Use and Disposition of Railroad Right-of-way Grants


Book Description

Committee Serial No. 9. Considers. H.R. 3346 and two identical bills, to authorize Interior Dept to dispose of lands within abandoned and forfeited railroad rights-of-way. H.R. 6630 and H.R. 6945, to authorize the Interior Dept to grant to railroads right-of-way through public lands. H.R. 6161, H.R. 7436, and H.R. 7550, to validate right-of-way conveyance to railroad companies.










Railroads, Lands, and Politics


Book Description

Includes information on the Central Pacific Railroad, homestead law and homesteaders, Kansas Pacific Railroad, lobbyists, Northern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Railway Commission of 1887, immigrants, population expansion, Santa Fe Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, etc.