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The Act of March 1, 1800 [7] provided for dividing quarter townships into lots of 100 acres (0.40 km 2) each, 880 yards in width by 550 yards in height. [8] On March 3, 1803, the unclaimed land was divided into one mile (1.6 km) square sections and into half sections, and sold as essentially Congress Lands by the Chillicothe and Zanesville land ...
The act organizing Wyoming Territory became law on this date, but it is unclear if the territory could be considered "organized" until May 19, 1869, as the act specifies it was not to take effect until a government is organized; however, all sources use this date as the creation, and most use it for the organization, of the territory.
The District of Keewatin was created by the passage of the Keewatin Act on April 12, 1876, in a central separate strip from the North-West Territories, in order to provide government for the growing area north of Manitoba and west of Ontario. [75] [76] August 1, 1876. Colorado Territory was admitted to the US as the 38th state, Colorado.
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 (signed by President Abraham Lincoln) was the first major land grant specifically for the transcontinental railroad. This act provided surveyed, public lands for a railroad right-of-way to build rail systems, and millions of acres to raise the capital needed to build and maintain the future railways.
Animated map of the District of Columbia. The city of Washington was not incorporated until 1802. The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland and Virginia ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district, which would encompass the new ...
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Franklin County detectives are continuing to investigate the suspected murder of a Basin City man found in front of his home on Sunday. A person called 911 about 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 22 to report ...
By Tuesday night, the Franklin Fire was over 3,000 acres, spreading through the Santa Monica mountains to the Malibu coast with 0% containment, CalFire officials said.