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Show , 'I:! A."Title'Bc. '''·''l.1:'h·u·, llM. ," -:..'1.:- rt ;rz:t tl""(:"",' : :.' -:".,JII: " ' J , ) '-'. r •• • .... s . , l"\ l.', a 'l,'(" v, ':J'r..V .1 i': ;' d ',: ...... j" ., ,1 .i1 .... .:;".,:; • i":'" "". .. ·!tas near' as may be colorado river; "thence.;ltby >'""e' .""",."r the Pacifio"'."'.,... , " ..... .- " In March, 1872 s. the.U. the ,, . " t.l':r:n : .' JJ; DV":;,."·.):," pecitic Railroad ').- '::.1 'J' r » ., '" , .''', • , • r- I .. , ( " ,. -giVEth' U.' /10, Ranrod· f'ram'Spr1ngrield,',8';gr'ofway;extendi'lOO Albuquerque', New, Mexl'co'( river.' to. found· m(}st:euttblen?e!rng he 35th parllel uett ,t? ·the way of for---a,railroad p racticel to eligible ,,'q ":t,.;,,+ -the most ':,. t() . and "route .: ":''': ;(.(J;:-:j':' :.., .":_' c ::!aw jfl.t\,.:· -.: ;::. lj,"; :-: :; .' ..':' ,:.(';\',,.tJ:")',:"\j'·'"rJ..: ' 'Ll'...3 . (odd_number:dconstruction ) sections forty mil side the governme: o aking this distance of intention of lends already settled should be guaranteed the be grented additional lands in lieu thereot in e been the seems to have of this each settl n striP:rst:t::' ni::" . '" by g'vermnent railroad, to the Atlantic & of 1 ts line. It mile lim! t t but not more than fifty miles from the were made locally for some yea rs 1a ter then the da te of thi S , :. t' se:te.rs '.in, t,1s pert '"ot:'J 118d been ,'e . government granted alternate Co. tor, a.ji..... J ,"J/ ", , encourageCd 8s·a;'; to \,);""i .. '''( •• C . otlatitude " ·? ,titles :,o.,h'nd IJiI' b'een ava :.La bl l88O'; The, :AtlsD.'t-ic & , b6tore abot ,Pacl Arizona date. ot July 2'1,:.1866 cbBrter.'under· gre.bt1ilg', 01' its track teet on each side of the Color ado thence to the he8dwates do not seem·,to l\..-e UQ'.. ... L114: I, • ."L ... grant, that the railroad would outside this forty railriload. 1'8 No surveys road grant. was made The survey surveyor, Mr. John L. Herris, of 1879. A the swrlIler letter fran Mr. Harris ' dated 01'r.uly 8 .during l' l87n , tree d 8 .p "Th a t own of St. Joseph is in the s. w. 1 n par t as.LO 11 owe. t of Sec. 15 of Township 18 North, Range 19 East of Gila &. salt River Meridian. There is a sec locally • tion corner in the fields just south of town; this is the corner of Sections 15 16, 21, and 22. The present land under crop would be included in the of sec. 16; E • .l. of the N. E .l.. of Sec .". 21' N' W .l.. and S. E. t of the S. E. 4 41.' of i '. the_N.,E.'4 of,Sec. 22;.S. t of S. W.,t following: • • " of Sec. 15". In this.letter, Mr. Harris sta tad that these surveys would not be in the Prescott land office be- the.W'2 tore February, 1880. Sections 15 and 21, it appears, would be included in the railroad land grent ot 1672; but would perhaps come under the general rule that lands already entered should be available to aettlers---the railDosd to be granted other lands in lieu obtained no thereot. section 16 came to be 8 school section; and local residents was 22 open 1917. Section perhaps titles to land therein before gvernment lend. June 15, 1880, Henry M. Tan meeting of the st. Joseph United Order Co. and P. O. peterson were de ner, Joseph C. Hansen Hans Nielson, Herbert Robinson, the canpany---with the pro taUed to go to to enter or homestead land for for Tanner or Hensen, Vision that Isaac Turley or Leh! Heward should substitute at the ples8nt Joseph st. who at the time with the detail of workers from At a presctt Valley dairy, show $70.00, were in case they were unaole to go. "amount paid for entering land", made at this time. United Order accounts for inferring that some entries 1880 were . It is said that the site at the present Joseph City Old Fort by moonlight Sept. 1, 1879. The change from the the fort at were wes an i:!: t ttr::e896. the wes "viewed Re 6 town somewhat gradual, however---residents in which , in section pes ted efforts were made to secure title to land til un se ' however, i s 1 ocated. ava i1 e ble for purcha This section did not become the 30th of April k ln7. At a public auction held at the courthouse in deed8 being their Of that obtained There was no year, lll.8ny of the settlers as issued by the State of Arizona as soon cOJnpetitive bidding a the sele; and lend lIr acre for land lYing lying below the canals. above the HOl:r\e: hOleafter. practicable valuations---$3.00 wes ootaine d irrigation system, land For the 8s1e, was at end appraised state $25 at for that 00 per acre \h e figureS just given; |
