U.S. Montgomery Land Office - list of mineral lands, ca.1883.

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U.S. Montgomery Land Office - list of mineral lands, ca.1883.

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An 1883 Apr. 9 circular letter from the U.S. Land Commissioner informed Ala. district land offices that an 1883 Mar. 3 act of the U.S. Congress reclassified all Ala. land as agricultural, regardless of any previous designation. These lands were to be offered for sale and were available for homesteading. The act was meant to encourage the development of the state's mineral resources. The letter instructed Registers to prepare a list of all lands previously reported as mineral which had not yet been entered. This volume lists mineral lands in the Montgomery Land District by location with a designation of the type of mineral reported (generally coal or ore). This volume documents the U.S. Government's encouragement of industrial development in the state.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...

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Authorities: Brannon, Peter. "Through the Years: United States Land Offices in Alabama." Montgomery Advertiser. 1936 July 26. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The Montgomery Land Office was established by an act of 1832 July 10 to administer the Tallapoosa Land District in the State of Ala. The office opened on 1834 Jan. 1 and originally was made up of the lower Cree...