The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-19
Number

! state. Year. Corporation. acres.
! Wisconsin .lSI;6-Break water and
| ship canal 1000. HO,UO
| Michigan -. 1867 Portage LakeShip
canal ................ 2UOUOO
| Michigan. &c. lSG6-POrtage Lakeship
canal .................. 2CO,WO
| Michigan -. lS65-La Belle ship
| canal......... lOt0
| Alabama. ISIS. Alabama X. r.. t760tO
E>''''''''''' ''' ooga X. H. 9793p
Louisiana. lS7l-N. u, b. Rouge
and NickSburg
K. R................ 10000
Arkansas lS66-Cairo and Fulton 96j,I2
Arkansas .lSG6-MemphiSa and Lit
tie rock ............... $500
Arkansas lSB8-Little Rock and
Fort smith ......... 1887.
Arkansas. ..ls66-Iron Mountain
X. R.................. s6l,OOO
Missouri ..l SGG-Cairo and Fulton
X. R."...."..;...... l2S,'lS
Missouri , lSGG-St. Louis and Iron
MOuntain.......... l,iOO,OO
Iowa $780, Burlington ana
Missouri River. lOl, ITO
Iowa 1864 Chicago and K. |.
X. R.................. ll6,S6
Iowa .ls6i--Cedar Rapids and
Missouri River. 3i2,46
Iowa...........lS4 McGregor and .....
Missouri River. ,53G,0U
Iowa lSGl--SiouX City and st
Paul ...............".. 2IG,OW
Iowa .lS64-SOuiX city and
~" "'''''''''" Pacific $50 900
Michigan. .lSGG--Jackson, Lansing
and Michigan
(regrantl .........-.. ,tD2, NV
Michigan. -. lS65--Flint and Pere
Marquette ........ 5S6,S2S
Michigan. lSGi-Grand rapids and ,,
Indiana............ 53l 200
Michigan Sc. lS6j--Bay de Foquet o,,.
and Marquette. rs OW
Michigan 1885, Marquette and
OntOnagOn 2i3,ZOU
Michigan -. Chicago ana n. -o,,,
W............. ...."" 0'0,ooo
Michigan -. 1866 Chicago and n.
Wisconsin lS64-- West Wisconsin,. 10000
Wisconsin. lSG4--St. CrOix and ,o
Lake superior. 3JO,OOO
Wisconsin. lSBi--Bayfield branch. 2l5,0O0
Wisconsin. lS62--Chtcago ana " o,,,
w. Fegrant ...... UO,CU
Wisconsin lSi--Portagc and SUI
perior...... ........... 'oO,VVV
Minnesota lStJ- 81 Paul and Pa
cfic ,.... go. ......... 5JO,OO
Minnesota. lSti5-St Paul and Pa
ciflc Branch....... 12j,OO
Minnesota lSnI-- Minnesota Cen
trail .......-.-.--... 29O,UU
Minnesota. .ls,i5-- Winona and st
Peter....- ........... oSV,VvV
Minnesota. 1854 ST. Paul and
Sioux City. lJO,OU
Minnesota '6i.'66 Lake Superior
and Mississippi. SO,OO
Minnesota lSj6-- NJ innesotaSO uth-
ern................. 'oo,VU
Minnesota lSb-- Hastings and Da-
kota ................ $4,000
Kansas 1863 .I,eavenworth, Law
renee and Cal
veston................ 10000
Kansas . 1851 AtchiSsn, TOpe-
Ea and Santa Fe l,2OOOW
Kansas lSfi--U Pacific. South
ern branch ---.- 10000
Kansas lStG--St. 10. and Den ..-
ver".......... $685.. l''VIuW
! Kansas . lSt6--Fort Scott and
Gulf.................. E,OUO
| Kansas .lSGG--Southern branch
Union Pacific. l,2B,O goo
| California lSS--Placervillc and
0'''' ''' S.cramento,.... 2OO0Oo
California 1861 CENTRAL Pacific Or
egon branch. l,5iO,O
| California 1867 Stockton and Cop
perOpolis ........- $4,000
Oregon 5000 lS6- Oregon and CAL
0i'e" if5rnia ............... l,76O,O 900
Oregon ...... lS0--Oregon Central 10000
Year Corporations.
IseJ-r--ITnion Pacific Central
Pacific and Kansas Pa
cific Railroads.. ...... % .09, 600
ISci- Northern Pacific rlilroau.. iI,U0,WO
iSoO rond - 900 900
1871 Southern Pacific railroad S0U,0 100
iS,s,. "a Central Pacific Rsilroad... 24I,l66
1871 Texas Pacific railroad .'....-.. lS'aVo'oo
From 1862 to 1871. chiefly in o,oo,,
Northwest. 4UoV,oV
homes 1855, ic5
Total number OF acres bestowed 80, ,,,
in land grants since lSE......-...-..ah.cVn,UVV
| Granted by Democratic party in .-
thirty-four years...............----.. S,loi,SSo
| Granted by Republican party in
hlteen years i'o,oto,feo