Map of Lincoln County, Washington, issued by the Land Department of the Northern Pacific Railway, October 1897

Map of Lincoln County, Washington, issued by the Land Department of the Northern Pacific Railway, October 1897

Lincoln County (Wash.) -- Maps. <br>Railroads -- West (U.S.)

1 map; 50 x 50 cm. Map shows Northern Pacific Railroad lands for sale and U.S. Government lands open for settlement. The Columbia and Spokane Rivers form the northern boundary of the map. <br>As a major part of the financing of its transcontinental routes, the Northern Pacific (and other railroads) were awarded large grants of land. Part of the Northern Pacific's grant included alternating sections of land for forty miles to either side of their projected line. Much of this land had already been settled, and after the Supreme Court favored the settlers in the matter, Congress compensated the railroads with timbered lands elsewhere.

Northern Pacific Railway Company. Land Dept.

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St Paul, MN : the Land Department of the Northern Pacific Railway Co.

1897

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Is part of Lincoln County, Washington.

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Maps

WSU 183<br>F897.L7 L565 1897

United States--Washington (State)--Lincoln County