Land Dept. records. . Northern Pacific Railway Company records 1869-1973.

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Land Dept. records. . Northern Pacific Railway Company records 1869-1973.

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Many series of records created by the Northern Pacific administrative unit responsible for the company’s extensive land holdings, and documenting in great detail the acquisition, surveying and platting, ongoing management, resource usage, and disposition of the lands.

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Northern Pacific Railway Company. Land Department

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When the Northern Pacific was chartered in 1864, it received from Congress a grant of approximately 50 million acres of undeveloped land along its route through the northern tier of western states. The land department was organized in 1871 to manage this vast resource, which consisted of arable and semi-arid open lands, as well as extensive forested and mountainous tracts. In addition to forest products, the lands contained substantial mineral resources including coal, oil, gas, and iron and cop...

Northern Pacific Railway company

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Northwestern Improvement Company

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