in town. 41 N., range
14 E., about 167 miles.
Completed from Texas State line to Shreveport, 20 miles,
and from Delta, La., opposite Vicksburg, Miss., to Mon¬
roe, La., 74 miles, within time required, and from Monroe
to Shreveport after that time.
The mileage here given refers only to the road from New
Orleans to Brashear City, now Morgan City, the grant
for the remainder having been declared forfeited.
The lands certified under this grant were reconveyed to the
United States by the governor of Louisiana February 24,
1888, the grant not having been earned.
None. From Jackson, via Meridian, to Alabama State line.
150. Located line extends from Brandon to Mississippi City.
Constructed by Stillwater and Saint Paul R. R. Co. From
Stillwater to junction with Saint Paul and Duluth R. R.
at White Bear.
From Stillwater to Saint Paul. Constructed by Saint Paul,
Stillwater and Taylor's Falls R. R. Co.
For full history of construction of two roads above men¬
tioned see letter from Commissioner of General Land
Office to Secretary of the Interior, dated Feb. 6, 1886.
From Saint Paul to Breckinridge.
Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Rwy., from Minne¬
apolis to Watab. Completed from Minneapolis to Sauk
Rapids within time required.
Saint Paul and Northern Pacific R. R., from Watab to
Brainerd.-
.Saint Vincent extension, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Mani¬
toba Rwy., from East Saint Cloud to Saint Vincent, with
a branch from Saint Vincent to the international bound¬
ary. Completed from East Saint Cloud to Melrose, 35
miles, and from a point in Sec. 35, T. 135 N., R. 46 W., to
a point in Sec. 7, T. 154 N., R. 47 W.r 105 miles, within time
required. Last bracketed roads adjusted as one grant.
8
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
Date oí grant.
Route of road.
Extent of grant in place.
Extent of indemnity limits.
Grantee.
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and pres.ent owners.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
Object of act.
37
37 a
38
38a
40
40a
41
41a
Mar. 3,1857
May 12,1864
Mar. 3,1857
Mar. 3,1865
Mar. 3,1857
Mar. 3,1865
Mar. 3,1857
Mar. 3,1865
July 1,1862
July 2,1864
195
From Saint Paul and from Saint Anthony, via
Minneapolis, to a convenient point of junction
west of the Mississippi River, and thence to
the southern boundary of the State.
do
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
Ten miles.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Twenty miles.
State of Minnesota.
Southern Minnesota and
Minnesota Valley R. R.
Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Saint Paul and
Sioux City R. R. Co.
-do.
.do.
From Minneapolis, via Faribault, to the north
line of the State of Iowa.
do
From Winona, via Saint Peter, to a point on the
Big Sioux River.
.do.
From La Crescent, via Target Lake, up the Root
River Valley to a connection with the Winona
and Saint Peter R. R.
do
From a point on the one hundredth meridian of
longitude west from Greenwich, between the
south margin of the valley of the Republican
River and the north margin of the valley of the
Platte River, in the Territory of Nebraska, to
the western boundary of Nevada Territory;
also from a point on western boundary of
Iowa to the one hundredth meridian aforesaid.
do
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
Odd sections within 10
miles of road.
Odd sections within6 miles
of road.
Odd sections within 10
miles of road.
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
Odd sections within
miles of road.
Odd sections within 10
miles on each side of road.
Odd sections within 20
miles on each side of road.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Twenty miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Twenty miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Twenty miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
do.
do.
do.
do.
Minneapolis and Cedar Val¬
ley R. R. Co.
do...
No subdivisions. Present owner, Minnesota
Central R. R. Co.
July 13,
Sept. 29,1890
July 13,1866
14
97
Provides for certification of lands and regulates
selection of indemnity; also extends time for
completion of road.
Forfeiting grant between Saint Anthony, via
Minneapolis, and Shakopee, Minn.
Provides for certification of lands and regulates
selection of indemnity.
Winona and Saint Peter
R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Winona and
Saint Peter R. R. Co.
.do.
.do.
.do.
Southern Minnesota R. R.
Co.
Operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint
Paul Rwy. Co.
July 13,
Jan. 13,1873
July 13,1866
14
17
97
409
Provides for certification of lands and regulates
selection of indemnity.
Extending time for completion.
Provides for certification of lands and regulates
selection of indemnity.
.do.
No indemnity.
Union Pacific R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Union Pacific R. R. Co.
.do.
.do.
J uly 3, :
July 26.
Apr. 10,
1866
1869
May 6,1870
June 20,1874
May 7,1878
20
79
Authorized company to locate and construct its
road from Omaha westward by the best and
most practicable route without reference to
the initial point on the one hundredth meridian
previously provided by law.
Grants right of way through military reserva¬
tion and authorizes the President to set apart
lands for depot purposes.
Provides for the protection of the interests of
the United States in the Union Pacific R. R.
Co. for a common terminus of the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific roads at or near
Ogden.
Fixes the point of junction of the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific R. R. companies.
Amends sec. 15, act July 2, 1864, and provides
for a penalty for a refusal of the company or
any officer or agent thereof to use and operate
the Pacific railroads as a continuous line, and
a mode of enforcing said penalty.
Provides for a sinking fund, etc.
9
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location.
Feb. 20/1858, from Saint Paul and
Minneapolis to Sec. 31, T. 107,
R. 31.
June 28, 1865, from Sec. 31, T. 107,
R. 31, to Sec. 30, T. 104, R. 39.
July 7, 1866, from Sec. 30, T. 104,
R. 39, to southern boundary of
State.
Jan. 25,1858.
July 29, 1858, Winona to range 31.
Aug. 3, 1864, ranges 32 to 37, in- • Aug. 10, 1864, and July 10,1875.
elusive.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Mar. 7, 1857; June 22, 1857; Mar.
21, 1858; and July 7, 1864.
Aug. 10,1865.
Oct. 10, 1869.
Mar. 7, 1857; June 22, 1857; Mar.
25,1858; and Dec. 6,1867.
Mar. 7, 1857; June 22, 1857; Mar.
25, 1858; and July 10, 1865.
Feb. 23, 1867, range 38...
Sept. 10, 1868, ranges 39 to 43, in¬
clusive.
Sept. 1, 1873* range 42 to Big
Sioux River, in Dakota.
Feb.- 20, 1858.
First 100 miles west of Omaha,
Oct. 24, 1864.
First 100 mile's west of Omaha,
Nov. 4, 1864-
100 miles west of Oinaha to Salt
Lake, J une 25, 1865.
Second 100 miles west of Omaha,
Jan. 19,1866. '
Second 100 miles west of Omaha,
J une 29, 1866.
Third 100 miles west of Omaha,
July 23,1866.
Third 100 miles west of Omaha,
Mar. 30, 1867.
Fourth 100 miles west of Omaha,
Mar. 14, 1867.
Fourth 100 miles west of Omaha,
Jan. 6, 1868.
Fifth 100 miles west of Omaha,
Jan. 6, 1868.
Sixth 100 miles west of Omaha,
Jan. 6, 1868.
Seventh 100 miles west of Omaha,
J uly 2,1868.
Eighth 100 miles west of Omaha,
Oct.-21, 1868.
Ninth 100 miles west of Omaha,
Oct. 21, 1868.
Tenth 100 miles west of Omaha,
Apr. 28, 1869.
Eleventh 100 miles west of Omaha,
Apr. 28, 1869.
Aug. 15, 1867.
Aug. 15, 1867, and Apr. 24,
Sept. 2, 1874.
Mar. 7, 1857; June 22, 1857; Mar.
30, 1858; and July 10, 1865.
Dec. 16, 1863; Dec. 22, 1863; Dec.
16, 1864; and Dec. 19, 1864.
Dec. 18, 1867, and Dec. 28,1867.
Feb. 6, 1866.
Aug. 21, 1866.
None.
June 26,1867, and Apr. 21,1871.
June 26, 1867.
Nov. 6, 1869; Dec. 21, 1870; Apr.
21,1871, and Nov. 8,1873.
Nov. 6, 1869; Dec. 21, 1870; Nov.
8, 1873; Aug. 9, 1870; Apr. 17,
1871; and May 11, 1872.
Nov. 6, 1879; Nov. 8,* 1873; Aug.
9, 1870; Apr. 17, 1871; and May
11, 1872.
Aug. 9,1870, and Apr. 17,1871.
Do.
Do.
Aug. 9, 1870; Apr. 17, 1871; May
15, 1869; Apr. 6, 1870; Apr. 22,
1872; and Oct. 16, 1873.
Do.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
May 22, 1891.
Withdrawal not revoked, but no
known vacant lands in limits.
May 22, 1891.
.do.
No right of indemnity.
Manner of restoration.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
.do.
Condition of grant.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
.do.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
.do.
Not adjusted.
Estimated area of
grant, in acres.
1,126,578.55
533,705.71
1,551,289.50
382,161.77
12,119,671.63
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.
1,126,578.55
179,734. 29
1,680,974.92
1,967.45
11,323,343.56
190.
25.
323.22
76.5
1,038.6
:
©"O
<D
SS
o ®
o %
If
g s
o fí
s +3
190.
None.
115.
323.22
18.
1,038.68
^ .
§T5
I g
Oí
àël
5-g s
ëSÔ
£ <à
oà'ô'ô .
sSll
o o
3 o
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
25.
None.
None.
58.5
None.
ss
go-
None.
25.
None.
None.
58.5
None.
From Saint Paul to Iowa State line.
From Saint Anthony, via Minneapolis, to point of junction
(Shakopee) west of Mississippi River.
From Minneapolis to Iowa State line near Lyle, Minn.
From Winona, via Saint Peter, Minn., to the Big Sioux
River, near Watertown, Dak.
Located from La Crescent, via Houston, to a connection
with the Winona and Saint Peter Railroad at Rochester.
Completed from La Crescent to Houston within the time
required. Uncompleted from Houston to Rochester.
About 22i miles of the line west of Houston located under
the grants of 1857 and 1865, and here reported as uncom¬
pleted, is covered by the road located and constructed by
the Southern Minnesota R. R. Co., under the grant of
July 4, 1866. See No. 55.
Extends from the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebr., to a
junction with the Central Pacific R. R. in the northwest
quarter of northeast quarter, section 1, T. 6 N., R. 2 W.,
Utah, 5.11 miles north of the town of Ogden. See act of
May 6, 1870. The Central Pacific R. R. Co., however,
leases and operates the road between the point of junc¬
tion and Ogden, 5.11 miles, the running connection being
made at the latter point. Company received bonds for
1,038.68 miles.
23718—08—2
10
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
43
43a
44
44a
Date of grant.
July 1,1862
July 2,1864
July 1,1862
July 2, 1864
12
July
July
1,1862
2,1864
July 1,1862
356
Route of road.
From the Missouri River, at the mouth of the
Kansas River, to a connection with the Union
Pacific R. R. at the 100th meridian of longitude.
.do.
(See act July 3,1866, authorizing connection with
Union Pacific R. R., to be made at a point not
more than 50 miles west of the meridian of Den¬
ver, Colo.)
From San Francisco, Cal., or navigable waters
of the Sacramento River, to eastern boundary
of California, with right to continue construc¬
tion until Union Pacific R. R. is met.
.do.
From Saint Joseph via Atchison to connect with
Union Pacific R. R. through Kansas.
From Sioux City, Iowa, to point to be fixed by
the President, to connect with road from point
on west boundary of Iowa to a connection with
lines of Union Pacific R. R. Co.
Extent of grant in place.
Odd sections within 10
miles of road.
Odd sections within 20
miles of road.
Odd sections within 10
miles on each side of road.
Odd seetions within 20
miles on each side of road.
Same as above.
Odd sections within 10
miles on each side of road.
Extent of indemnity limits.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Grantee.
Leavenworth, Pawnee and
Western R. R. Co.
Central Pacific R. R. Co.
.do.
Hannibal and Saint Joseph
R. R. Co. of Missouri.
Union Pacific R. R. Co.
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
That part of the grant which lies between Den¬
ver, Colo., and Cheyenne, Wyo., was assigned
to the Denver Pacific Rwy. and Tel. Co.
