(ND & SD) Territory of Dakota Congo Larger tracts are named by

Larger tracts are named by owners

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

An interesting inset shows what was were the boundaries of Germany in 1937

it does note the great Iroquois lands as “IROCHESI” as it spanned from present day Pennsylvania to St Lawrence

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

(ND & SD) Territory of Dakota Congo Larger tracts are named byTerritory 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.