Report of the Commissioner of General Land OfficeThe Office, 1870 - Public lands |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... region of cereals , including Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Michigan , Wisconsin , Missouri , Iowa , Minnesota , Kansas , Nebraska , and Dakota Terri- tory . Third division , mineral and grazing region , including Nevada and the Terri ...
... region of cereals , including Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Michigan , Wisconsin , Missouri , Iowa , Minnesota , Kansas , Nebraska , and Dakota Terri- tory . Third division , mineral and grazing region , including Nevada and the Terri ...
Page 5
... Region of the Gulf States , specially adapted to the cul- ture of cotton , sugar , rice and semi - tropical fruits , in addition to the cereals , esculents , and fruits of other sections , embracing the public land States of Louisiana ...
... Region of the Gulf States , specially adapted to the cul- ture of cotton , sugar , rice and semi - tropical fruits , in addition to the cereals , esculents , and fruits of other sections , embracing the public land States of Louisiana ...
Page 36
... regions for the ready hand of the agricultur- ists , lying , as they do , invitingly prepared for the work of the plow , all tracts which presented obstacles , however slight , to speedy use and oc- cupancy , were liable to be regarded ...
... regions for the ready hand of the agricultur- ists , lying , as they do , invitingly prepared for the work of the plow , all tracts which presented obstacles , however slight , to speedy use and oc- cupancy , were liable to be regarded ...
Page 38
... region is a high level plateau , nearly all table land , extending to the north for many miles , and producing grass , while on the south side the prevalent vegetation is the cactus . Game of all kinds is abundant in these mountains ...
... region is a high level plateau , nearly all table land , extending to the north for many miles , and producing grass , while on the south side the prevalent vegetation is the cactus . Game of all kinds is abundant in these mountains ...
Page 39
... region and more favorable country . The summit of the snowy range is passed at an altitude of one thousand two hundred feet . From the peaks over which the surveyed boundary passes , the highest in this range affords a most beautiful ...
... region and more favorable country . The summit of the snowy range is passed at an altitude of one thousand two hundred feet . From the peaks over which the surveyed boundary passes , the highest in this range affords a most beautiful ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
act of Congress act of July aggregate agricultural annual appropriation Arkansas boundary bushels cañons cent City claims clerks climate coal Colorado construction contract crops Dakota deposits deputy Diablo district east eastern embracing ending June 30 estimated extending February 19 feet fiscal year ending gold grants homestead Indian Iowa July 20 June 21 Kansas Lake Land Office located Louisiana Mexico mineral mining Mississippi Missouri Missouri River Mount Diablo Mountains Nebraska Nevada northern number of acres Oregon Pacific railroad plats Plattsmouth population portion pre-emption principal meridian public lands public surveys quantity railway range 1 west range 13 region River road scrip section lines Sept settlement settlers soil southern square miles streams subdivision surveyor SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE swamp Territory thousand timber tion Total town Township 1 north Township 11 tracts Union Pacific Union Pacific railroad valleys Washington Territory west Township western
Popular passages
Page 212 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 323 - Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thereof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on...
Page 216 - But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others.
Page 58 - That whenever any person or association of persons claim a vein or lode of quartz, or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, or copper, having previously occupied and improved the same according to the local customs or rules of miners in the district where the same is situated...
Page 12 - An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the western territory, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
Page 221 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 48 - It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign, and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated...
Page 58 - ... we ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly and too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own.
Page 48 - The United States, as a just nation, regard this stipulation as the avowal of a principle which would have been held equally sacred, though it had not been inserted in the contract.
Page 25 - Territory, shall acquire any right of pre-emption under this act...