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Des Moines Valley Railroad Land Grant Showdown Voice of Law and Politics
Debates in the Iowa Senate over resuming lands granted in 1868 to the Des Moines Valley Railroad. Proponents argue the company complied with the law, built beyond the five mile river limit to aid broad settlement and Minnesota-bound growth, while opponents call for resumption if terms were not met, urging consideration of contract terms, cost, and public benefit.
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Stone
General Assembly
Railroad Committee
Boone
Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Boone County
Des Moines River
Bulis
Twelfth General Assembly
Des Moines Valley Railroad Company
Des Moines
Dodge
Des Muines
Ft. Dodge
Senator Hawley
Congress
Webster
Despines River
Senator Moore
Friends of the Bill
Friends of the
Des Moines Valley
Mississippi Valley
Bluffs
Iowa
Minnesota
Seeeuator Patterson
Friends
Boone River
Grand Junction
Senator Patterson
Senate
Winneshiek
Tirst
Des Moines Vall
Coon
Yom Winneshiek
Moore
Floyd
Patterson
Oly