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1866 GLO map:
 * Alabama
 * 1850-466 Chap 61, accepted in 1850
 * "from said city of Mobile to a point near the Ohio River," Mobile and Ohio Railroad1849/52 (granted in 1850), Mobile to Mississippi


 * 1856-15 Chap 31, accepted in 1857
 * "from Montgomery, in said State, to the boundary line between Florida and Alabama, in the direction of Pensacola, and to connect with the road from Pensacola to said line," Alabama and Florida Railroad1856 (granted 1857) &rarr; Mobile and Montgomery Railroad (merged 1868) &rarr; Mobile and Montgomery Railway (sold 1874) &rarr; Louisville and Nashville Railroad (sold 1900), Montgomery to Florida


 * 1856-17 Chap 41, accepted in 1858
 * "from the Tennessee River, at, or near Gunter's landing, to Gadsden, on the Coosa River;" Tennessee and Coosa Railroad1859 (when was this granted?) &rarr; Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (sold 1891?), Guntersville to Gadsden (completed late or never)
 * "from Gadsden to connect with the Georgia and Tennessee and Tennessee line of railroads, through Chattooga, Wills, and Lookout Valleys;" Wills Valley Railroad (granted 1858-01-30) &rarr; Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad1858 (merged 1868) &rarr; Alabama Great Southern Railroad (sold 1877), Gadsden to Georgia
 * duplicate grant: Coosa and Chattanooga Railroad or Coosa and Chattooga Railroad1858 (granted 1858-02-08), Gadsden to Georgia (never built)
 * "and from Elyton to the Tennessee River at or near Beard's Bluff, Alabama," Beard's Bluff and Elyton Railroad (when was this granted?), Birmingham to Guntersville (no map filed)
 * "the Memphis and Charleston railroad, extending from Memphis on the Mississippi River, in Tennessee, to Stevenson, on the Nashville and Chattenooga [sic] railroad, in Alabama;" Memphis and Charleston Railroad (declined 1858)
 * "the Girard and Mobile railroad, from Girard to Mobile, Alabama;" Mobile and Girard Railroad1858 (granted 1858) &rarr; Central of Georgia Railroad (sold 1896), Girard to Blakeley (not built beyond Troy) (completed late or never)
 * "the Northeast and Southwestern railroad, from near Gadsden to some point on the Alabama and Mississippi State line, in the direction to the Mobile and Ohio railroad, with a view to connect with said Mobile and Ohio railroad;" "the lands hereby granted to said State for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the northeast to the southwestern portion of said State, lying northwest of Elyton, shall be assigned to such road as may be designated by the legislature of said State." North East and South West Alabama Railroad (granted 1858) &rarr; Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad1858 (merged 1868) &rarr; Alabama Great Southern Railroad (sold 1877), Gadsden to Mississippi
 * "the Coosa and Alabama railroad, from Selma to Gadsden;" Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad (when was this granted?) &rarr; Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad1858 (merged 1866) &rarr; East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (sold 1881) &rarr; East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway (sold 1886) &rarr; Southern Railway (sold 1894), Selma to Gadsden (not built beyond Jacksonville) (completed late or never) (change of company comfirmed by 1872-159 Chap 205)
 * "the Central railroad from Montgomery to some point on the Alabama and Tennessee State line in the direction to Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee and Alabama Central Railroad;" (amended by 1857-200 Chap 103) Tennessee and Alabama Central Railroad (granted 1858) &rarr; Nashville and Decatur Railroad (merged 1866) &rarr; South and North Alabama Railroad1866/71 (grant transferred 1871?) &rarr; Louisville and Nashville Railroad (sold 1914), Montgomery to Decatur


 * 1856-30 Chap 83, not accepted?
 * "from the city of Mobile to New Orleans," (no map filed)


 * 1857-195 Chap 99, accepted in 1858
 * "from the line of Georgia, on the Chattahoochee River, to the city of Mobile, Alabama, through the counties of Henry, Dale, Coffee, Covington, Conecuh, Baldwin and Mobile, and a branch railroad from Eufaula to Montgomery, through the counties of Barbour, Pike, Macon and Montgomery," Savannah and Albany Railroad (granted 1858) (no map filed)


 * Arkansas
 * 1853-155 Chap 59 (accepted in 1855 )
 * "from a point on the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of the Ohio, in the State of Missouri, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary line near Fulton, in Arkansas," Cairo and Fulton Railroad (granted 1855) &rarr; St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway1855 (merged 1874) &rarr; Missouri Pacific Railroad (sold 1917), Missouri to Texarkana
 * "with branches from Little Rock, in Arkansas, to the Mississippi River" Memphis and Little Rock Railroad1855 (granted 1855) &rarr; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, North Little Rock to West Memphis
 * "and to Fort Smith, in said State," Little Rock and Fort Smith Branch of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad (granted 1855) &rarr; Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad1856 (renamed 1855) &rarr; Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway (sold 1874) &rarr; St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (sold 1906) &rarr; Missouri Pacific Railroad (sold 1917), North Little Rock to Fort Smith


