Extension of Time for Land Settlement
A new congressional act provides crucial relief for settlers on former Northern Pacific land grants along the Columbia River.
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Representative Ellis, of Oregon, has secured passage by congress of his bill to extend the time allowed settlers in which to obtain title to the lands in the forfeited railroad grants, which has especial reference to the lands originally granted to the Northern Pacific railroad along the Columbia river in Oregon and Washington. The time given to settlers under the former law expires January 1, 1894. Mr. Ellis' bill extends the time three years, until January 1, 1897.
“The time given to settlers under the former law expires January 1, 1894. Mr. Ellis' bill extends the time three years.”
Land use, specifically the complex legacy of railroad grants and homesteading, was central to early civic development in the Pacific Northwest. This story touches on the ongoing tension between federal infrastructure and the rights of individual settlers to hold the land they lived on.
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