(ND & SD) Territory of Dakota Congo there is a sheltered waterway

there is a sheltered waterway short cut that can get you from just behind Cape May City

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

inset of San Francisco

This map shows the vacation potential thanks to the Pennsylvania Railroad that could get you from New York City or Philadelphia

Larger tracts are named by owners

(ND & SD) Territory of Dakota Congo there is a sheltered waterwayTerritory 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.