Lands that were for Sale After Construction
... do you have information on lands that were on sale for settlement after the construction of the Railroad and the advantages living in those lands? This is for a group assignment. I have searched but have been unsuccessful. Your site is really great and extensive. ...
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For information about railroad lands, see:
"Williams' Pacific Tourist." 1876:
Page 282 - Advertisement: Rich Farming Land on the Line of the Union Pacific Railroad!
Page 283 - Advertisement: Ho! For California!!! The Laborer's Paradise!
Page 284 - Advertisement: Choice of 9,000,000 acres ... in Southern California ... Along the Route of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
"Land-grant maps, which were published for many years, were frequently used by land speculators to advertise railroad lands for sale to the public. As early as 1868 most western railroads established profitable land departments and bureaus of immigration, with offices in Europe, to sell land and promote foreign settlement in the western United States."
Modelski, 1975.
" ... Government Land Grants under the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 ... "
"WHERE TO EMIGRATE, AND WHY." by FREDERICK R. GODDARD, PHILADELPHIA, 1869.
CPRR Land Surveyor's Map, c. 1898 and the description at the bottom of the page of "California Guide Book. The Lands of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad Companies. Homes for All in California, Nevada and Utah. Geography, Climate, Soil and Productions. Advantages for Settlement." San Francisco. c. 1882.
Central Pacific Railroad Land Map, 1924
CPRR Lands
Railroad Land Grants in California from a People's Independent Party map of 1875
Agriculture is still a boom to state."
Martha Garcia, Loomis News Editor:
"In Images of America: Loomis, a 2009 Loomis Basin Historical Society publication, editor Beth Nute Enright writes about the emergence of fruit ranching that followed the gold rush and the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad to Loomis in 1864, when 'peaches, pears, plums, grapes, persimmons, strawberries, cherries, Asian pears and olives thrived.' Today, Placer County grows most of the same produce, as well as a new mix of important crops, including mandarins."
Redding, California was named in 1872 for Benjamin B. Redding who was in 1864 the first land agent of the Central Pacific Railroad.
From: Birmingham Land surveyors
This post has helped me to have another perspective. I am researching this topic for a paper I am writing. Your article provided me great insight of my topic. Thanks for it ...
How much land could people buy from the railroad and for how much?
"28. DAVIS, O. F. [LAND COMMISSIONER, OMAHA, NEB.]. GUIDE TO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS. 12,000,000 ACRES. 3,000,000
ACRES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA NOW FOR SALE. Omaha: Land Department Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1876. First edition. 8vo. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4" pictorial wrappers with map on back cover, 32 pp., introduction, illustrated, maps. Two folding maps. One is of the Union Pacific Railroad (6" x 18 1/2") its connections and land grant..The other map (7 5/8" x 22") is a map of the Union Pacific Railroad land in Nebraska East of Range 42 West of the 6th P. M., 1876.The rear cover features a map of the United States and the Union Pacific and its connections. The land grant comprises central Nebraska, southern Wyoming, and northern Colorado and Utah. Description, advantages, water resources, climate, soil, live stock raising, farming, markets, timber, minerals, information about homesteads, advantages of living in colonies, etc. ... two folding maps ... Both Adams' Herd and Graff list similar titles but different years and claim their listings to be 'rare.' $2,750.00 (43977)"
"34. LAND DEPARTMENT, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. GUIDE TO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS. 12,000,000 ACRES. BEST FARMING AND MINERAL LANDS IN AMERICA, FOR SALE BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, IN TRACTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS AND AT LOW PRICES. Omaha: Land Department Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1870. First edition. 8vo. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4" printed wrappers with map on back cover, 44 pp., introduction, illustrated, maps. The rear cover features a map of portions of Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa. States where land grant bonds are available from the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The frontispiece is a map of the United States that shows the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections. A third map shows counties in Nebraska in 1870, and the Union Pacific Railroad lands, first 200 miles, grants of 1862-64. A description of the Nebraska lands are provided county by county. The available lands are contained in alternate sections of one square mile each, within a breadth of twenty miles on either side of the railroad and extend along the entire line. They extend through central Nebraska, southern Wyoming, and northern Colorado and Utah, and include within their limits the splendid agricultural lands of the Platte Valley, the great
natural pastures of the Laramie Plains and the valleys of Lodge Pole Creek and Bear River, and the rich iron and coal fields between the Black Hills and the Wahsatch Mountains. Description, advantages, water resources, climate, soil, live stock raising, farming, markets, timber, minerals, information about homesteads, advantages of living in colonies, etc. Both Adams' Herd and Graff list similar titles but different years and claim their listings to be 'rare.' ... $2,750.00 (44035)"
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From: "J Kearney" pepperdog@mindspring.com
Subject: Railroad land advertisements in Ireland and England
This is a rather general railroad question. Several of my ancestors came to Minnesota from Ireland and worked on the railroad…. About a dozen relatives in total… including in-laws. One started out on the railroad and then became a farmer. I seem to recall reading something years ago about the railroads using land as an inducement to come to the US to work the railroad. I am trying to confirm that this is the case. Also, given that so many relatives came to Minnesota within a few years of each other and all worked for the railroad… I wanted to confirm that the railroad companies ran advertisements in places like Ireland and England (where Irish had relocated to during the famines). Am I correct on one or both of these points? ...
