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Railroads and Clearcuts: Legacy of Congress's 1864 Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grant (958 words) |
 | Railroads and Clearcuts documents the mismanagement of the Northwest forests obtained by today's large timber companies from a federal land grant in 1864. |
| The checkerboard pattern was intended to guarantee that railroad access would increase the value of that part of the checkerboard not granted to the railroad. |
| Coolidge noted in his letter to Congress that the defaults by Northern Pacific on the 'contract or covenant' were 'numerous and flagrant'. |
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| In 2000 the museum division was renamed the Northern Pacific Railway Museum. |
| In 1993 an agreement was reached with the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma for the lease of the 1902 Northern Pacific engine #1364. |
| A 1930's vintage freight train is being restored to display the importance of railroad transportation to early western development. |
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