Present owner, Union Pacific R. R. Co.
Remainder of road and grant was owned by the
Union Pacific Rwy. Co., Eastern Division,
which, by change of name, became the Kan¬
sas Pacific Rwy. Co. Present owner, Union
Pacific R. R. Co., except in Kansas, where'
Union Pac. Land Co. owns grant.
Portion of grant between San Jose and Sacra¬
mento assigned to Western Pacific R. R. Co.
(see act of March 3, 1865), and subsequently
again merged in Central Pacific by consolida¬
tion.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
May 7,1866
July 3,1866.
Mar. 3,1869
Mar. 3,1869
June 20,1874
May 7,1878
Mar. 3,1865
July 3,1866
May 21,1866
Apr. 10,1869
May 6,1870
June 20,1874
May 7,1878
No subdivision. Present owner, Union Pacific 1 None.
R. R. Co., Central Branch.
No subdivision. Present owner, Sioux City
and Pacific R. R. Co.
July 2,1864
13
20
504
Object of act.
Extending time for completion
Extending time for filing map and authorizing
change of route.
Authorizing assignment of portion of grant to
Denver Pacific Rwy. and Tel. Co.
Authorizing change of name to Kansas Pacific
Rwy. Co.
Relative to operation of road.
Provides for sinking fund.
Ratifying assignment to Western Pacific R. R.
Co. of portion of grant between San Jose and
Sacramento.
Relative to location of road east of California.
Extending time for completion of first section of
road, etc.
Relative to point of connection between Central
Pacific ana Union Pacific Railroads.
Fixes point of junction of above roads.
Provides for operation of Pacific roads as a con¬
tinuous line.
Provides for sinking fund.
Authorizing President to designa te company to
build road.
11
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location-
Denver Pacific, Aug. 20,
Kansas Pacific
Probable route: Lawrence to
100th meridian in Nebraska,
July 4, 1862.
General route:
Kansas City to 100th merid¬
ian in Nebraska, July 1,
1865.
Fort Riley to Colorado
boundary, July 11, 1866.
Colorado line to Denver and
beyond, Nov. 30, 1866.
Definite location:
Kansas City to Fort Riley,
Jan. 11, 1866.
Fort Riley to Fort Harker,
May 8, 1867.
Fort Harker to Fort Hays,
Sept. 21, 1867.
Fort Hays or 290th mile-
post to 335th mile-post,
Dec. 6, 1867.
335th to 405th mile-post, May
6, 1870.
405th mile-post to Denver,
Colo., May 26,1870.
Western Pacific
General route: Sacramento to
San José, Dec. 8, 1864.
Definite location:
San José north 20 miles,
Nov. 10,1866.
1st to 20th mile south and
west of Sacramento, Sept.
1, 1869.
20th to 83d mile south and
west of Sacramento, Oct.
27, 1869.
83d to 103d mile south and
west of Sacramento, Jan.
21, 1870.
Sacramento to San José,
Feb. 1, 1870.
General route:
Sacramento to eastern
boundary of State and to
Big Bend of Truckee River,
June 30,1862.
Sacramento to eastern
boundary of State and to
Big Bend of Truckee River,
July 6, .1864.
Salt Lake to eastern bound¬
ary of California, Apr. 28,
1865.
Monument Point to Echo
Summit, Oct. 20, 1868.
Definite location:
Sacramento east 50 miles,
Mar. 26, 1864.
39th to 98th mile-post, Oct.
27, 1866.
98th mile-post to Big Bend
Truckee River, Nov. 14,
1867.
Big Bend Truckee River to
Humboldt Wells, Apr. 23,
1867.
Humboldt Wells to Weber
Cañón, May 15,1868.
General route:
Saint Joseph to Republican
River, June 27, 1863.
Probable route:
Big Blue River to 100th mile-
post west of Missouri River,
Mar. 16, 1867.
Definite location:
Missouri River to S.9, T.5S.,
R. 8 E., Mar. 6, 1866.
Missouri River to 100th mile-
post, May 29, 1868.
Jan. 4,1868
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Oct. 4, 1869, Aug. 9, 1870, and
Nov. 7, 1870.
J uly 17, 1862.
None.
July 14, 1866.
Dec. 10, 1866.
Feb. 16,1866.
June 14, 1867, and July 18,1867.
Feb. 5,1868.
Sept. 15, 1870.
Apr. 27, 1874, Apr. 29, 1874, June
24,1870, and Sept. 29, 1870.
Dec. 23, 1864.
May 6,1870.
Aug. 2, 1862
Aug. 9, 1864, and Aug. 30, 1866.
May 12,1865.
May 15, 1869.
May 8, 1866, and Apr. 9, 1868.
Apr. 9,1868.
Apr. 9, 1868.
Jan. 20,1868, and Jan. 29, 1868.
Feb. 27, 1869.
July 9, 1863
Mar. 27, 1867.
Mar. 15, 1866.
June 5, 1868, June 22, 1868, and
J une 24, 1868.
Feb. 17 and 18,1868
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
No right of indemnity.
.do.
.do.
.do .
.do.
.do.
Manner of restoration.
None.
.do .
.do.
.do.
Condition of grant.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
Not adjusted.
.do .
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
.do.
Estimated area of
grant, in acres.
1,129,300.17
7,776,238.14
1,349,758.96
8,029,382.84
r
261,841.51
597,826.43
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30,1907.
807,072.20
6,175,620.63
458,147.97
5,740,234.64
223.080.50
42,610.95
t*
106.
638.6
123.16
101.77
OJ'O
<D
O £
tJ a
O s
3*
038.6
123.16
737.5
100.
101.77
Sg
§2
13 ft
¡1 S
tí £ c
I» J
o S-3
ñ a> ©
3 o t
S
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None. None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Remarks.
Denver Pacific Rwy., from Denver, Colo., to junction with
Union Pacific Rwy., at Cheyenne, Wyo. This road received
no bonds.
Kansas Pacific Rwy., from Missouri State line, near Kansas
City, to Denver, Colo. (See opinion of Attorney-General,
Feb. 25,1882, relative to construction.)
This company received bonds for 393.9425 miles of road only,
that being the length of the road constructed by the com¬
pany from the State line to Fort Riley, together with the
length of "the most direct and practicable route for a rail¬
road" line from Fort Riley up the Republican River to a
connection with the Union Pacific R. R. at the 100th me¬
ridian, according to the survey made during the summer
of 1868, under the direction of the Department of the Inte¬
rior, by Brevet Maj. C. W. Howell, Captain of Engineers,
U. S. Army, and approved by the President Oct. 30, 1868.
Western Pacific R. R., from Sacramento to San José Cal
Company received bonds for 123.16 miles.
Central Pacific R. R., from Sacramento, Cal., to junction
with Union Pacific Rwy., in Sec. 1, T. 6 N., R. 2 W., near
Ogden, Utah. (See No. 41.)
The road between the 690.3ths mile (promontory) and the
junction with the Union Pacific, 47.2 miles, was constructed
by the Union Pacific R. R. Co., and purchased by the Cen¬
tral Pacific R. R. Co. (See joint resolution, April 10,
1869.)
Company received bonds for 737.5 miles.
From Atchison to 100th mile-post near Waterville, Kans.
Company received bonds for 100 miles.
From Sioux City, Iowa, to Fremont, Nebr. Company re¬
ceived bonds for 101.77 miles.
12
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
Chronological number.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of grant.
c¿
<X>
3
CO
CD
t>0
<53
Ph
Route of road.
Extent of grant in place.
Extent of indemnity limits.
Grantee.
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
Date of act.
M
CD
3
oá
GO
ó
ai
P*
Object of act.
46
Mar. 3,1863
12
772
From city of Leavenworth, by way of the town
of Lawrence, and via the Ohio City crossing
of the Osage River to the southern line of the
State in the direction of Galveston Bay, in
Texas, with a branch from Lawrence by the
valley of the Wakarusa River to a point on
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R.
where said road intersects the Neosho River.
Twenty miles on each side
of road and branch.
Leavenworth, Lawrence
and Galveston R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Southern Kansas Rwy. Co
July 1,1864
13
339
Authorized change of branch line to run from
Lawrence to Emporia.
Authorized company to relocate portion of its
road.
Declared forfeiture of all unearned and unpat¬
ented lands.
tions in width on each
side of road and the
branch.
Apr. 19,1871
July 24,1876
17
19
5
101
47
Mar. 3,1863
12
772
From the city of Atchison via Topeka, the cap¬
ital of the State, to the western line of the
State, in the direction of Fort Union and
Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe R. R. Co.
No subdivisions. Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe R. R. Co.
i '
tions in width on each
side of road.
road.
48
Mar. 3,1863
12
772
Branch of above road from point where same
crosses the Neosho River, down the Neosho
Valley to the point where the L., L. and G. R.
R. enters said valley.
From Emporia via Council Grove to a point
near Fort Riley on the Branch Union Pacific
R. R.
From at or near Fort Riley, Kans., down the
valley of the Neosho to the southern line of
Kansas.
No subdivision. Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Rwy. Co.
48«
July 1,1864
13
339
Southern Branch, which,
by change of name, be¬
came the Missouri, Kan¬
sas and Texas Rwy. Co.
48ft
July 26,1866
and even sections.
49
May 5,1864
13
66
From Portage City, Berlin, Doty's Island or
Twenty miles on each side
of road.
Portage, Winnebago and
Superior R. R. Co.
14
36ft
•
Authorizing location of road so as to cover points
named in granting act, etc.
Extending time for completion of road.
Authorizing company to straighten line of their
road.
Forfeiting grant between Ashland and Superior
City, Wis.
Fond du Lac, as the State may determine, in a
northwestern direction to Bayfield, thence to
Superior or Lake Superior.
on each side of road.
sin Central R. R. Co. Road constructed only
from Portage via Stevens' Point to Ashland.
Apr, 9,1874
Mar. 3,1875
18
18
28
511
Sept. 29,1890
26
496
50
May 5,1864
13
64
From St. Paul, Minn., to the head of Lake Supe¬
rior.
Lake Superior and Missis¬
sippi R. R. Co.
July 13,1866
July 13,1866
14
93
Authorizing company to make up deficiency of
land within 30 miles of the west line of road.
Provides for certification of lands.
Paul and Duluth R. R. Co.
14
97
51
May 12,1864
13
72
From Sioux City, Iowa, to south line of State of
Sioux City and Saint Paul
R. R. Co.
No subdivisions. SiouxCity and Saint Paul R.
R. Co.
Sept. 29,1890
26
496
Forfeiting grant between Le Mars and Sioux
City, Iowa.
Minnesota.
miles on each side of road.
52
May 12,1864
13
72
From a point at or near the foot of Main street,
McGregor Western R. R.
Co.; McGregor and Sioux
City R.R.Co.; McGregor
and Missouri River R. R.
Co.; Chicago, Milwaukee
and Saint Paul Rwy Co.
Construction of road as follows: McGregor to
Calmar, by McGregor Western Co.; Calmar
to Algona, by McGregor and Missouri River
Co.; Algona to Sheldon, by Chicago, Milwau¬
kee and Saint Paul Co. The latter company
is the present owner.
South McGregor, in said State, in a westerly
direction until it shall intersect the said road
running from Sioux City to the Minnesota
State line.
53
July 2,1864
13
356
From Missouri River, south of the mouth of the
Burlington and Missouri
River R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owners, Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy R. R. Co.
Mar. 3,1865
July 26,1806
Apr. 10,1869
May 6,1870
13
504
Authorizing company to issue bonds
Granting right of way through military reserva¬
tion.
Authorizing company to assign its right to a
company to be organized under the laws of
Nebraska.
Authorizing change of route and connection with
Union Pacific R. R. Co.
Platte River, to some point, not further west
than the 100th meridian of west longitude, to
connect with the Union Pacific R. R.
ten sections per mile on
each side of road.
14
16
16
367
54
118
13
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location.
■»
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
Manner of restoration.
Condition of grant.
Estimated area of
grant in acres.
Number of aeres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.
Length of road in miles.
Miles of road completed
within time prescribed.
Miles of road completed
after time prescribed.
Miles of road uncom¬
pleted at date entire
road should have been
completed.
