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Land grant lands and railway claims ignite Iowa debate
Iowa legislators debate the Burlington and Missouri Railroad land grants with claims that unentered lands prior to July 2, 1864, should be retained by settlers who improved them. Resolutions urging Congress to grant redress pass unanimously as colonists seek equity against railroads.
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Council Bluffs
Burlington & Missouri Railroad
Act of Congress
Railroad Company
Congress
Haycock
General Assembly
I. W. Kevver
Senate
Joshua W. Satterthwait
Willliam W. Mercier
House
Mr. Tufts
Committee On Claims
Geo. W. Wilson
Hartshorn
Committee On Police Regulations
Mr. Toliver
Committee
State Bank of
Iowa
Totiver
Norris
State Reform School
State of
James Chapin
T. O. Norris
A. H.stetsmay
Mahin
Beresheim
Mr. Mahin
Kasson
Agricultural College
Stone
Muscatine
Brown
van Buren
Iowa City
Mahis
Jones
Committee On Public Buildings
Mr. Brown
Evans