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. ...
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 9:03 PM
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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."
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