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Des Moines River Lands and Railroad Grant Report Debate
Iowa legislators debate a 1846 Des Moines River land grant and the Keokuk Fort Des Moines and Minnesota railroad contract. They examine valley scope, land resumption, and the railroad’s route from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, amid disputed interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
McCaun
Elbert
Miracle
Stone
Huff
Lacey
Parsons
Committee On Judiciary
Judiciary
Des Moines Valley Railroad Company
United States
Territory
Iowa
Des Moines
Raccoon Fork
Congress
Secretaries of the Treasury
Interior
Secretary of the Interior
State of Iowa
Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company
Des Moines River
Mississippi River
Fort Dodge
General Assembly
Coness
Keokuk, Fort Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad Company
Demoine Navigation and Railroad Company
Keokuk
Fort Des Moines
Minnesota
Bentonsport
Keokuk, Fort Des Moines
General Assembly of Iowa
Preme Court of the United States
Department of the Interior
City of
Minnesota River
Minnesota Railroad Company
State of
Iaid
Judiciary Committee
St. Peters
Webster
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Oskaloosa
Prairies
Valley
Senate
Branc
Pong Beyong
Choate
Marshall
Register of the Land Office