Booklet with envelope, Agriculture Beyond the 100th Meridian, 7294-1009

ID: 164 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society ~ Date: 1880
This file appears in: The 100th Meridian
Booklet with envelope, Agriculture Beyond the 100th Meridian, 7294-1009
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Booklet titled "Agriculture Beyond the 100th Meridian or A Review of the U.S. Public Land Commission" by Samuel Aughey and C.D. Wilber. Gift of Mark Morton. Lincoln Journal Company, State Printers, 1880.

This file appears in: The 100th Meridian

By The Explore Nebraska History team
The 100th Meridian is the 100th longitudinal line west of Greenwich, England which was set by Congress as a major goal in building the first transcontinental railroad. Construction of the Union Pacific reached the Meridian on October 5, 1866. The…