Railroad land grants in the United States made in the 1850s to 1870s, were instrumental in the building the nation's railway network in the Central United...

countries; the process of awarding land grants are not limited to the countries named below. The United States historically gave out numerous land grants as Homesteads...

The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary...

Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the industrial revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of...

sections. Railroad land grants in the United States Full text of the law An Act Granting Right of Way, and making a Grant of Land to the States of Illinois...

Pacific Railroad) in the United States through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies. In 1853, the War...

railroad, backed with government land grants. At a time when the first transcontinental railroad was being constructed by the Central Pacific and the...

shared in the increased value of the land grants, which the railroads developed. The construction of the railroad also secured for the government the economical...

United States and Western Canada because of extensive use in railroad grants for western expansion, although it had its beginnings in the canal land grant...

In the United States, governmental entities at all levels- including townships, cities, counties, states, and the federal government- all manage land...