{"product_id":"burlington-west-a-colonization-history-of-the-burlington-railroad-r-overton-hc","title":"Burlington West A Colonization history of the Burlington Railroad R Overton HC","description":"\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- HTML Generated by Auction Wizard 2000 - http:\/\/www.AuctionWizard2000.com\/ --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- AW2KLOT#:131416 --\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:98%;padding:2px;margin:auto;border:5px outset #673434;background-color:#FDF3D0\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"border:1px inset #673434;margin:5px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border:0px;padding:5px;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRailroadTreasures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eoffers the following item:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\";padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eBurlington West A Colonization history of the Burlington Railroad R Overton HC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eBurlington West A Colonization history of the Burlington Railroad By Richard Overton \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eHard Cover \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eCopyright 1941   583 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eOwners Plate inside front cover, Inscription on title page, Front cover damage, see photos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 1em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                        \u003c\/span\u003e3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. ORIGINS OF THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                         \u003c\/span\u003e9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. RAILROADS AND POPULATION, 1830-1845\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                  \u003c\/span\u003e9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. CHICAGO AND THE AURORA BRANCH RAILROAD TO 1850\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e16\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIII. THE RACE FROM LAKE ERIE TO CHICAGO, 1850-1852\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIV. THE ORIGIN OF THE C. B. \u0026amp; Q., 1849-1856\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                 \u003c\/span\u003e31\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eV. THE PROBLEM OF EXPANSION INTO IOWA\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                 \u003c\/span\u003e43\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. SOUTHERN IOWA PLANS ITS RAILROAD, 1852-1856 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e45\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIII. CONGRESS, SECTIONALISM, AND THE LAND GRANT, 1856\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e73\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. SECURING THE GRANT\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:6\"\u003e                                                                        \u003c\/span\u003e73\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. THE DISPUTE OVER WITHDRAWAL\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                \u003c\/span\u003e86\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIV. ORGANIZING THE RAILROAD LAND DEPARTMENT, 1851859 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e             \u003c\/span\u003e98\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eV. THE SWAMPLANDS IMBROGLIO, 1850-1859 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e122\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVI. EARLY PROBLEMS OF THE RAILROAD COLONIZERS, 1859-1860 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e139\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. THE SURVEY \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:7\"\u003e                                                                                   \u003c\/span\u003e139\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. THE PREEMPTION AND SWAMP CLAIMS \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e146\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIII. MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:6\"\u003e                                                                \u003c\/span\u003e155\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIV. PREPARING AN ADVERTISING PROGRAM \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e158\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVIL THE B. \u0026amp; M. MARKS TIME, 1860-1866 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                         \u003c\/span\u003e164\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVIII. CHARLES E. PERKINS WATCHES THE COMPANY LANDS,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1860-1866 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                               \u003c\/span\u003e186\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIX. RAILS FOR IOWA AND A PROJECT FOR NEBRASKA, 1866-1869\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e 218\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. IOWA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e218\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. NEBRASKA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                               \u003c\/span\u003e225\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIII. IOWA AND NEBRASKA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:6\"\u003e                                                                       \u003c\/span\u003e229\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eX. COLONEL AMES SELLS TEN THOUSAND ACRES, 1866-1869\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e237\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. IOWA\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:10\"\u003e                                                                                                                  \u003c\/span\u003e237\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. NEBRASKA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                               \u003c\/span\u003e269\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXI. CONSOLIDATION AND CONSTRUCTION, 1870-1873 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                             \u003c\/span\u003e272\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. IOWA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e273\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. NEBRASKA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                               \u003c\/span\u003e277\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXII. GEORGE S. HARRIS REORGANIZES THE LAND DEPARTMENT,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1869-1870 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:7\"\u003e                                                                                    \u003c\/span\u003e290\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. IOWA AND NEBRASKA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:7\"\u003e                                                                                   \u003c\/span\u003e290\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. IOWA \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e304\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIII. NEBRASKA\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                        \u003c\/span\u003e309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXIII. BOOM YEARS FOR THE LAND DEPARTMENT, 1871-1873 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                  \u003c\/span\u003e329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. ESTABLISHMENT OF TITLES\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:7\"\u003e                                                                             \u003c\/span\u003e329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. PRICE POLICY\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                    \u003c\/span\u003e333\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIII. DOMESTIC ADVERTISING\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:6\"\u003e                                                                 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e341\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIV. FOREIGN ADVERTISING \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:6\"\u003e                                                                       \u003c\/span\u003e359\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eV. PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CIVIC DEVELOPMENT\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e370\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVI. RESULTS \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e380\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXIV. CRISIS AND RECOVERY, 1874-1880 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e391\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. THE COMPANY FACES HARD TIMES \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e391\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. LAND DEPARTMENT POLICY AND RESULTS \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e412\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIII. THE DECADE IN RETROSPECT \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e446\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXV. CLOSING ACTIVITIES OF THE LAND DEPARTMENT, 188o-1905 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e461\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. EXPANSION OF THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e461\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. SELLING THE LAST OF THE LAND GRANTS \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e465\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXVI. THE RAILROAD AND THE COMMUNITY, 1905-1940 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e480\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI. CREATING THE MODERN RAILROAD \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e480\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eII. COLONIZATION WORK IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                        \u003c\/span\u003e483\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAPPENDICES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA. Chronology of events connected with the withdrawal of\npublic lands and the location of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in\nIowa, 1856-1857 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e491\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB. Letter of Bernhart Henn describing Iowa and the future of\nthe Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in that state, September 6, 1858 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e493\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eC. Source material relating to the formation of a through\nline between Chicago and the Mississippi River \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                               \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e505\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eD. Extracts from letters of Charles E. Perkins describing\nhis trip across southern Iowa, eastern Nebraska and northern Missouri, August,\n1866 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e518\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eE. Note on tenancy in Iowa and Nebraska, 1880-1900\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e527\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eF. Statistics\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:11\"\u003e                                                                                                                         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e528\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1. Gross land sales by the Burlington and Missouri River\nRailroad (Iowa), monthly, 187o-1890 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:6\"\u003e                                                                       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                              \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e528\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2. Gross land sales by the Burlington and Missouri River\nRailroad in Nebraska, monthly, 1870-1903 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                               \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e529\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e3. Average price per acre of B. \u0026amp; M. lands in Iowa and\nNebraska, annually, 1871-1883\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:11\"\u003e                                                                                                                                    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e531\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e4. Gross land sales by the Chicago, Rock Island \u0026amp;\nPacific Railway and average price per acre of lands sold, annually, 1871-1883 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e531\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e5. Gross land sales by the Union Pacific Railway and average\nprice per acre of lands sold, annually, 1871-1883 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n7\"\u003e                                                                                \u003c\/span\u003e532\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e6. Seasonal movement measured by aggregate monthly sales of\ngross acres by the B. \u0026amp; M. railroads in Iowa and Nebraska for the periods\n1871-1875, 1876-1880, and 1871-1880, inclusive\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                          \u003c\/span\u003e533\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e7. Gross acres sold by the B. \u0026amp; M. and Union Pacific in\nNebraska, monthly, 1877-1882, with seasonal movement eliminated \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e534\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e8. Gross number of sales by the B. \u0026amp; M. in Nebraska,\ntogether with average price per acre, annually, 1882-1903 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                            \u003c\/span\u003e535\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNote concerning zones for statistical comparison \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                   \u003c\/span\u003e535\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e9. Total population and population per thousand acres for\nselected zones in Iowa and Nebraska, decennially, 1860— 1900 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e536\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e10. Total improved acres and percentage of total acres\nimproved for selected zones in Iowa and Nebraska, decennially, 186o-1900\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                            \u003c\/span\u003e537\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIi. Total acres in farms and percentage of total acres in\nfarms for selected zones in Iowa and Nebraska, decennially, 1860-1900\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e538\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[These tables contain the underlying statistics for the\ngraphs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003elisted on page xix.]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e539\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eINDEX \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e557\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"AMERICAN PROGRESS\" .\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n2\"\u003e                        \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\nfrontispiece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe frontispiece from Crofutt's New Overland Tourist and\nPacific Coast Guide (Omaha and Denver, 1883). This 275-page guide by George A.\nCrofutt was issued by The Overland Publishing Company and \"Sold by News\nAgents on the Railroads, at News Stands and at the Book Stores throughout the\nUnited States.\" It was distributed on the Burlington and Missouri River\nRailroad in Nebraska by the Railroad News Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE GALENA AND CHICAGO UNION RAILROAD'S \"PIONEER\"\n. . \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.facing\np. 20\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis locomotive hauled the first train operated on any part\nof the Burlington system. On September 2, 185o, it ran from Batavia to Turner\nJunction over the Aurora Branch and thence to Chicago over the Galena and\nChicago Union. The original engine is now in the Museum of Science and\nIndustry, Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJOHN MURRAY FORBES, 1813-1898.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\nfacing p.30\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeading financier of the Burlington system, a director of\nseveral of its constituent companies, and president of the C. B. \u0026amp; Q.,\n1878-1881. Photograph from the Secretary's Office, C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R.,\nChicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJOHN W. BROOKS, 1818-1881\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCHAUNCEY S. COLTON, 1800-1885.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e .\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\nfacing p.38\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the financial backing of John Murray Forbes, and in\ncollaboration with James F. Joy, Brooks completed the Michigan Central in the\nyears 1846-52. He was an early director of the Aurora Branch Railroad and of\nthe Burlington and Missouri River Railroad (Iowa), serving several terms as\npresident of the latter. He was closely identified with the expansion of the\nBurlington through Iowa and Nebraska. Colton helped organize the Central\nMilitary Tract and was instrumental in consolidating the Burlington system in\nIllinois. Both photographs are from the Secretary's Office, C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R.\nR., Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eINVITATION TO CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF THE C. B. \u0026amp; Q. TO\nTHE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1855.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e.70\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction of the original invitation in the Historical\nFiles of the C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R., Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNOTICE OF OPENING OF SERVICE BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. (IOWA) TO\nFAIRFIELD, IOWA, 1858.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\n\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e. 103\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction of the original owned by Mr. O. E. Ward, C. B.\n\u0026amp; Q. R. R., Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJAMES FREDERICK JOY, 1810-1896.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\n\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e. facing p. 176\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the founders of the Michigan Central Railroad, a\ndirector and president at various times of the C. B. \u0026amp; Q. and B. \u0026amp; M.\n(Iowa) as well as of other constituent companies of the Burlington system. He\nwas particularly active in the corporate and financial affairs of the railroad.\nPhotograph from the Secretary's Office, C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R., Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCOMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC OF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE B. \u0026amp; M. (IOWA), 1865-1866.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\n178-179\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduced from the B. \u0026amp; M. (Iowa) Annual Report for\n1866.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAPPLICATION OF CHARLES DICKENS' BROTHER FOR A JOB WITH THE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB. \u0026amp; M. (IOWA), 1865 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e211-212\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction of the original letter in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land\nDepartment Papers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHIELSEN'S SURVEYING PARTY IN NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER, 1864.\nfacing p. 214\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHenry Thielsen spent the late fall directing the survey of\nthe B. \u0026amp; M. in Nebraska. Reproduction of a photograph in the Colonization\nBureau, C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R., Omaha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS, 1840-1907.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\nfacing p. 230\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLand Commissioner of the B. \u0026amp; M. (Iowa), 186o-1866, superintendent\nof that road during its construction from Ottumwa to the Missouri River,\nvice-president of the B. \u0026amp; M. in Nebraska, and eventually (1881-19o1)\npresident of the Burlington Lines. Charles E. Perkins was the leading figure in\nthe land and colonization work of the Burlington. Photograph from the\nSecretary's Office, C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R., Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBURLINGTON ABOUT 1872.