Comment by bluGill
2 days ago
Most rails were not land grant. Those were what you read about in history, but most had to buy their own land. Land grant mostly was for places where today almost nobody lives and even less back then.
2 days ago
Most rails were not land grant. Those were what you read about in history, but most had to buy their own land. Land grant mostly was for places where today almost nobody lives and even less back then.
The rails across the (very roughly) Southwest are some of the most famous, but the real activity was all on the East.