! Miles of road uncom- !
1 pleted Sept. 29,1890.
Remarks.
Lawrence to north boundary of
Osage ceded lands, Nov. 28,
1866; from thence to south
boundary of State, Jan. 2,1868.
Apr. 30, 1863; Apr. 30, 1867; Jan.
2, 1868.
Sept. 6, 1877
By orders of Secretary "of the
Interior and General Land
Office under act July 24, 1876.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
485,545.69
a 249,446.13
142.8
142.8
None.
None.
None.
The mileage here given covers the road from Lawrence to the
southern boundary of Kansas only, as the main line be¬
tween Leavenworth and Lawrence and the Wakarusa Val¬
ley Branch were never located nor constructed, and the
grant therefor has been forfeited.
a Includes 186,936.72 acres of the "Osage Ceded Reserva¬
tion," which are to be deducted from the above amount un¬
der the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad v. The
United States (92 U. S., 733).
Atchison to Emporia, Oct. 19,
1868.
Lmporia to Wichita, Sept. 3,
1869.
Wichita to Fort Dodge, Jan. 30,
1871.
NTewton to 27, 23, 5 W., Sept. 23,
1871.
Mouth of Pawnee Creek to west
line of R. 27 W., Apr. 19, 1872.
iec. 15, 29, 27 W. to Colorado line,
June 29, 1872.
Apr. 20, 1863, and Dec. 30, 1868
Apr. 30, 1863, and Oct. 23, 1869.
Oct. 17, 1883
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
2,885,496.43
i
2,944,788.14
469.35
469.35
None.
None.
None.
From Atchison, Kans., to western boundary of State near
town of Cooiidge.
Feb. 6, 1871, Feb. 25, 1871, and
Feb. 27, 1871.
Sept. 28, 1871.
May 10, 1872.
July 19,1872, and Apr. 13, 1882.
I unction City to north bound¬
ary Osage Ceded lands, Feb. 19,
1867.
^orth boundary of Osage Ceded
'ands to south boundary of
State, Jan. 8, 1868.
Apr. 30,1863, and Mar. 9, 1867....
Jan. 21, 1868.
Aug. 17, 1887 :
1,121,784.18
6 976,593.22
180.5
180.5
None.
None.
None.
From Fort Riley to southern boundary of Kansas.
From the southern boundary of Kansas, through the Indian
Territory to the Red River, near Preston, Tex. This road
through Indian Territory was not constructed under
the company's grant of July 26, 1866, but under the 8th,
9th, 10th, and 11th sections of the act of July 25, 1866 (14
Stats., 236), granting lands for the Kansas and Neosho
Valley R. R. Co., which act also makes a grant in said
Territory when the Indian title is extinguished, provided
the lands become part of the public domain.
& Includes 270,970.78 acres in the "Osage Ceded Reserva¬
tion," which should be deducted under decision cited innote «.
155.35
155. 35
None.
None.
None.
•íov^'10,1869
Dec. 10, 1869, and Feb. 2, 1870.
Twenty miles on each side of
road.
Aug. 15,1887
1,232,562.24
838,227.69
341.
248.
9
93
84
Completed from Portage via Stevens' Point to Ashland, 257
miles, of which all but 9 miles, between Sec. 21, T. 41 N.,
R. 1 W., and Sec. 11, T. 42 N., R. 2 W., was completed
within the time required. Not constructed from Ashland
to Superior City.
lopt. 25,1866
May 26, 1864, and Nov. 2, 1866.
All lands within limits.
Aug. 15, 1887
934,835.92
860,973.62
154.42
154.42
None.
Noiîe.
None.
From Saint Paul to Duluth. Twenty-three and a half miles
of this road,.extending from Northern Pacific Junction to
Duluth is owned and operated jointly with the Northern
Pacific Rwy. Co.
uly 17, 1867
Aug. 26, 1867
279,437.16
c 322, 412. 81
83.16
56.25
None.
26.91
26.91
Completed from Minnesota boundary to a connection with
Iowa Falls and Sioux City (Illinois Central) R. R. at
Lemars.
In the matter of the adjustment of this grant see decisions
of the Secretary of the Interior. (6 L. D., 47, 54, and 162.)
c Excess certified recovered in suit.
'rom McGregor to 12, 95 N., 35
Sept. 12, 1864; Oct. 1, 1864; Oct.
24, 1864; Feb. 4, 1869; Mar. 15,
1870.
Dec. 15, 1887
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
1,285,150.83
326,216.10
251.
251.
None.
Completed from South McGregor via Calmar to a connec¬
tion with the Sioux City and Saint Paul R. R. at Sheldon,
in O'Brien County.
See opinion of Attorney General (13 Opinions, 445), holding
that road is not land grant between McGregor and Cal¬
mar. See, also, opinion of Attorney-General relative to
deviation of constructed road from line of definite loca¬
tion. (16 Opinions, 457.)
W., Aug. 30, 1864; from that
point to 18, 96, 38, Jan. 27,1869;
from thence to Sheldon, Sept.
2, 1869.
une 22, 1865
Feb. 3,1866, Mar. 20,1866, Mar. 24,
1860, and Dec. 11,1871.
2,361,984.00
d 2,374,090.77
.
190.75
190.75
None.
None.
From Plattsmouth to Kearney Junction, Nebr.
This grant is one of quantity, i. e., ten sections per mile on
each side of the road, and is not confined to lateral limits
(U. S. v. B. M. R. R. R. Co., 98 U. S., 334). The General
Land Office holds that the company is entitled to lands
for 184.53 miles, that being the length of its road. (See
Commissioner's report to Department of Feb. 13, 1901.
Case 8—7746.)
d Excess paid for by company.
14
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
Date of grant.
54
July 2,1864
Route of road.
365 j From point on Lake Superior, in Minnesota or
Wisconsin, thence westerly by most eligible
! route to point at or near Portland, O reg.
See joint resolution of May 31, 1870, changing
route so as to authorize construction of main
line via valley of Columbia River to Puget
Sound and branch line across Cascade Moun¬
tain.
Extent of grant in place.
Odd sections to amount of
ten sections per mile on
each side of road in State
and twenty in Territories.
Extent of indemnity limits.
Thirty miles in States and
50 miles in Territories on
each side of road.
Grantee.
Northern Pacific R. R. Co.
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
No subdivision. Present owners, Northern
Pacific Rwy. Co.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
May 7,1866
July 1,18G8
Mar. 1,1869
Apr. 10,1869
May 31,1870
July 15,1870
Sept. 29,1890
1,1890
1,1898
Oct.
July
Mar. 2, j
Mar. 2,1901
May 17,1906
30
Object of act.
Extending time for commencing and completing
road.
do
Authorizing company to issue bonds, etc.
Authorizing company to extend branch line from
Portland, Oreg., to Puget Sound, etc.
Authorizing issue of mortgage bonds, changing
location of main and branch line, extending
indemnity limits, etc.
Proviso in general appropriation act requiring
company to pay costs of surveys, etc.
Forfeiting grant between Wallula, Wash., and
Portland, Oreg.
For relief of settlers on second indemnity lands.
Provides for the adjustment of conflicting claims
of settlers and the company.
Authorizing the company to relinquish lands in
the Mount Ranier Park and Pacific Forest
Reserve and select an equal quantity elsewhere.
Extending the provisions of the act of 1898.
Extending the provisions of the acts of 1898 and
1901.
15
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location.
General route:
Mouth of Montreal River,
Wisconsin, to Red River
of the North, Minnesota,
Aug. 13,1870.
Eastern boundary of Wash¬
ington Territory, via valley
of Columbia River, to inter-
s national boundary, Aug.
13, 1870.
Through Minnesota, Oct. 2,
1870.
Red River of the North to
the mouth of the Walla
Walla River, Washington,
Feb. 21, 1872.
Lake Pend d'Oreille, Idaho,
to Tacoma, Washington
(branch), Aug. 20, 1873. <
Mouth of Snake River to Ta¬
coma, Nov. 24, 1876.
Twin Wells to Tacoma, June
11, 1879.
Definite location:
junction with Lake Superior
and Mississippi Railroad
to Red River of the North
at Fargo, Dak., Nov. 20,
1871.
Fargo to Bismarck, Dak.,
May 26, 1873.
Kalama to Tenino, Sept. 13,
1873.
Tenino to Tacoma, May 14,
1874.
Bismarck to Little Missouri
River, July 20, 1880.
Little Missouri River to
mouth of Glendive Creek,
Oct. 25, 1880.
Wallula to Spokane Falls,
Oct. 4, 1880.
Glendive Creek to Tongue
River, J une 25,1881.
Tongue River to eastern
boundary of Crow Reserve,
J une 25,1881.
Through Crow Reserve June
27, 1881.
Spokane Falls, Wash., to
Lake Pend d'Oreille, Idaho,
Aug. 30, 1881.
Last crossing of Yellowstone
River (western boundary
of Crow Reserve) to Little
Blackfoot River, July 6,
1882.
Little Blackfoot River to
southern boundary of Flat¬
head Reserve, July 6, 1882.
Junction with Lake Superior
and Mississippi R. R. in
Minnesota to T. 47 N., R.
2 W., Wisconsin, July 6,
1882.
Portland, Oregon, to Ka¬
lama, Wash., Sept. 22,1882.
Lake Pend d'Oreille, Idaho,
to mouth of Missoula River,
Montana, Dec. 12, 1882.
Through Flathead Reserve
to mouth of Missoula River,
J une 8,1883.
Initial point at Ashland,
Wis., west 50 miles, Nov.
24, 1884.
Yakima to Ain s worth, June
29, 1883.
Yakima to Yakima River near
Swauk Creek, May 24,1884.
Tacoma to South Prairie,
Mar. 26, 1884.
South Prairie to Eagle Gorge,
Sept. 3, 1884.
Yakima River near Swauk
Creek to near Eagle Gorge,
Dec. 8, 1884.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Sept. 15, 1870.
Sept. 20,1870; Nov. 21,1870; Feb.
10,1872; Feb. 14,1872; Sept. 20,
1870; Feb. 9, 1872, and Feb. 14,
1872.
Nov. 7, 1870.
Mar. 30,1872; Apr. 22,1872; Apr.
15,1872; Oct. 28, 1876; Mar. 30,
1872, and Apr. 15, 1872.
Oct. 6,1873, and Nov. 1, 1873.
None.-
July 3, 1879.
Dec. 12,1871.
June 11,1873.
Jan. 21, 1874.
Nov. 12, 1874, and June 30, 1875.
Aug. 23 1880.
Nov. 29, 1880, and Sept. 29, 1883.
Nov. 13,1880; Nov. 17,1880; Nov.
18, 1880; Aug. 16, 1881, and
Nov. 29, 1880.
Sept. 29, 1883.
Oct. 8, 1883.
Nov. 14, 1883; June 8, 1883, and
June 9, 1883.
June 9, 1884, and Jan. 7, 1888.
June 8,1883, and June 9, 1883.
July 30,1883, and July 31, 1883.
Jan. 5, 1883; June 18, 1883; Oct./
11, 1883; 'Jan. 5, 1883; June 22,
1883, and Oct. 20, 1883.
Jan. 30,1888.
Sept. 1, 1884; Feb. 20, 1885, and
Jan. 7,1888.
Sept. 25,1884, and Jan. 7,1888.
Feb. 3, 1887.
Jan. 6,1885; Jan. 8,1885, and Jan.
8,1885.
Jan. 6,1885; Jan. 8,1885, and Jan.
8, 1885.
Nov. 28,1884, and Dec. 1, 1884.
Nov. 28,1884, and Dec. 1, 1884.
Jan. 7, 1888.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
Aug. 15,1887.
Manner of restoration.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
Condition of grant.
Not adjusted.
Estimated area of
grant in acres.
43,159,428.04
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.
30,472,439.07
78.50
237.
375.98
780.
90.
511.10
36.30
2,108.88
153.93
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228.
196.4
1,353.381,578.38
153.93 153.93
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78.50
78.50
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179.58
179.58
780.
780.
90.
90.-
180.
405.
36.30
36.30
2
225.
225.
Remarks.
Main line:
Wisconsin.
