[Photostat Copy of Land Grant to International & Great Northern Railroad]

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Photostat copy of the land grant to International & Great Northern Railroad from the State of Texas. The grant is for land in Hemphill County, Texas and was originally made April 23, 1885. There is a note on the back stating this is an accurate copy of the document on file with the Texas General Land Office.

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[1] p. ; 47 x 31 cm.

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Giles, Bascom & Gibbs, Barnett November 7, 1939.

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Photostat copy of the land grant to International & Great Northern Railroad from the State of Texas. The grant is for land in Hemphill County, Texas and was originally made April 23, 1885. There is a note on the back stating this is an accurate copy of the document on file with the Texas General Land Office.

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[1] p. ; 47 x 31 cm.

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Sayles and Sayles Collection

First-hand records of land transactions, early ranching, oil and gas exploration, and shortline railroad development in Abilene, Texas, and the surrounding West Texas region at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century.

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  • November 7, 1939

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Giles, Bascom & Gibbs, Barnett. [Photostat Copy of Land Grant to International & Great Northern Railroad], legal document, November 7, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1156892/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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