Letters received from the General Land Office, 1870-1939.

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Letters received from the General Land Office, 1870-1939.

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Letters and land lists relating to the selection, status, and transfer from the federal government to the state of various grant and trust fund lands. Most pertain to the state's claim to swamp and railroad lands and to conflicting or contested claims stemming from prior sale or homestead entry. They consist of letters and enclosures sent to the state auditor and governor by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office, letters from the district land offices in Minnesota, and notices and findings on contested claims.

2.5 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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United States. Dept. of the Interior. Office of the Secretary.

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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 ...