Minnesota.
North Dakota.
Montana.
Idaho.
Washington.
Oregon.
Cascade Branch, Washington.
Main line as finally located and constructed extends from
Ashland, Wis., to Wallula Junction, Wash., 1,741.48 miles,
and from Portland, Oreg., to Tacoma, Wash.. 142.40 miles.
Completed from Northern Pacific Junction, Minn., to Bis¬
marck, N. Dak., 424.4 miles, and from Kalama to Tacoma,
Wash,, 106.1 miles.
Road still uncompleted between Wallula Junction, Wash.,
and Portland, Oreg. Company uses road of Oregon Rwy.
and Navigation Co. between said points.
16
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
55
57
58
59
Date of grant.
July 4,1866
July 4,1
July 23,1866
July 25,1866
July 25,1866
14
14
14
14
87
87
210
Route of road.
From Houston, Minn., to western boundary of
State.
From Hastings, Minn., to western boundary of
-State.
From Elwood, Kans., westwardly, via Marys-
ville to junction with Union Pacific R. R. Co.
From junction with Central Pacific R. R. Co. in
the Sacramento Valley, California, to north
boundary of State.
From Portland, Oreg., to south boundary of
Oregon, to connect with California and Oregon
R. R.
Extent of grant in place.
Odd sections to amount of
five sections per mile on
each side of road.
.do.
Odd sections within 10
miles of line of road.
Odd sections to amount of
ten sections per mile on
each side of road.
.do.
Extent of indemnity limits.
Twenty miles on each side
of road.
.do.
.do.
Thirty miles on each side
of road. .
.do.
Grantee.
Minnesota.
.do.
State of Kansas for use and
benefit of Saint Joseph
and Denver City R. R.
Co.
California and Oregon R. R.
Co.
Oregon Central R. R. Co.,
a company designated by
legislature of Oregon.
Grantee of State.
Southern Minnesota R. R.
Co.
Hastings, Minn., and Red
River of the North R. R.
Co.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
No subdivisions. Present owners, Southern
Minnesota Rwy. Extension Co.
No subdivision. Present owners, Hastings and
Dakota R. R. Co. It is understood that the
charter of this company has been annulled
by decision of Supreme Court of Minnesota.
(See 21 L. D., 312.)
No subdivision. Present owner of lands not
known to General Land Office.
No subdivision. Present owners, Central Pa¬
cific Rwy. Co.
No subdivision. Present owners, Oregon and
California R. R. Co.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
July 13,1866
Sept. 29,1890
July 13,1866
None.
June 25,1868
Apr. 10,1869
June 25,1868
Apr. 10,1869
Object of act.
97 Providing for certification of lands, etc.. i
496 Forfeiting grant between Houston and Rochés-
ter, Minn.
47
Providing for certification of lands, etc.
Extending time for completion of road
Providing for sale of lands to actual settlers, etc.
Extending time for completion of road
Providing for salé of lands to actual settlers, etc.
17
S
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Bate of definite location.
General route:
Houston to western bound¬
ary of State, Aug. 11, 1866.
Definite location:
Sec. 21, T. 104, R. 37, to See. 20,
T. 119, R. 46, Dec. 10,1866.
Sec. 21, T. 104, R. 37, tó Sec. 2,
T. 103, R. 18, Dec. 10, 1866.
Sec. 2, T. 103, R. 18, to Sec. 22,
T. 104, R. 8, Feb. 11, 1867.
Houston to Sec. 22, T. 104,
R. 8, Feb. 11, 1867.
Sec. 4, T. 104, R. 39, to west
line of State, May 4,1871.
General route July 11, 1866.
Definite location June 26, 1867.
March 28,1870.
General route:
Roseville to Salt Creek, Sept.
13,1867.
Definite location:
Chico to Sesma, Sept. 6,1871...
Sesma to north line of T. 46
N., R. 5 W., M. D. M., Aug.
7,1871.
North line of T. 46 N., R. 5
W., M. D. M., to northern
boundary of California,
Aug. 30,-1884.
Constructed road:
Junction with C. P. R. R., to
Chico, Sept. —, 1871.
Chico to 97mile post, Jan.
29, 1874.
97-& mile post to U7T60- mile
post, Feb. 9,1876.
117T6jy mile post to Sec. 35, T.
32 N., R. 5 W., M. D. M.,
May 7,1878.
East Portland to Jefferson, in
10 S., 3 W., Jan. 29,1870.
Jefferson to 27 S., 6 W. (2 maps),
Mar. 26, 1870.
27 S., 6 W., to Sec. 30, 30 S., 5 W.,
Jan. 7,1871.
Sec. 19, 27 S., 5 W., to station 1208
in Sec. 5, 30 S.,5W., and show¬
ing amended line from station
1154, in Sec. 28, 29 S., 5 W., to
station 1320x50, Sec. 6,30 S., 5 W.
Apr. 8, 1882, returned to secre¬
tary with report, and received
back June 2, 1883.
Station 1320x50, Sec. 6,30 S., 5 W.,
to station 2376x50; T. 31 S., 7 W.,
Apr. 6, Í882; other notes same
as preceding.
Station 2376x50 to Sec. 33, 34 S., 6
W., Aug. 24, 1882, same notes
as above.
33, 34 S., 6 W., to 21, 36 S., 3 W.,
June 6, 1883.
21, 36 S., 3 W., to south line of 32,
37 S., 1 W., July 3, 1883.
South line of 32, 37 S., 1 W., to
east line of 25, 39 S., 1 E., Sept.
6,1883.
25, 39 S., 1 E., to north line of 30,
40 S., 2 E., Aug. 2, 1883.
30, 40 S., 2 E., to southern bound¬
ary of State, in Sec. 13, T. 41 S.,
R. 1 E., Aug. 18, 1884.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Aug. 23, 1866
Apr. 26, 1867.
Apr. 26, 1867.
Apr. 26, 1867.
Apr. 26, 1867.
May 17, 1871. All lands within
limits.
July 12, 1866; Apr. 22, 1868. All
lands in limits of grant.
Apr. 8,1870.
Oct. 29, 1867.
Oct. 6, 1871.
Aug. 25, 1871.
Feb. 9, 1885.
Apr. 8, 1871.
Oct. 6,1871.
Feb. 25,1876.
June 10,1878. -
Jan. 31, 1870
Apr. 7, 1870, and July 12,1870.
Mar. 31,1871.
July 5, 1883.
July 5, 1883.
July 5, 1883.
July 5, 1883.
Sept. 3, 1883.
Oct. 27, 1883.
Oct. 27, 1883.
Dec 19, 1884.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
May 22, 1891.
.do.
Dec. 15, 1887.
Aug. 15, 1887..
Aug. 15, 1887..
Manner of restoration.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
.do.
.do.
.do.
-do.
Condition of grant.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
.do.
.do.
.do.
.do.
Estimated area of
grant in acres.
1,571,259.11
1,250,528.78
1,350,381.03
3,266,728.55
3,821,901.80
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.
457,597.45
377,696.15
462,933.24
3,154,793.8
2,765,677.10
.2
-d
279.37
202.1
226.
360.
5-d
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149.35
74.
226.
197.
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128.1
None.
152.
163.
430.02
128.1
None.
152.
163.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Remarks.
Completed from Houston to Winnebago City within time
required, and from thence to Airlie on western boundary
of State after that time. Road owned and operated by
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Rwy. Co. (See opin¬
ion of Attorney-General, Nov. 29, 1879, 16 Opin., 397, rela¬
tive to failure to construct upon line of original location.)
Extends from Hastings to Ortonville on western boundary
of State. Completed from Hastings to Glencoe withih
time required. Road owned and operated by Chicago,
Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Rwy. Co.
Extends from Elwood, Kans., to junction with Burlington
and Missouri River R. R. at Hastings, Nebr. Road
owned and operated by Saint Joseph and Grand Island
R. R. Co.
(See decision of Supreme Court in case of Van Wyck v.
Knevals, 106 U. S., 360.)
From junction with Central Pacific R. R. at Roseville, Cal.,
to junction with Oregon and California R. R. at Oregon
State line. Completed from Roseville to Redding within
time required. But 192 miles have been accepted by
president.
Extends from Portland, Oreg., to junction with California
and Oregon R. R. at California State line. Completed
from Portland to Roseburg within time required. Road
between Ashland and State line, 49 miles, has not been
accepted by president.
23718—08 3
18
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
Date of grant.
Route of road.
Extent of grant in place.
Extent of indemnity limits.
Grantee.
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
. Object of act.
July 27,1866
From States of Missouri and Arkansas to the
Pacific Coast, with branch from Canadian
River, eastwardly, to western boundary of
Arkansas, at or near Van Buren.
Odd sections to the
amount of 20 sections
per mile on each side of
road through Territo¬
ries and 10 sections per
mile through States.
30 miles in States and 50
miles in Territories on
each side of road.
Atlantic and Pacific R. R.
Co.
In Missouri grant is owned by Saint Louis and
San Francisco R.JEt. Co.; balance is owned by
the Santa Fé Pacifie R. R. Co.
Apr. 21,1871
July 6,1886
Mar. 3,1897
June 27,1902
Apr. 8,1904
Authorizing company to mortgage its road
Forfeiting grant opposite uncompleted road. '
Defines rights of purchasers under mortgages
authorized by act of Apr. 20, 1871.
Authorizes Santa Fé Pacific Co to sell or lease
its railroad property and franchises, etc.
Relief of small-holding settlers in New Mexico.
July 27,1866
From connection with Atlantic and Pacific R. R.
Co. near eastern boundary of California to San
Francisco.
do.
.do.
Southern Pacific R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, original gran¬
tee.
July 25,1868
June 28,1870
Sept. 29,1890
15 187
16
26
62
63
May 4,1870
Mar. 3,1871
94
From Portland to Astoria, and from a suitable
point of junction near Forest Grove to the
Yamhill River, near McMinnville.
From a point at or near Tehachapa Pass, vi^,
Los Angeles, Cal., to the Texas Pacific R. R.
at or near the Colorado River.
Twenty miles on each side
of road. Odd sections.
Odd sections within 20
miles on each side of
road.
Twenty-five miles on each
side of road.
Thirty miles on each side
of road.
Oregon Central R. R. Co.
Southern Pacific R. R. Co.
No subdivision. Present owner, Oregon and
California R. R. Co.
Jan. 31,1885
23
No subdivision,
tee.
Present owner, original gran-
382
496
Extending time for completion of road
Authorizing company to construct road and re¬
ceive patents along the designated route indi¬
cated by map filed in General Land Office Jan.
3, 1867.
Forfeits grant between Alcalde and Tres Pinos,
Cal.
296
Declaring forfeiture of all lands coterminous
with uncompleted portions of road and not
within grant for completed portion.
19
IMPROVEMENTS. TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location.
Springfield, Mo., to west line of
State, Dec. 17, 1866.
Missouri State line to Kingfisher
Creek, Indian Territory, Dec. 2,
■ 1871.
Van Buren, Ark., to Canadian
River, Indian Territory
(branch), Dec. 2,1871.
Point last named to junction
with main line (branch), Feb.
7,1872.
Kingfisher Creek to eastern
boundary of New Mexico, Feb.
7, 1872.
Through New Mexico, Mar. 12,
1872.
Through Arizona, March 12, 1872.
San Francisco to San Miguel Mis¬
sion, Mar. 12, 1872.
Western line Los Angeles County
to T. 7 N., R. 7 E., S. B. M.,
Mar. 12,1872.
San Miguel Mission to western
line Los Angeles County, Aug.
15,1872.
T. 7 N., R. 7 E., S. B. M. to Colo¬
rado River, August 15, 1872.
General route:
San Francisco to the Colo¬
rado River, Jan. 3,1867.
Constructed road:
San José to Gilroy, Aug. 7,
1871.
From Gilroy southward, 20
miles, Oct. 26, 1871.
From Goshen to NW. i Sec.
30, T. 21 S., R. 25 E., M. D.
M., Oct. 3, 1872.
NW. i Sec. 30, 21 S., 25 E.,
M. D. M., to NW. J Sec. 2,
25 S., 25 E., M. D. M., Aug.
11, 1873.
