(ND & SD) Territory of Dakota Congo Dense with notations for neighborhoods

Dense with notations for neighborhoods and developments

knowing the route of the railroad could make or break your town

The "Proposed Pacific Railway Routes" are shown here in purple

there is a sheltered waterway short cut that can get you from just behind Cape May City

inset of San Francisco

(ND & SD) Territory of Dakota Congo Dense with notations for neighborhoodsTerritory of Dakota, GLO, 1876 Early in the 19th century the U. S. founded an agency to manage the surveying, platting and sale of the public lands in the western U. S. If you think back to the massive growth and acquisitions throughout the 19th century, it was an astounding challenge to manage. Spanning from Florida and the deep south, all the way west through the trans Mississippi lands, to the West Coast, it was hundreds of millions of acres.