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\n260\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction from a B. \u0026amp; M. R. R.R. Guide How To Go West\n(Chicago, 1872). The guide is in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land Department Papers, Baker\nLibrary, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB. \u0026amp; M. IN NEBRASKA NO. 7, THE \"WAHOO,\" BUILT\nAT MANCHESTER, N.H., 1870 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.facing p. 280\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 4-4—o coal-burning engine typical of the motive power on\nthe Burlington in the 'seventies and 'eighties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"B. \u0026amp; M. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH\" AT BURLINGTON,\nJANUARY 14,1873 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.facing p. 286\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his daily notebook Charles E. Perkins gives the date of\nthis \"B. \u0026amp; M. Family Photograph.\" Included in it, besides\nPerkins, are J. W. Ames, Land Commissioner of the B. \u0026amp; M. (Iowa) 1866-69,\nhis successor in that position, George S. Harris (Commissioner 18691874), and\nA. E. Touzalin, who succeeded Harris in 1874.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOMAHA ABOUT 1872.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\n\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e. 297\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction from the B. \u0026amp; M. R. R.R. Guide How To Go\nWest (Chicago, 1872).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLINCOLN ABOUT 1872.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\n\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e. 313\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction from J. D. Butler's Nebraska: Its\nCharacteristics and Prospects (Omaha? 1873). This booklet is in the B. \u0026amp; M.\nLand Department Papers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB. \u0026amp; M. EMIGRANT HOME AT LINCOLN, OPENED IN 1871.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\n336\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis building, l00 x 24 feet, had accommodations for ten\nfamilies\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the first year it was in use, 636 persons were lodged\nthere. From J. D. Butler's Nebraska: Its Characteristics and Prospects (Omaha?\n1873).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHANDBILL USED BY LOCAL AGENTS TO ADVERTISE B. \u0026amp; M. LANDS\n. . . 345\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMap on one side shows \"The Gulf Stream of\nMigration\" and approximate location of B. \u0026amp; M. Iowa and South Platte\nlands. Reproduction of the original in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land Department Papers,\nBaker Library, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRAIRIE EIGHT MILES FROM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\n353\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn illustration from Views and Description of Burlington and\nMissouri River Railroad Lands ... (Omaha? 1872). The original zinc cut from the\nHistorical Files of the C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R., Chicago, was used for this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCIRCULAR ADVERTISING B. \u0026amp; M. LANDS, 1873.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\n358\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe original of this circular, 81\/4 by 11 %8\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003einches, was brightly colored. Reproduction\nfrom the original in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land Department Papers, Baker Library,\nHarvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNOTICE CONCERNING A COLONY LEAVING ROCHDALE, ENGLAND, FOR B.\n\u0026amp; M. LANDS, 1871.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e.\n367\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction of the original in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land Department\nPapers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAT CRETE, NEBRASKA.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\n\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e. 375\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn illustration from Views and Description of Burlington and\nMissouri River Railroad Lands ... (Omaha? 1872). The original zinc cut from the\nHistorical Files of the C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R., Chicago, was used for this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eINTERIOR VIEW OF A C. B. \u0026amp; Q. SMOKING CAR, 1880 .\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. 400\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduction from a C. B. \u0026amp; Q. timetable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLAND EXPLORING TICKETS ISSUED BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. IN\nNEBRASKA, 1878 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e. 432\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduced from originals in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land Department\nPapers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION OF NEBRASKA SOIL AND CLIMATE IN A GERMAN\nPAMPHLET ADVERTISING B. \u0026amp; M. LANDS, 1877.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e.\n\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e. 443\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReproduced from an original in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land\nDepartment Papers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePIONEER ZEPHYR AT LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER II, 1934\n.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003efacing p. 482\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a photograph taken on the day when this train became\nthe first Diesel-electric streamline train to enter regular service in the United\nStates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eINTERIOR OF SOIL FERTILITY SPECIAL TRAIN, 1940 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003efacing p. 486\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExhibits open to the public during the educational tour of\nthis train in western territory, 1940. Photograph from the Agricultural Agent's\nOffice, C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R., Denver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRAILWAY NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES, 1840 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003eI2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1840 . . . . . .\n. . . facing p. 12 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRAILWAY NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e24\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850 . . . . . .\n. . . .facing p. 24 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRAILWAY NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES, 1860\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e190\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1860 . . . . . .