NW. i Sec. 2, 25 E., M. D. M.,
to NE. i Sec. 9, 28 S., 26 E.,
M. D. M., Oct. 27, 1874.
NE. i Sec. 9, 28 S., 26 E., M.
D. M., to NE. J Sec. 5, 30 S.,
29 E., M. D. M., Aug. 26,
1875.
NE. i Sec. 5, 30 S., 29 E., M.
D. M., to SE. i Sec. 33, 30 S.,
31 E., M. D. M., June 19,
1876.
Goshen to NE. J Sec. 2,19 S.,
20 E., M. D. M., Jan. 27,
1877.
NE. i Sec. 2, 19 S., 20 E., M.
D. M., to NW.i Sec. 11, 20
S., 17 E., M. D. M., Feb. 22,
1877.
Sec. 33, 30 S., 31 E., M. D. M.,
to Mojave, Feb. 17,1878.
May 17, 1871, from Portland
to McMinnville, and from
Forest Grove to Caster
February 2,1872, from Caster
Creek to Astoria.
General route:
Tehachapa Pass, via Los An¬
geles, to the Texas Paeific
R. R., at or near the Colo¬
rado River, Apr. 3, 1871.
Constructed road:
NW. i Sec. 3, T. 2 N., R. 15
W., S. B. M., to NE. I
Sec. 27, 1 S., 9 W., S. B.
M., May 11, 1874.
NE. i Sec. 27, 1 S., 9 W., S.
B. M., to SW. £ Sec. 4, T.
3 S., R. 1 W., S. B. M.,
Nov. 15, 1875.
SW. I Sec. 4, T. 3 S., R. 1
W., S. B. M., to SW. £
Sec. 24, T. 5 S., R. 7 E., S.
B. M., July 24, 1876.
NW. i Sec. 3, T. 2 N., R. 15
W., S. B. M., to NE. £
Sec. 17, T. 11 N., R. 12 W.,
S. B. M., Mar. 6, 1877.
SW. £ Sec. 24, T. 5 S., R. 7
E., S. B. M., to SE. £ Sec.
26, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., S. B.
M., Jan. 31, 1878.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Feb. 14,1867, and Apr. 30, 1867....
None.
Mar. 3, 1872.
None.
None.
May 8, 1872.
May 17, 1872.
Apr. 22, 1872.
Apr. 22, 1872.
Nov. 23, 1874.
Nov. 23, 1874.
Mar. 22, 1867
Sept. 12, 1871.
Dec. 13,1871.
Aug. 30, 1873.
Do.
Nov. 27, 1874.
Oct. 26, 1875.
Aug. 8, 9, 1876.
Mar. 13, 1877.
Do.
June 13,1878.
July 14,1871...
Apr. 24, 1872, all lands within
limits.
Apr. 21,1871
Sept. 17,18~4.
Dec. 20, 1875.
Aug. 19,1876.
Mar. 27, 1877.
Apr. 9, 1878.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
Aug. 13, 1887.
Aug. 15,1887..
Aug. 15, 1887.
-V
Manner of restoration.
By order of Secretary of the In¬
terior.
.do.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior, issued under forfeit¬
ing act.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
Condition of grant.
Not adjusted.
.do
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
Not adjusted.
Estimated area of
grant in acres.
14,539,804.6
4,968,096.10
397,602.16
4,044,050.54
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.-
2,744,790.0
3,213,228.53
128,618.13
1,258,437.96
I
355
200
416
383
2,129.
5.
295.
300.
556.
346.97
©,c
as
00 3
© E
«W
° Ö
i'£
232.
346.97
50.
167.
383.
600.
2,004.
240.
OP®
© ö-0
Ö © ©
Ö« >
»'3'°
o *0 M
£■0
£ g
S C « H
O O
319.
200.
416.
383.
686.
5.
295.
300.
324.
97.
None.
269
200
249
1,404.
5.
295.
300.
84.
97.
None.
Remarks.
Main line.
Missouri.
Indian Territory.
Texas.
New Mexico.
Arizona.
California.
Branch from Van Buren, Ark., to main line in valley of Cana¬
dian River.
Arkansas.
Indian Territory.
The mileage here given is that of said road as originally lo¬
cated from Springfield, Mo., to San Francisco, Cal., and
from Van Buren, Ark., to main line. Road was com¬
pleted from Springfield,,Mo., to Vinita, Ind. Ter., within
time required; from Vinita 50 miles westwardly, and from
Isleta, N. Méx., to the Colorado River after that time.
(See forfeiting act, July 6, 1886; also decision of Depart¬
ment, 4 L. D., 458.)
Mileage here given covers road .from San José, Cal., to
Needles, on the Colorado River. Company is not assert¬
ing any claim to grant between San José and San Fran¬
cisco. Road completed from San José to Tres Pinos, 50
miles, and from Huron to Mojave, 182 miles, within time
required, and from Mojave to the Colorado River after
that time. Uncompleted from Tres Pinos to Huron.
Department has accepted road as constructed from Mojave
to Needles, Cal. Map showing constructed road east of
Mojave filed in Department Jan. 7,1885. See 25 L. D., 223.
Completed from Portland, via Forest Grove, to McMinn¬
ville within time required. Grant for remainder of road
forfeited.
From Mojave, Cal., via Los Angeles, to Colorado River at
Yuma.
20
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
Date of grant,
Route of road.
Extent of grant in place.
Extent of indemnity limits.
Grantee.
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
Object of act.
Mar. 3,1871
16
573
From New Orleans to Baton Rouge, and thence
by way of Alexandria to connect with the
Texas Pacific Railroad at the eastern termi¬
nus.
Odd sections within 20
miles on each side of
road.
Thirty miles on each side
-of road.
New Orleans, Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg R. R.
No subdivisions. New Orleans Pacific R. R.
Feb. 8,1887
Apr. 14,1896
391 ; Confirms grant of Mar. 3,1871, for N.O., B. R. &
V. R. R. Co. to New Orleans. Pacific Company,'
lying west of Mississippi River and between
White Castle and Shreveport, forfeits all east
of river and between New Orleans and White
Castle, and protects actual settlers.
For relief of settlers on lands in indemnity
limits.
Note.—The act of June 22, 1874 (18 Stat., 194), provides for the relinquishment by railroad companies in favor of settlers of lands granted to them, with right of selection in lieu of lands relinquished.
Note.—The act of Sept. 29, 1890 (26 Stat., 496), forfeited all railroad grants opposite unconstructed roads.
FORFEITED RYAIIFRO.AJI) GRyA]>TTS.
June 29,1854
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
June 3,1886
Aug. 11,1856
Aug. 11,1856
Mar. 3,1857
July 4,1866
July 4,1866
July 13,1866
July 25,1866
Mar. 2,1867
Mar. 3,1871
June 3,1856
June 3,1856
14 236
573
From southern line of Territory between ranges
9 and 17 via Saint Paul to eastern line of Ter¬
ritory in direction of Lake Superior.
From Elyton to Beards Bluff
From Memphis, Term., to Stevenson, Ala
From New Orleans to Mississippi State line in
direction of Jackson.
From Tuscaloosa to the Mobile and Ohio R. R.
From Mobile to New Orleans
From the Chattahoochee River to Mobile, with
branch from Èufaula to Montgomery.
From Pilot Knob to southern boundary of Mis¬
souri.
From southern terminus of above road to
Helena, Ark.
From Folsom to Plaeerville, Cal
From eastern terminus of Union Pacific R. R.
on a line between Kansas and Missouri,
southwardly, through eastern tier of counties
of Kansas to a junction with a railroad in
course of construction at or near Preston, in
Texas.
From Stockton to Copperopolis, Cal
From at or near Marshall, Tex., to El Paso;
thence by the most direct and practicable
route to San Diego, Cal.
From Ontonagon, Mich., to the Wisconsin State
line.
From near Gadsden to some point on the Ala¬
bama and Mississippi State line in the direction
of the Mobile and Ohio R. R.
Odd sections within
miles of road.
.do.
.do.
.do .
Same. Even sections.
do
Same. Odd sections.
Odd sections within 10
miles.
.do.
Ten sections per mile on
each side of road.
Same. Odd sections
Five sections per mile on
each side of road.
Twenty sections per mile
on each side in Terri¬
tories and ten in State
of California.
Odd sections within 6 miles
of road.
.do .
Fifteen miles on each side
of road.
.do .
.do .
.do.
.do.
.do.
.do .
Territory of Minnesota.
Estate of Alabama.
Minnesota and Northwest¬
ern R. R. Co.
/None, so far as known to
t General Land Office.
State of Louisiana.
State of Mississippi
States of Alabama, Missis¬
sippi, and Louisiana, re¬
spectively.
State of Alabama
Twenty miles on each State of Missouri,
side of road.
do .
None..
Twenty miles on each
side of road.
Twenty miles on each
side of road.
Fifty miles on each side
of road in Territories
and thirty in State of
California.
Odd sections within 15
miles of road.
.do.
State of Arkansas.
Plaeerville and Sacra¬
mento Valley R. R. Co.
State of Kansas
Stockton and Copperopoli s
R. R. Co.
Texas Pacific R. R. Co
State of Michigan.
State of Alabama.
.do .
.do.
Saint Louis and Iron
Mountain R. R. Co.
State never availed itself
of this grant.
Kansas and Neosho Val¬
ley R. R. Co.
Ontonagon and Brule River
R. R. Co.
Coosa and Chattooga R. R.
Co.
No subdivisions. Present owner of road, Kan¬
sas City, Fort Scott and Gulf R. R. Co.
Marshall, Tex., to El Paso, Tex., Texas and Pa¬
cific Rwy Co.
Texas and Pacific Rwy, Co. assigned grant
from El Paso to Colorado River to the
Southern Pacific R. R. companies of New
Mexico and Arizona, respectively, and from
Colorado River to San Diego to Los Angeles
and San Diego R. R. Co. (See Senate Ex.Doc.
No. 27, 48th Cong., first session.)
No subdivision. No change of ownership
known to this office.
From Gadsden through Chattooga Valley to
Georgia State line. No company claiming
grant is known to General Land Office.
Aug. 4,1854
July 10,1886
July 10,1886
July 10,1886
July 19,1886
June 28,1884
None
Apr. 15,1874
Mar. 3,1877
June 15,1874
May 2,1872
June 22,1874
Feb." 28,1885
Mar. 2,1889
Sept. 29,1890
10
575
1008
496
Repealing granting act.
Declaring forfeiture of grant.
do :
.do.
.do.
.do.
Declaring forfeiture of grant.
Repealing sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of granting
act, securing rights of settlers and releasing
company from obligations.
Declaring forfeiture of grant.
Changing name of company to "The Texas
and Paeifie Railway Company," authorizing
issue of bonds and extending time for comple¬
tion.
Relative to mortgage.
Declaring grant forfeited to the United States,
and restoring lands to public domain.
Forfeiting grant opposite unconstructed portion
of road.
Declaring forfeiture of grant.
21
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, CO' "PILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
Date of definite location.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
Manner of restoration.
Condition of grant.
Estimated area Of
grant in acres.
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30,1907.
Length of road in miles.
Miles of road completed
within time prescribed.
Miles of road completed
after time prescribed.
Miles of road uncom¬
pleted at date entire
road should have been
completed.
Miles of road uncom¬
pleted Sept. 29, 1890.
Remarks.
General route:
Baton Rouge to Shreveport,
Nov. 11, 1871.
New Orleans to Baton
Rouge, Feb. 13, 1873.
Definite location Oct. 27,
1881, Nov. 17, 1882.
Nov. 29,1871
Mar. 27,1873.
Oct. 15,1883
Oct. 15,1883-..
Aug. 15,1887
By order of the Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
By order of the Secretary of
the Interior.
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
2,746,954.22
1,001,017.33
260.
None.
•
260.
260.
None.
Mileage here given covers road from White Castle to Shreve¬
port. Company waived and surrendered all its claim to
the grant between White Castle and New Orleans, and
Congress subsequently declared same forfeited.
FORFEITED RAILROAD GTEAISiTS.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Apr. 23,1870.
None.
June 26,1867.
June 27,1868.
