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Show 'roPIC.AL HIS'IDRY OF ST. JOS]l>H-I0SEPH CITY Land Titles Legal titles Pacific Railway . . available locally before 1880. '!he Atlantic had been granted 1 ts charter under date ot July 27, 1866-':". granting a right of way extending 100 teet on each side of its track fran Spring to field, Missouri Albuquerque, New Mexico; thence to the headwaters of the Little thence along the 35th parallel of latitude colorado river; "as near 8S mey be found most suitable for a railroad r9ute" to the Colorado river; thence"by way and eligible route to ot the most the Pacific". & . to land were not Co. paot1cble In March, 1872, to encourage and assist in the construction railroad, the united states government granted alternate of the (odd-numbered) prOposed sections each side of the ra 1lroad) through The intention was that settlers New Mexico and Arizona. establiShed'on already aDY of these sections before the grant was madeshould be guaranteed their rights; and in lieu of such lands, the railroad canpany would be granted an equal amount ot land outside the f'ortyl8 limit, but nor more than fifty miles fram. the rail road. surveys were not made to same years atter this land grant; and at the time the route was not definitely determined---1ndeed as late as 1878 there Beemed lit 'tle indication the t the proposed railroad would be built. Work was begun on it, however, 'in 1880; end construction bad been made as t'ar west 8S st. Joseph by Bovember. 1881---the first work-train arriving at this settlement OD' the 3rd of of land in thet an , ing·=the par' on month'. . Local]¥, ... eighty-m11e strip (forty miles 88 a __ (... '. government survey was made by, Mr. John L. Harris and party dur 187g. A letter rcm Mr. Harris, dated July 8, 1879, reads in ewrmer or f'ollOlfs: ., . "The town ot at. Joseph 1s in the s. w. i of Sec. 15 of Township 18 North, Range 19 East ot Gila & Salt River Meridian. There 1s a section corner in the fields just S Cllth ot town; this is the corner of sections 15. 16, 21, tollo.v1ng: 21; N. w. -i Sec. 15.- , and 22. The present land under crop would be included in the B. E. t ot the S. E. t ot Sec. 16; E. i of the N. E. i of and the W. i ot the N. E. t of See. 22; S. t of theSe w. of fecI In this letter, Mr. Harris stated that his report ot this survey would not be in the Prescott land oftice before February, 1800. meeting \ 'Joseph United Order Co. held june 15, 1880, Henr.r M. Joseph C. Hansen 'Hans Nielson, Herbert Robinson, and Peter O. peterso 'ere to go to to 'enter or homestead land for the Canpany---Wl th the provision 'tha't Isaac Turley or Lahi Heward should substitute for Tanner or Hansen or both who at the time were with the detail or workers trom st. josep h t at the Order v' ])airy t in case they were unable to. go. united r as en some tor l.88O show for enterillg 1and" , 111 ferring thst "amount At ianner a of the st. dtailed e8cott 'Pleasant 'walley AtCCiS. . $70.00, . paid 'ere made at this time. It 1s said that the site of the City was "Tiewed and located" 10e "Old Fort to the present te la as ss lBg6, fort the at Jose sane.hat that year. gradual---res1den!S iwer:here Sept. 13th Foster, w1teot Charles in which laY n section 16, school lend; U tle mad. by mOOnlight September 1, 1879. cation, however, was "Aunt Polly Foster, Repeated efforts were The change from .A. to h present secure of to nd turned present town is situated. This section, however, and did til 1917. At not become available tor purchase un. the out to be a held pu b11c auction '\ |