\n. . . .facing p. 190 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRAILWAY NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES, 1870\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e310\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1870 . . . . . .\n. . . . facing p.310 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRAILWAY NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES, 1880\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e394\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1880 . . . . . .\n. . . .facing p. 394\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDensity of Population maps are from the United States\nCensus. Railway Network maps were specially prepared for this book under the\ndirection of L. F. Hanke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRELATING TO THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROWTH OF THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM, 1850-1940 . . . . . . . . .\n. . . .Inside covers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared by E. E. Ferris, 194o; Decorative border by L. F.\nHanke, 1941 (Engineering Dept. C. B. \u0026amp; Q. R. R.).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eILLINOIS COUNTY MAP SHOWING RAILROADS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE\nSTATE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1847 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e14\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared by E. E. Ferris for A. W. Newton, 1938, for use in\nhis manuscript history of the C. B. \u0026amp; Q. in Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCHICAGO IN 1850, THE CROSSROADS OF TRANSPORTATION \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e22\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared by L. F. Hanke, 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE C. B. AND Q. R. R. CO. AS OF 1854 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e40\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared by L. F. Hanke, 1938.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eROUTES OF THE FOUR IOWA RAILROADS WHICH RECEIVED FEDERAL\nLAND GRANTS ON MAY 15, 1856 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:7\"\u003e                                                                                   \u003c\/span\u003e82\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the original prepared by W. T. Steiger in Washington,\n1861; now in the B. \u0026amp; M. Land Department Papers, Baker Library, Harvard\nBusiness School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHANNIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH R. R. AND CONNECTING LINES, 1859 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                      \u003c\/span\u003e117\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a woodcut in The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad\nCompany Have Received ... over 600,000 Acres.... (Hannibal, 1859).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCOMPETITIVE POSITION OF C. B. \u0026amp; Q.-B. \u0026amp; M. LINES,\n1863 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e166\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShowing the threat to the Burlington from the Keokuk-Des\nMoines line. From the B. \u0026amp; M. (Iowa) Annual Report for 1863.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE C. B. \u0026amp; Q. IN 1869, ILLUSTRATING THE ORIGIN OF ITS\nTITLE \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e224\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Appleton's Railway and Steam Navigation Guide (New\nYork, July, 1869).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAREA IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WITHIN WHICH MOST OF THE B. \u0026amp;\nM\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIOWA) LANDS WERE LOCATED \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:7\"\u003e                                                                                   \u003c\/span\u003e242\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the B. \u0026amp; M. R. R.Rs'. One Million Acres Farming\nLands for Sale in Iowa and Nebraska ... (Chicago, 1877), in the B. \u0026amp; M.\nLand Department Papers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE B. \u0026amp; M. IN NEBRASKA AS PART OF THE THROUGH ROUTE TO\nAND FROM CHICAGO VIA THE B. \u0026amp; M. IOWA) AND THE C. B. \u0026amp; Q., 1873 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                  \u003c\/span\u003e283\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the B. \u0026amp; M. in Nebraska's Annual Report for 1873.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTREND OF POPULATION IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA IN RELATION TO THE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB. \u0026amp; M. LINES AND LAND GRANTS, 1860-1870 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e293\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared for this book under the direction of L. F. Hanke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAREAS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER WITHIN WHICH B.\n\u0026amp; M. LANDS IN NEBRASKA WERE LOCATED \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003efacing p. 332\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the original \"Map of the State of Nebraska Showing\nthe Lands of the Burlington \u0026amp; Missouri Riv. R. R. Co. in Nebraska,\"\nissued by G. W. and C. B. Colton \u0026amp; Co. (New York, 1877). This map is in the\nB. \u0026amp; M. Land Department Papers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRINCIPAL COMPETING RAILROADS BETWEEN CHICAGO, OMAHA AND\nKEARNEY, ABOUT 1878 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e399\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a B. \u0026amp; M. Land Department pamphlet (Chicago?\n1877?).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE B. \u0026amp; M. IN NEBRASKA AND AFFILIATED LINES IN 1880\nWHEN THEY BECAME PART OF THE C\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eB \u0026amp; Q\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:8\"\u003e                                                                                              \u003c\/span\u003e402\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared under the direction of L. F. Hanke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON \u0026amp; QUINCY R. R. CO. IN 1880 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e403\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom an old Tariff Circular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLOCATION OF ZONES IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA USED FOR STATISTICAL\nCOMPARISON \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                            \u003c\/span\u003e453\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared under the direction of L. F. Hanke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTREND OF POPULATION IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA IN RELATION TO THE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB. \u0026amp; M. LINES AND LAND GRANTS, 187o-1880 