Unknown2018-04-242018-04-241904TRA-046-14-005http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/703513 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander."The government in 1864 gave an immense land grant to any one company that would build a railway from the mouth of the Snake river down the Columbia to the sea. To be a section of the transcontinental. Work was begun at a point one mile below the village of Columbus on the north side of the river. By reason of its rough topography that point is a strategic one in railroad building, a fact which strengthened the Northern Pacific's desire to occupy it at once."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.