—J Kearney
See,
land advertisements
land sales
Sale of railroad lands to immigrants was advertised in the 19th century in the United States. Not sure about advertisements in Europe.
See related.
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11. LAND DEPARTMENT, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. GUIDE TO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS. 12,000,000 ACRES. BEST FARMING AND MINERAL LANDS IN AMERICA, FOR SALE BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, IN TRACTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS AND AT LOW PRICES. Omaha: Land Department Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1870. First edition. 8vo. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" printed wrappers with map on back cover, 44 pp., introduction, illustrated, maps. The rear cover features a map of portions of Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa. States where land grant bonds are available from the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The frontispiece is a map of the United States that shows the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections. A third map shows counties in Nebraska in 1870, and the Union Pacific Railroad lands, first 200 miles, grants of 1862-64. A description of the Nebraska lands are provided county by county. The available lands are contained in alternate sections of one square mile each, within a breadth of twenty miles on either side of the railroad and extend along the entire line. They extend through central Nebraska, southern Wyoming, and northern Colorado and Utah, and include within their limits the splendid agricultural lands of the Platte Valley, the great natural pastures of the Laramie Plains and the valleys of Lodge Pole Creek and Bear River, and the rich iron and coal fields between the Black Hills and the Wahsatch Mountains. Description, advantages, water resources, climate, soil, live stock raising, farming, markets, timber, minerals, information about homesteads, advantages of living in colonies, etc. Both Adams' Herd and Graff list similar titles but different years and claim their listings to be "rare." ... $1,450 ...
19. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY AND BURLINGTON & MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANIES. ONE MILLION ACRES - B & M RAILROAD LAND IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA FOR SALE AT LOW PRICES AND ON LIBERAL TERMS. THE BEST FARMING & STOCK RAISING REGION IN THE WEST - THE LONGEST CREDITS AND LOWEST INTEREST - THE MOST LIBERAL RATES & TERMS OFFERED BY ANY COMPANY (COVER TITLE). N. P.: Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1878). First edition. 18.3 X 9.7 cm [7 1/4" x 3 3/4"] original green decorated, sewn wrappers, 32 pp. frontispiece [Plate: Looking South-West From Lincoln, Neb.], illustrated, three maps. Inside front cover provides a map of South eastern Nebraska showing 950,000 acres of land for sale; inside rear cover provides a map of Southern Iowa showing 50,000 acres for sale; and rear cover provides a map showing the leading through routes to the West and the lands offered for sale. The land in Nebraska is offered at from $1.50 to $8.00 per acre, sold on ten years credit at six percent interest, with a 45 percent discount for payment in cash. The land in Iowa is offered at from $5.00 to $15.00 per acre sold on ten years credit and at six percent interest, with 35 percent discount for payment in cash. To encourage prospective buyers the railroad offers: "Every settler upon a new western farm helps to solve the labor problem. He can produce his own bread and meat, while he swells the demand for manufactured articles, and to that extent aids the laborers engaged in their manufacture." Stamp of F. G. Wright, Agt., Reading Penn." ... a very scarce report. $895 ...
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From: "David" dnsritter@yahoo.com
I live in Nevada County, California within T14N R8E Section 33. I am trying to develop a history of property ownership.
According to Tract Book 18, it appears this section was an original land grant to CPRR.
Can you provide any further details? If this is fact, can you please tell me who/when first purchased the property from the CPRR Land Company? Thanks for any help you can provide.
—Dave, Auburn, CA
The complete details should be listed in the title search document that was provided by the title insurance company when the property was last purchased.
From: "Mistie Clark" rambleonrose78@proton.me
I am in search of some information on a building that appears to be owned by CPRR. I've been in touch with Placer County Historical archive department but so far we have come to dead ends.
Basically, I came across an old brick building up in the Kingvale California area. After a bit of research, I was able to find the it is owned by CPRR. The address is 200 Troy Rd, Kingvale or Soda Springs or Cisco Grove. It was hard to pinpoint the exact town. Possibly historically it was the township of Troy.
Would you be able to give any further info on historical buildings owned and basically abandoned by CPRR? ...
—Mistie Clark
The successor company to the Central Pacific Railroad is the Union Pacific Railroad.
Perhaps they could answer your inquiry.
From: "Mistie Clark" rambleonrose78@proton.me
Thank you. I was wondering what year the Central Pacific became Union Pacific.
SPRR/UPRR 1901 merger, 1912 unmerger, 1959 merger:
1901 - 1912 (CPRR as part of the Southern Pacific System starting in 1885), and again starting in 1959.
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