Note 269 — Chapter XXXIII · the administrations of grant, 1869–1877.
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The Northern Pacific, which extends from St. Paul to Puget Sound, was built with the help of forty-seven million acres of land, but was not completed until 1883. The Southern Pacific, which extends from New Orleans to San Francisco, was also assisted by the government and was completed some years later. The Santa Fé and the Great Northern, at a still later period, also connected the Mississippi Valley with the Pacific Coast.