1833

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  • March 2 – The United States Congress diverts a land grant that was passed in 1827 authorizing canal construction in Illinois to grant the land for railroad construction instead.[1]

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References

  1. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads. Government Printing Office (1883). Retrieved on 2008-02-27.