Oct. 18,1867.
General route: El Paso, Tex.,
to San Diego, Cal., Sept. 2,
1871.
Nov. 30,1857.
Sept. 20,1858.
July 15, 1854. All lands within
supposed limits.
June 19, 1856. All lands within
supposed limits.
June 16, 1856. All lands
within supposed limits.
Aug. 15, 1856. All lands
within supposed limits.
Apr. 21, 1857. All lands within
supposed limits.
Apr. 28, 1870. All lands within
limits.
None.
June 26, 1871, and Aug. 29, 1867.
All lands within 20 miles.
June 12, 1869, and Oct. 19, 1869.
All lands within 20 miles of
road.
June 3, 1871, and Oct. 26, 1867.
All lands within 20 miles oí
road.
Sept. 27, 1871, Nov. 16, 1871,
and Nov. 22, 1871. Granted
limits only.
May 30, 1856.
limits.
All lands within
June 19, 1856, Feh. 13, 1857. All
lands within 15-mile limits.
Oct. 9,1854.
Feb. 19, 1858. As to lands along
Memphis road.
July 27,1857.
None.
None.
Mar. 24,1885.
Apr. 27,1874..
Dec. 28,1878.
July 9, 1874.
Indemnity lands not with¬
drawn. Granted lands re¬
stored Mar. 17 and Apr. 4,
1885.
June 15,1868..
No withdrawal of indemnity
lands has been recognized since
the war of 1861.
By order of Commissioner of
General Land Office.
.do.
By order of Commissioner of
General Land Office under
forfeiting act.
By order of the. Secretary of
the Interior.
By order of Commissioner of
General Land Office under
forfeiting act.
By order of Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
526.94
97.84
160.
1,483.
75.
37.5
20.
None.
None.
77.84
None.
20.
None.
77.84
778.
75.
37.5
None.
55.
37.5
See decision of Supreme Court of United States in case o 2
Rice vs. Railroad Co. (1 Black, 360), sustaining repealing
act.
Withdrawal for Ely ton and Beards Bluff road ignored since
war of 1861.
W ithdrawal ignored since war of 1861.
Road in Indian Territory built by Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Rwy. Co. (see road No. 46). This company re¬
ceived patents for 21,341.77 acres of land, all of which
was reconveyed to the United States Apr. 26, 1877, under
act of Mar. 3, 1877, except 526.94 acres, for which it paid
into the United States Treasury 11,498.80, the amount
realized from the sale of said 526.94 acres.
Completed road extends from Marshall, Tex., to junction
with the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio R. R.
at Sierra Blanca, about 90 miles east of El Paso. No
portion of the road in any land-grant State or Territory
has been completed.
From Gadsden to Georgia State line.
22
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
WAGON ROADS.
Date of grant.
Route of road.
Extent of grant in place..
Extent of indemnity limits.
Grantee.
Grantee of State.
Subdivisions of grant and present owners.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
Object of act.
Feb. 28,1823
Mar. 2,1827
Mar. 2,1827
Mar. 3,1863
Mar. 3,1863
June 20,1864
June 20,1864
June 25,1864
July 2,1864
Dec. 26,1866
July 4,1866
July 5,1866
Feb. 25,1867
Mar. 3,1869
727
797
From the lower rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie
to the western boundary of the Connecticut
Western Reserve.
F,rom Columbus to Sandusky.
From Lake Michigan via Indianapolis to some
convenient point on the Ohio River.
From Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Mich., to
Green Bay, Wis.
Quantity equal to 1 mile on
each side of road.
One-half of quantity equal
to two sections on west
side of road.
One section per mile....
Even sections for 3 miles in
width on each side of road
.do.
.do.
From Saginaw to the Straits of Mackinaw..
From Grand Rapids to the Straits of Mackinaw.
From Wausau to Lake Superior
Odd sections for 3 miles in
width on each side of
road.
do
.do.
From Eugene City, Oregon, to the eastern bound¬
ary of said State.
do
.do.
From Corvallis to Yaquina Bay .
From Albany, Oregon, to the eastern boundary
of said State.
From Dalles City to Fort Boisé..
From Coos Bay to Roseburg
Three sections per mile to
be selected within limit
of 6 miles on each side of
road.
Three sections per mile to
be selected within six
miles on each side of said
road.
Odd sections for 3 miles in
width on each side of
road.
do
One dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre (net pro¬
ceeds) of lands previously
sold by United States.
None.
Fifteen miles on each side
of road. Odd and even
sections.
.do.
Indemnity to be selected
from lands nearest road.
do
Six miles on each side of
road. Odd sections.
No indemnity clause
Granting right of indem¬
nity. O dd sections with¬
in 6 miles.
Ten miles on each side of
road. Odd sections.
Six miles on each side of
road. Odd sections.
State of Ohio.
General Land Office dealt
entirely with State in
adjustment.
.do.
.do.
State of Indiana.
State of Michigan (so far as
road is in said State).
State of Wisconsin (so far
as road is in said State).
State of .Michigan
General Land Office dealt
entirely with State in
adjustment, and not in¬
formed of grantee of
State.
In the adjustment of this
grant the State alone was
recognized the General
Land Office not being ad¬
vised as to the company
(if any) upon which the
grant was conferred by
the State.
do
No subdivisions. So far as the General Land
Office is informed the State is the present
owner.
.do.
do
State of Wisconsin.
State of Oregon
State never availed itself of
benefit of thi§ grant.
.do.
.do.
Oregon Central Military
Road Co.
No subdivisions. Present owner, California and
Oregon Land Co.
Dec. 12,1811
Apr. 16,1816
July 7,1838
Apr. 17,1828
Mar. 2,1831
June 28,1834
June 8,1868
May 6,1870
Apr. 24,1872
June 8,1868
May 6,1870
Apr. 24,1872
Mar. 3, :
338
Authorizing President of United States to ap¬
point three commissioners to explore, survey,
and mark out most eligible route.
Authorizing President of United States to alter
location of road.
Ceding to State of Ohio all right or title of United
States in said road.
Authorizing State to select, in lieu of lands grant¬
ed by act of 1827, forty-five sections to be lo¬
cated in the Delaware land district.
Confirming selections theretofore made of lands
for construction of said road.
Authorizing correction of erroneous selections of
land granted to State.
Extending time for completion
do.
do...
.do.
.do.
.do.
.do.
State of Oregon.
.do .
.do.
.do.
Corvallis and Yaquina
Bay Wagon Road Co.
Willamette Valley and Cas¬
cade Mountain Wagon
Road Co.
Dalles Military Road Co..
Coos Bay Wagon Road Co.
No subdivision. No change of ownership..
No subdivisions. No change of ownership..
None.
July 15,1870
16
363
Authorizing change in location.
.do.
.do.
None.
None.
Note.—The act of July 1,1902 (32 Stat., 733), extends the provisions of the act of June 22,1874 (18 Stat., 194), to wagon-road grants. See note under "Railroad grants.'
23
IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
VV A G OAs ROADS.
Date of definite location.
Date and extent of withdrawal.
Date of restoration of indemnity
lands.
Manner of restoration.
Condition of grant.
Estimated area of
grant, in acres.
Number of acres
certified or pat¬
ented to June
30, 1907.
Length of road in miles.
Miles of road completed
within time prescribed.
Miles of road completed
after time prescribed.
Miles of road uncom¬
pleted at date entire
road should have been
completed.
Miles of road uncom¬
pleted Sept. 30, 1890.
Remarks.
Extends from Perrysburgh to Crogansville. In
addition to lands certified under grant $10,206.41
was paid to the State in lieu of lands previously
sold. No information as to construction of
road can be found in General Land Office.
80,773.54
80,773.54
1_No information as to construction of this road can
be found on files of General Land Office.
170,580.24
170,580.24
Not
do.
known.
Oct. 7, 1864....
Oct. 27, 1864
Indemnity lands never with¬
drawn.
221,013.35
221,013.35
125
125
None.
None.
None.
Extends from Wisconsin State line, near Lac
Desert to Copper Harbor, Mich.
v
Oct. 28, 1864
Nov. 7, 1864
302,930.96
302,930.96
158
158
None.
None.
None.
Extends from Fort Howard, Wis., to Michigan
State line, near Lac Desert.
Feb. 28, 1870
Granted limits, Aug. 2, 1865, and
May 18, 1870.
Indemnity limits, May 5, 1871;
June 25,1879; and July 22,1879.
Aug. 15, 1887
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
845,536.30
582,191.61
420
420
None.
None.
None.
Extends from Eugene City, Oreg., to eastern
boundary of State in Town. 30 S., range 46 E.
Mar. 3,1868
Apr. 13, 1868
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
90,240.00
81,113.22
47
47
None.
None.
None.
From Corvallis to Yaquina Bay.
May 20, 1868; Nov. 2, 1870; Jan.
June 18,1868; June 2,1871; July 10,
1874; and June 19, 1883.
861,504.00
861,511.86
448.7
448.7
None.
None.
None.
From Albany via Camp Harney to Snake River
(eastern boundary of State), at mouth of Mal¬
heur River.
30, 1871; and July 10,1871.
Nov. 1, 1869
Dec. 14, 1871
Aug. 15, 1887
Practically adjusted, but not
closed.
556,832.67
539,907.40
357
357
None.
None.
None.
From The Dalles via Canyon City to the Snake
River, near the mouth of the Owyhee River.
Nov. 23, 1870
Mar. 31,1871....-
Aug. 13, 1888
99,819.35
105,240.11
62
62
None.
None.
None.
From Roseburg to Coos Bay.
24
STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID IÑ CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
C A N .A IT GRANT,8.
Date of grant.
Object of grant.
Extent of grant.
Grantee.
Grantee of State and present owner.
Mar. 2,1827
May 29,1830
Feb. 27,1841
Aug. 29,1842
Mar. 3,1845
May 9,1848
Mar. 2,1827
June 30,1834
Aug. 31,1852
Mar. 2,1827
Aug. 29,1842
Aug. 3,1854
May 24,1828
Apr. 2,1830
Aug. 31,1852
Mar.' 2,1855
May 24,1828
June 18,1838
Aug. 26,1852
Mar. 3,1865
July 3,1866
Apr. 10,1866
July 3,1866
236
416
414
542
731
219
236
716
143
234
542
344
305
393
143
634
305
245
35
519
To aid in opening a canal to unite at navigable points the waters of the Wabash
River with those of Lake Erie.
.do.
Same as above, but relating to that part of canal between Tippecanoe Creek
and Terre Haute.
In aid of that part of canal covered by act of 1827
To aid in extending and completing the Wabash and Erie Canal from Terre
Haute to the Ohio River at Evansville.
For entire length of canal as above described
To aid in opening a canal to unite at navigable points the waters of the Wabash
River with those of Lake Erie (so far as the same-is in the State of Ohio).
.do.
.do.
To aid in opening a canal to unite the waters of the Illinois River with those
of Lake Michigan.
do
.do.
To aid in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to the Maumee River at the
mouth of the Auglaize River.
do
.do.
.do.
Sec. 5. To aid in the construction of canals in the State of Ohio
To aid in opening a canal to unite the waters of Lake Michigan, at Milwaukee,
with those of Rock River, between the point of intersection with said river,
of the line dividing townships seven and eight, and the Lake Koshkonong.
To aid in construction of a ship-canal around the falls of the St. Mary's River..
To aid in construction of breakwater and harbor and ship-canal through any
public lands upon the neck of land known as "The Portage."
.do.
To aid in construction of breakwater and harbor and ship-canal to connect the
waters of Green Bay with those of Lake Michigan.
To aid in the construction of a ship-canal to connect the waters of Lake Superior
with the lake known as Lac La Belle.
A quantity of lands equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of canal..
Granting 29,528.78 acres to be selected in- lieu of a like quantity theretofore disposed
of by the United States.
Quantity equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of canal between
points named, with right to select other lands n lieu of those disposed of by the
United States.
Authorizing selection of 24,219.14 acres in lieu of lands covered by Miami Indian Reser¬
vation.
One moiety of the lands remaining unsold in a strip 5 miles in width on each side of
canal, together with one moiety of all other unappropriated lands in the Vinceimes
land district.