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e454\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared under the direction of L. F. Hanke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROWTH OF THE C. B. \u0026amp; Q. IN NEBRASKA, 1880-1890 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e463\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted from a current timetable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTREND OF POPULATION IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA IN RELATION TO THE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB. \u0026amp; M. LINES AND LAND GRANTS, 1880-1890-1900 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:3\"\u003e                                   \u003c\/span\u003e470\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared under the direction of L. F. Hanke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGRAPHS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSEASONAL MOVEMENT MEASURED BY AGGREGATE MONTHLY SALES OF\nGROSS ACRES BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. RAILROADS IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA FOR THE PERIODS\n1871-1875, 1876-1880, AND 1871-1880, INCLUSIVE \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                           \u003c\/span\u003e385\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROSS ACRES SOLD BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. AND BY THE ROCK ISLAND\nIN IOWA, TOGETHER WITH AVERAGE PRICE PER ACRE, ANNUALLY, 1871-1882 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e415\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROSS ACRES SOLD BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. AND BY THE UNION PACIFIC\nIN NEBRASKA, TOGETHER WITH AVERAGE PRICE PER ACRE, ANNUALLY, 1871-1883\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                      \u003c\/span\u003e415\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROSS ACRES SOLD BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. AND BY THE ROCK ISLAND\nIN IOWA, AND BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. AND BY THE UNION PACIFIC IN NEBRASKA, ANNUALLY,\n1871-1882 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e428\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROSS ACRES SOLD BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. AND UNION PACIFIC IN\nNEBRASKA, MONTHLY, 1877-1882, WITH SEASONAL MOVEMENT ELIMINATED \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                      \u003c\/span\u003e439\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAVERAGE PRICE PER ACRE OF LAND RECEIVED BY THE B. \u0026amp; M.\nAND BY THE ROCK ISLAND IN IOWA, AND BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. AND BY THE UNION PACIFIC\nIN NEBRASKA, ANNUALLY, 1871-1883\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:9\"\u003e                                                                                                            \u003c\/span\u003e449\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePOPULATION PER THOUSAND ACRES FOR SELECTED ZONES IN IOWA AND\nNEBRASKA, DECENNIALLY, 1860-1900 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e456\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ACRES IMPROVED FOR SELECTED ZONES IN\nIOWA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAND NEBRASKA, DECENNIALLY, 1860-1900 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n5\"\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e458\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ACRES IN FARMS FOR SELECTED ZONES IN\nIOWA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAND NEBRASKA, DECENNIALLY, 1860-1900 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                                \u003c\/span\u003e459\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROSS NUMBER OF SALES BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. IN NEBRASKA,\nTOGETHER WITH AVERAGE PRICE PER ACRE, ANNUALLY, 1882-1903 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:1\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:4\"\u003e                                               \u003c\/span\u003e468\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGROSS LAND SALES BY THE B. \u0026amp; M. RAILROADS IN IOWA AND\nNEBRASKA, MONTHLY, APRIL 1870 THROUGH DECEMBER 1903 \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:\n1\"\u003e        \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count:2\"\u003e                       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e474-475\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[Statistics underlying these graphs are in the tables listed\non page xi under Appendix F.]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cstrike\u003e\u003c\/strike\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDEEP in a vault of the Burlington's Chicago office are half a dozen sheets of figures bound together with a clip and dated \"1905.\" They constitute the final report of the company's land department, and on the outside is a memorandum in pencil by W. W. Baldwin addressed to Charles E. Perkins. At different times, both men had served as land commissioners for the road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eJan. 8, 1906\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMr. Perkins:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThis closes quite a chapter in the history of the West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eI wish I had time to write a history of the two Burlington Land Grants, and discuss them from the standpoint of the public good, as compared with probable conditions if the lands had been subject to homestead entry and private sale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eIt is a large subject, and one on which there is much general misinformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eW. W. B'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDirectly beneath is the answer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eW. W. B:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eYou ought to write a history of it sure-even if only a brief one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eC. E. P.2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eUnfortunately, neither of these men lived to see a history started, but behind them, scattered in station attics and cellars from Lake Michigan to the Platte River, they left tons of records telling of their company's land and colonization work for the half century from 1856 to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e1906. Chiefly from that material, this present history is written.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eTo most Americans of today, the building of the transcontinental lines is a familiar historical fact; so is the story of the homesteaders and the advance of the farming frontier in the lusty days after the Civil War. But there is one essential phase of western development in this period that is little known and less understood: the part played by the railroads in creating and establishing permanent communities. During the period 1850-r, Congress granted an area more than three\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e'w. W. Baldwin to Charles E. 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