Early California and the Northern Pacific Railway
This week we learn about the Northern Pacific Railroad with the General Land Office Record of the Week.
Learn about how who Billings, Montana was named after with this week's story.
The GLO web site provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than 12 million Federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present. The site also hosts images of survey plats and field notes, land status records, and control document index records, and is the most visited website in the Department of the Interior. Visit glorecords.blm.gov for more information.
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