Authorizing State to select a quantity of land which, together with the land already
received, will make the full amount equal to one-half of five sections in width on
each side of canal.
A quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of canal...
Authorizing State of Ohio to select a quantity of lands equal to the quantity of lands
included in above grant previously sold by the United States.
Section 3, authorizing adjustment upon the principles which governed the adjust¬
ment of the grant to Indiana under the act of May 19,1848.
Quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of canal
Authorizing State to select 5,760 acres in lieu of certain lands previously disposed of
by the United States.
Authorizing State to select balance of land due, the quantity to be ascertained upon
the principles which governed the grant to the State of Indiana, under act of May
9, 1848.
Quantity equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of said canal
Authorizing State to select other lands in lieu of lands sold by the United States.
Section 3, authorizing adjustment upon the principles which governed the adjust¬
ment of the grant to Indiana under the act of May 19, 1848.
Confirming selections made by State.
Five hundred thousand acres, to be selected from lands subject to private entry
All unappropriated lands in sections designated by odd numbers, within the breadth
of five full sections, taken in north and south or east and west tiers on each side of
canal.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand acres, to be selected from public lands in the State
of Michigan, subject to private entry.
Two hundred thousand acres, to be selected from public lands in odd sections, sub¬
ject to private entry, nearest the location of the eanal.
Two hundred thousand acres in addition to land granted by act of 1865—150,000 acres
to be selected from odd, and 50,000 from even sections in upper peninsula of Michigan,
to which right of pre-emption or homestead has not attached.
Two hundred thousand acres, to be selected from public lands in odd sections, sub¬
ject to private entry, nearest the location of the canal.
One hundred thousand acres, to be selected from the odd-numbered sections nearest
the location of the canal to which the right of pre-emption or homestead has not
attached.
State of Indiana.
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General Land Office dealt entirely with State in adjustment of grant.
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State of Indiana.
State of Ohio, by joint resolution of State of Indiana approved Feb. 1, 1834.
State of Ohio
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State of Illinois.
General Land Office dealt entirely with State in adjustment of grant.
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State of Ohio.
General Land Office dealt entirely with State in adjustment of grant.
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Territory and State of Wisconsin.
Grant to vest in State when admitted
into the Union.
State of Michigan.
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Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Co.
General Land Office dealt entirely with State.in adjustment of grant
Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship-Canal Co., now the Lake Superior Ship-
Canal Railway and Iron Co.
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State of Wisconsin.
State of Michigan..
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Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship-Canal and Harbor Co.
Lac La Belle Harbor Improvement Co.
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IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
oVlsr^X, GEANTS.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Date of act.
Mar. 26,1824
Mar. 26,1824
May 24,1828
Mar. 2,1855
Mar. .30,1822
Mar. 2,1833
Mar. 2,1833
Mar. 3,1847
May 29,1848
July 1,1864
None.
Apr. 10,1869
Mar. 2,1871
Mar. 27,1872
Mar. 3,1873
Mar. 1,1872
Mar. 7,1874
None.
47
305
634
659
662
178
233
413
55
599
44
627
Object.
Authorizing State to locate canal to connect the navigation of the rivers.
Wabash and Miami of Lake Erie, and granting right of way 90 feet in
width on each side of canal.
Authorizing State to locate canal to connect the navigation of the rivers
Wabash and Miami of Lake Erie, and granting right of way 90 feet in
width on each side of canal.
Section 4, authorizing State of Indiana to relinquish and convey grant to
State of Ohio.
Confirming selections made for benefit of canal
Authorizing State to survey and locate canal, , and granting right of way 90
feet in width on each side of same.
Authorizing State to use lands granted by act of 1827, for purpose of con¬
structing a railroad instead of a canal, and extending time for completion.
Extending time for completion.
Providing that liabilities incurred by Territory shall be paid and discharged
by State, and that even-numbered sections along line of canal shall be sold
at the same minimum price as other public lands of the United States.
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Providing that the lands sold by the State should be charged to her 5 per
cent fund, at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
Extending time for completion.
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Extending time for completion.
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Date and extent of withdrawal.
None..
June 17,1833. All lands within 5 miles
of the Miami (Maumee) River.
Aug. 27, 1836. All lands within 5 miles
on each side of canal.
None.
Sept. 28, 1828. Five miles on each side
of Auglaize River from its head to
its mouth.
None :.
July 3, 1838, and Sept. 11, 1838.
lands within probable limits.
All
None.
May 26, 1865. All lands in odd-num¬
bered sections in upper peninsula
west of range 21 W. and north of
town. 40 N.
None.
July 14, 1866. All odd-numbered sec¬
tions in upper peninsula of Michigan
west of range 15 W.
Date of restoration of surplus lands.
Not known. Grant has long been
treated as satisfied and closed.
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Jan. 6, 1845.
Apr. 20, 1840. All lands outside fixed
limits, and even sections within those
limits, the latter at $2.50 per aere.
See Proc. 290.
June 15, 1868. See notice No. 727.
Dec. 22,-1874; Mar. 7, 1879.
June 5, 1871. Notice No. 752.
Number of
acres certified
in satisfaction
of grant.
1,480,408.87
265,815.45
324,282.74
438,301.32
499,997.12
138,995.99
750,143.03
400,081.15
199,630.98
100,011.67
Remarks.
The length of the canal from the Ohio State line to Evansville, Ind., as shown by the official maps on file in the General
Land Office, is as follows: ~
From the Ohio State line to Terre Haute 225 miles.
From Terre Haute to Evansville 144 miles.
Total - 369 miles.
A map showing the location of the canal from the Ohio State line to the mouth of Tippecanoe Creek appears to have
been filed in the General Land Office, with letter from D. Burr, president of Board of Commissioners, dated Oct. 9,
1829, but this map can not now be found in the files of the office.
The map now on file showing the location of the canal from the Ohio State line to Terre Haute was received in the Gen¬
eral Land Office with letter from Hon. Thomas H. Blake, dated Dec. 26, 1848.
The map showing the location of the canal from Terre Haute to Evansville was received in the General Land Office
with letter from James H. Whitcomb, Esq., dated Dec. 29, 1845.
Jn the final adjustment of the grant under the act of 1848, which act the General Land Office appears to have construed
as applying only to that part of the canal which lies between the Ohio State line and Terre Haute, the State was
allowed five sections per mile for each mile of canal between said points.
In addition it "was held that as the act of 1824 reserved a strip 90 feet in width on each side of the canal in perpetuity,
the State lost the fee to that extent as to any of the alternate sections covered by the.grant of 1827, and was entitled
to other lands in lieu of the strip thus reserved. See letter from Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary
of the Interior of Feb. 23,1850, Mis. Record 28, N. S., p. 344.
With reference to the right of way granted by the act of 1824, diligent search in the records of the General Land Office
fails to show that any reservation of such right of way was ever made. See opinion of Attorney-General, Jan. 16,
1879 (16 Opinions, p. 250), holding that the grant of 90 feet on each side of the canal is a grant not of the land but of
an easement therein, and that the purchaser or grantee of the Government took the title subject to such easement,
unless the same was excepted out of the patent.
See also opinion of Attorney-General, Nov. 15,1849 (5 Opinions, p. 179), that State was entitled to lands for navigable
feeders, and letter of Commissioner of General Land Office to Hon. Thos. H. Blake, Nov. 24,1849 (Mis. Ree. 27. N. S.,
p. 208), holding that there were no "navigable feeders" within the meaning of that termas used by the Attorney-
General.
Under the act of 1845, extending the grant from Terre Haute to Evansville, the State appears to have been allowed to
select one moiety of the unappropriated lands within a strip 5 miles in width on each side of the canal, and, in addi¬
tion, one moiety of all the unappropriated lands in the Vincennes district. See letter of Commissioner General Land
Office to Secretary of the Interior, Mar. 16, 1852.
The length of the canal from the Indiana State line to Perrysburgh is 91 miles. Map thereof was filed in the General
Land Office with letter from the governor of Ohio dated June 11,1834.
The grant was adjusted upon the principle which governed the adjustment of the grant to Indiana for the Wabash and
Erie Canal, between the Ohio State line and Terre Haute. See letter from Commissioner General Land Office to Sec- -
-retary of the Interior dated Dec. 6, 1850, Mis. Ree., N. S., vol. 30, p. 528; Secretary's reply of Dec. 10, 1850, and aet of
Aug. 31,1852.
[Length of canal from Illinois River, near Peru, to Lake Michigan at Chicago is 101.35 miles. Map of canal filed in Gen¬
eral Land Office, with letter from governor of Illinois, dated Dec. 25, 1829.
Grant adjusted upon the principle which governed the adjustment of the grant to the State of Indiana for the Wabash
and Erie Canal between the Ohio State line and Terre Haute. See act of Aug. 3,1854, and letter of Commissioner
[ of General Land Office to governor of Illinois, under date of Aug. 24, 1854, vol. 40, Mis. Ree., p. 456.
Length of canal from Dayton to the Maumee River at Defiance (mouth of Auglaize River) is 127.63 miles.
Map filed in General Land Office with letter from Samuel F órrer, Engineer, dated May 10, 1832.
In the adjustment of this grant the State was allowed to select a quantity equal to one-half of the area of the lands
within 5 miles of the canal, amounting to 377,967.57 acres. See letter from Commissioner General Land Office to Sec¬
retary of the Interior under date of May 17,1851 (Misc. Ree., N. S., vol. 32, p. 182), and Secretary's reply of June 17,
1851. In addition to the quantity in place the State selected 60,333.75 acres, which selections were confirmed by the
act of Mar. 2, 1855.
Map of canal filed in General Land Office, with letter from governor of Territory, dated May 16,1839.
The State having failed to construct the canal, the lands were treated as having reverted to the United States. The
State, however, having sold 125,431.82 acres, the lands thus sold were charged to her 5 per cent fund, at the rate of
$2.50 per acre; the remaining lands, amounting to 13,564.17 acres, were charged to the Internal Improvement grant
of Sept. 4, 1841. See Opinions of Attorney-General, July 24, 1852 (5 Opin., 574), and Sept. 18, 1854 (6 Opin., 732).
The joint resolution of July 1,1864, however, provided that the lands sold by the State should be charged to her 5 per
cent fund, at the rate of $1.25 per acre, and that the State should be credited with the amount legally applied towards
the cost of selling the lands and constructing the canal.
Act of 1865, 199,999.88 acres.
Act of 1866, 200,081.27 acres.
Map of canal filed in General Land Office May 1, 1865. Length of canal is about 2.25 miles. For a full statement rela¬
tive to the grants for this canal, see letter from Commissioner General Land Office to Secretary of the Interior dated
June 9, 1886, Annual Report General Land Office, 1886, p. 318.
Map showing the location of canal was filed in General Land Office, May 2,1867, with letter from the governor of Wis¬
consin dated Apr. 29, 1867.
Mar. 10,1883, Hon. Philctus Sawyer filed a second map showing a relocation of canal.
Length of canal, according to map of 1867, is about 1.44 miles; according to map of 1873, about 1.39.miles.
Length of canal, about seven-eighths of a mile.
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STATEMENT SHOWING LAND GRANTS MADE BY CONGRESS TO AID
RIVER I M ER OVE M EN
IN CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS, WAGON-ROADS, CANALS, AND INTERNAL
TYRANTS.
Dato of grant.
May 23,1828
Aug. 8,1846
Aug. 3,1854
Mar. 3,1855
Aug. 8,1846
July 12,1862
83
345
724
77
543
Object of grant.
To aid in the improvement of the Muscle Shoals and Colbert Shoals in the Ten¬
nessee River and such other parts of said river within the State of Alabama
as the legislature of said State may direct; and in certain event to aid in the
improvement of the Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior Rivers.
To aid in improving the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers in the Ter¬
ritory of Wisconsin, and of constructing the canal to unite the said rivers
at or near "The Portage."
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The improvement of the navigation of the Des Moines R.iver
Extended grant from Raccoon Fork to north boundary of State, for improve¬
ment of the river, and to aid in the construction of a railroad along the river
bank.
"Extent of grant.
Four hundred thousand acres of reliilquished lands in the counties of Madison, Mor¬
gan, Limestone, Lawrence, Franklin, and Lauderdale, in the State of Alabama.
A quantity of land equal to one-half of three sections in width on each side of the Fox
River and the lakes through which it passes, from its mouth to the point where
the Portage Canal enters the same, and on each side of said canal, from one stream
to the other.
Authorizing adjustment upon the principles which governed the adjustment of the
grant to Indiana under the act of May 9, 1848. ,
Declaring that it was the intention of the act of Aug. 3, 1854, to give to the State a
quantity of land equal, mile for mile of its improvements, to that granted to Indiana
under act of May 9, 1848.
An equal moiety of alternate sections of land in a strip 5 miles in width on each side
of the river.
Odd sections within 5 miles of river.
Grantee.
State of Alabama.
Territory of Wisconsin; to become the
property lof the State of Wisconsin
when admitted into the Union.
State of Iowa.
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Grantee óf State and present owner.
General Land Office dealt entirely with.State in adjustment of grant.
Fox and Wisconsin Improvement Company.
General Land Office dealt entirely with State in adjustment of grant
Des Moines Navigation and R. R. Co., now Des Moines Valley R. R. Co.
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IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH DATA RELATIVE THERETO, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE—Continued.
v* V
RIVER IÍPR OV EMENT GRANTS.
Additional legislation affecting but not increasing grant.
Number of
acres certified
Date and extent of withdrawals.
Date of restoration of surplus lands.
Remarks.
Date of act.
j Statute.
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Object. »
of grant.
Apr. 24,1830
Feb. 12,1831
July 16,1832
Mar. 2,1833
June 23,1836
May' 29,1848.
Mar. 2,1849
June 9,1858
Mar. 12,1867
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397
Extending time for completion ! _ _
400,016.19
683,722.43
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4
4
4
5
9
9
11
15
441
604
663
57
233
352-
313
20
Authorizing State to construct canal around Muscle Shoals before completing
other portion of canal.
Authorizing State to alter the plan for improvment. -
Expending powers of the board of canal commissioners.
Authorizing State of Alabama to impose tolls on use of canal.
Providing that reserved even-numbered sections shall be sold at the same
minimum price as other public lands of the United States.
Confirming certain entries and authorizing State to select other lands in lieu
of the lands covered thereby.
Confirming State's selections of certain even-numbered sections.
Extending time for completion.
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Aug. 8, 1846, lands within 3 miles;
.Apr. 3,1855, notice No; 533; all lands
within 5 miles.
Nov. 7, 1859; Nov. 14, 1859; notice No.
648.
In the adjustment of the grant of 1846, as amended by the act of Aug. 3,1854, the State appears to have been allowed
a quantity of land equal to three full sections for each mile of the Fox River and the lakes through which it passes,
from its mouth to the point where the Portage Canal enters the same, and said canal from stream to stream.
Under the act of 1854, and resolution of 1855, the State claimed, in addition to the grant of 1846, five sections per mile for
each mile of the Wisconsin River from its mouth to the Portage Canal. This claim was rejected by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office Mar. 12,1855, and his decision was affirmed by the Secretary of the Interior Mar. 26,1855.
The question was appealed to the' President of the United States, who, by decision dated Feb. 11, 1857, affirmed
the decision of the Secretary. For decision of the President, see Misc. Ree., vol. 49, p. 202. v
Mar. 2,1861
Mar. 3,1871
12
16
251
582
Relinquished to State all the title the United States then retained in lands
along the Des Moines River, and above the Raccoon Fork thereof^ which
had been improperly certified under the act of Aug. 8,1846. .
Confirmed the title of the State to certain indemnity lands which had been
• certified to the State for supposed losses within the grant in place, which
were subsequently found not to exist.
June 1,1849; Apr. 6,1850; July 26,1851;
May 18,1860.
1 .
Not known. Grant has long been
treated as satisfied and closed.
1,161,513.69
The act of 1846 did not specify any particular sections, but the State elected to take the odd.
On account of the great conflict of opinion among the executive officers of the Government, some contending that the
grant terminated at the Raccoon Fork, and others that it extended along the entire course of the river within the
State of Iowa, the withdrawal of June 1, 1849, reserving the lands along the entire course of the river was made.
The Supreme Court of the United States in April, 1860 (December term, 1859), in the Litchfield case (23 Howard, 66),
decided that the grant did not extend above the Raccoon Fork, but the withdrawal of 1849 was continued until the
act of July 12, 1862, extended the grant to the north boundary of the State.
In Wolcott case (5 Wall., 681), Riley vs. Wells (December term, 1869), not reported; Williams vs. Baker (17 Wall., 144);
Homestead Co. vs. Valley Railroad (17 Wall., 162), and other cases; the same court decided that the withdrawals of
1849 reserved the lands, and that the act of 1862 had the effect to give to the State all the land she originally claimed
under the act of 1846.
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■ — - A.
Alabama and Chattanooga R. R
Alabama and Florida R. R
Alabama and Tennessee Rivers R. R
Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay R.R..... ......
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé R. R...... .......
Atlantic, Gull, and West India Transit Company.^
Atlantic and Pacific R. R
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B.
Bay de Noquet and Marquette R. R
Black Warrior River, improvement of
Burlington and Missouri River R. R., Iowa
Burlington and Missouri River R. R. Nebr
C.
Cahawba River, improvement of
Cairo and Fulton R. R
California and Oregon R. R
California and Oregon Land Company...., .
Cedar Rapids and Missouri River R. R .'. :
Central Branch Union Pacific R. R
Central Pacific R. R
Do
Chicago and Northwestern Rwy
Do
Do
Chicago and Northern Pacific Air Line Rwy
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R
Do .. .......
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Rwy
Do ;
Do
Do
Do
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rwy
Chicago, Saint Paul and Fond du Lac R.R
Do
Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Rwy
Columbus and Sandusky Wagon Road-...
Coos Bay Wagon Road...
Coosa and Chattooga R. R
Coosa and Tennessee R. R
Coosa River, improvement of .......
Corvallis and Yaquina Bay Wagon Road
D.
Dalles Military Road...
Denver Pacific Rwy.
Des Moines Navigation and R. R. Co ,...
Des Moines River, improvement of
Des Moines Valley R. R .-.
Detroit and Milwaukee R. R
Dubuque and Pacific R. R ,
Dubuque and Sioux City R.R
Dubuque, Bellevue and Mississippi R. R
E.
Ely ton and Beard's Bluff R. R,
F.
Farm Mortgage Company ........
Flint and Pere Marquette R. R
Florida R. R
Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central R. R.
Florida Railway and Navigation Company
Florida Central and Peninsular R.R
Florida and Alabama R. R
Fort Wilkins and Copper Harbor Wagon Road
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Fox River, improvement of
Fox and Wisconsin Improvement Company
G.
General canal purposes, Ohio
Grand Rapids and Indiana R. R
Grand Rapids and Straits of Mackinaw Wagon Road-
Gulf and Ship Island R..R
H.
Hannibal and Saint Joseph R. R
Do
Hastings and Dakota R. R
Hastings, Minnesota and Red River gf the North R. R.
Nft,
Page.
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I.
Illinois Centrai R. R
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Illinois and Lake Michigan Canal
Iowa Central Air Line R. R
Iowa Falls and Sioux City R. R —...
Iron Mountain R. R
Iron Mountain R.. R., extension of, to Helena, Ark
• ' i ■ • J.
Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw R. R.
. K.
Kansas and Neosho Valley R. R
Do
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf R. It
Kansas Pacific Rwy -
L.
Lac La Belle Ship Canal -
La Crosse and Milwaukee R. R...'
Lake Michigan and Indianapolis Wagon Road..
Lake Michigan and Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
Lake Superior and Mississippi R. R
Lake Superior Ship-Canal Railway and Iron Company.
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston R. R
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western R. R
Little Rock and Fort Smith Rwy
Los Angeles and San Diego R. R
Louisville and Nashville R.R
Lyons Branch, C. R. and Missouri River R. R
M.
Madison and Portage R. R„
Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon R. R
Do
Marquette and Ontonagon R. R
Marquette and State Line R. It
McGregor and Missouri River R. R
McGregor and Sioux City R. R
McGregor Western R. R
Memphis and Charleston R. R
Memphis and Little Rock R. R
Miami and Connecticut Reserve Wagon Road
Miami and Dayton Canal
Michigan National Wagon Road
Milwaukee and Rock River Canal
Minneapolis and Cedar Valley R. R
Minnesota and Northwestern R. R
Minnesota and Pacific R. R —
Do
Minnesota Central R. R
Minnesota Valley R. R :
Mississippi and Missouri R.R
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rwy :
Do
Missouri Pacific Rwy
Mobile and Girard R.R
Mobile and Great Northern R.R
Mobile and Montgomery Rwy
Mobile and New Orleans R. R
Mobile and Ohio R. R., Miss
Mobile and Ohio R. R., Ala
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas It. R
N.
New Orleans and Jackson R. R ...
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg R. R
New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western It. It
New Orleans Pacific Rwy
Northeast and Southwestern R. R
Northern Central Michigan R.R
Northern Pacific Rwy
Do
North Wisconsin Rwy
O.
Ohio grant for general canal purposes
Ontonagon and Brule River R. R
Ontonagon and State Line R. R
Oregon and California R. R
Do ;
Oregon Central Military Road
Oregon Central R.R ...
Do
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No.
P.
Pacific R. R....
Peninsula R. R '.
Pensacola and Atlantic R. R
Pcnsacola and Georgia R. R .... ....
Placer ville and Sacramento Valley R.R
Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal
Portage, Winnebago and Superior R.R .
Port Huron and Lake Michigan R. R
Port Huron and Milwaukee R.R
J; " s.
Saginaw and Straits of Mackinaw Wagon Road
Saint Croix and Lake Superior R. R
Saint Joseph and Denver City R.R
Saint Joseph and Grand Island R.R . 1. !.. .
Saint Louis and Iron Mountain-R. R
Saint Louis and San Francisco Rwy
Saint Louis and San Francisco R. R
Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rwy
Saint Mary's Ship Canal -
Saint Paul and Duluth R. R
Saint Paul and Northern Pacific R. R
Saint Paul and Pacific R. R
Do
Saint Paul and Sioux City R. R
Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Rwy
Do -
Saint Paul, Stillwater and Taylor's Falls R. R
Savannah and Albany R. R
Selma, Rome and Dalton R.R
Sioux City and Pacific R. R.. :
Sioux City and Saint Paul R.R
Southern R.R ,
South and North Alabama R. R
Southern Kansas Rwy.
Southern Minnesota R. R
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Southern Minnesota Rwy. Extension ^
Southern Minnesota and Minnesota Valley R. R
Southern Pacific R. R. of California (main line)
Southern Pacific R. R. of California (branch line)
Southern Pacific R. R. of Arizona
Southern Pacific R. R. of New Mexico
Southwest Branch. (See Pacific R.R.)
Stillwater and Saint Paul Rwy
Stockton and Copperopolis R. R
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. ...
T.
Tennessee River, improvement of
Tennessee and Alabama Central R. R
Tennessee and Coosa R. R
Tete Des Morts Branch, Dubuque and Pacific R. R
Texas and Pacific Rwy
Do.
Texas Pacific R. R.
Tomah and Lake Saint Croix R. R
Tuscaloosa and Mobile R. R * ■- — "J.
U.
Union Pacific R. R. (main line) J
Union Pacific Rwy. (Kansas Division)
Union Pacific R. R., Central Branch
Union Pacific R. R., Southern Branch
Union Pacific R. R., Eastern Division
V.
Vicksburg and Meridian R.R —. —
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific R. R
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas R. R
W.
Wabash and Erie Canal, Indiana ■
Wabash and Erie Canal. Ohio '..
Wausau and Lake Superior Wagon Road
Western R. R. of Minnesota. (See Saint Paul and Northern Pacific R. R.)
Western Pacific R. R
West Wisconsin Rwy
Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road.
Winona and Saint Peter R. R : ^
Wills Valley R. R :
Wisconsin Central R. R
Wisconsin River, improvement of -
Wisconsin R. R., Farm Mortgage Land Company