 * 1866-83 Chap 165 (never accepted?)
 * "from the point where the Iron Mountain railroad intersects the southern boundary line of Missouri, by the nearest and most practicable route, to a point at or near the town of Helena, on the Mississippi river," (no map filed)


 * California
 * 1866-94 Chap 182
 * "from the town of Folsom to the town of Placerville, in said State;" Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad (never built)


 * 1866-239 Chap 242
 * "beginning at some point (to be selected by said company) on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sacramento valley, in the State of California, and running thence, through the Sacramento and Shasta valleys, to the northern boundary of the state of California;" California and Oregon Railroad1867/71/74/76/78/84/85 &rarr; Central Pacific Railroad (merged 1870) &rarr; Central Pacific Railway (sold 1899), Roseville to Oregon (completed late or never)


 * Florida
 * 1856-15 Chap 31 (accepted in 1856 - only the Alabama and Florida?)
 * "from St. John's River, at Jacksonville, to the waters of Escambia Bay, at or near Pensacola;" Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad1857 (granted 1856?) &rarr; Florida Central Railroad (sold 1868) &rarr; Florida Central and Western Railroad (sold 1882) &rarr; Florida Railway and Navigation Company (merged 1884) &rarr; Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (sold 1888) &rarr; Seaboard Air Line Railway (merged 1903), Jacksonville to Lake City (completed late); Pensacola and Georgia Railroad1857/58 (granted 1856?) &rarr; Tallahassee Railroad (sold 1869) &rarr; Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad (sold 1870) &rarr; Florida Central and Western Railroad (sold 1882) &rarr; Florida Railway and Navigation Company (merged 1884) &rarr; Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (sold 1888) &rarr; Seaboard Air Line Railway (merged 1903), Lake City to River Junction
 * split: Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad (grant transferred 1881?) &rarr; Louisville and Nashville Railroad (sold 1891), River Junction to Pensacola (completed late)
 * "and from Amelia Island, on the Atlantic, to the waters of Tampa Bay, with a branch to Cedar Key, on the Gulf of Mexico;" Florida Railroad (granted 1856?) &rarr; Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company (renamed 1872) &rarr; Florida Transit Railroad (sold 1881) &rarr; Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad (merged 1883) &rarr; Florida Railway and Navigation Company1857/60 (merged 1884) &rarr; Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (sold 1888) &rarr; Seaboard Air Line Railway (merged 1903), Fernandina to Tampa, Waldo to Cedar Key (completed late or never)
 * "and also a railroad from Pensacola to the State line of Alabama, in the direction of Montgomery," Alabama and Florida Railroad1856 (granted 1856) &rarr; Pensacola and Louisville Railroad (sold 1872) &rarr; Pensacola Railroad (sold 1878) &rarr; Louisville and Nashville Railroad (sold 1880), Pensacola to Alabama


 * Illinois
 * 1850-466 Chap 61 (accepted 1851)
 * "from the southern terminus of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to a point at or near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, with a branch of the same to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, and another via the town of Galena in said State, to Dubuque, in the State of Iowa," Illinois Central Railroad1852 (granted 1851), LaSalle to Cairo, Centralia to Chicago, LaSalle to East Dubuque


 * Iowa
 * 1856-9 Chap 28 (accepted 1856)
 * "from Burlington, on the Mississippi River, to a point on the Missouri River near the mouth of the Platte River;" Burlington and Missouri River Railroad1857 (granted 1856) &rarr; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (sold 1875), Burlington to East Plattsmouth
 * "from the city of Davenport, via Iowa City and Fort Des Moines, to Council Bluffs;" / (amended by 1864-95 Chap 103) "may modify or change the location of the uncompleted portion of its line, [...] said new line, if located, shall in every case pass through the corporate limits of the cities of Des Moines and Council Bluffs; [...] said line shall pass through the town of Newton, in Jasper County or as near said town as may be found practicable, and not further south of said town than the north line of section twenty-two, township eighty north, of range nineteen, according to the United States surveys, if the citizens of the county of Jasper shall first pay to said company the difference in cost," Mississippi and Missouri Railroad (granted 1856) &rarr; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad1857 (sold 1866), Davenport to Council Bluffs
 * "from Lyons City northwesterly to a point of intersection with the main line of the Iowa Central Air Line Railroad, near Maquoketa, thence on said main line, running as near as practicable to the forty-second parallel across the said State to the Missouri River," / (amended by 1864-95 Chap 103) "to connect its line by a branch with the line of the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company; [...] such new located or modified line shall pass through or near Boonsboro', in Boon County, and intersect the Boyer River not further south than a point at or near Dennison, in Crawford County; [...] in case the main line shall be so changed or modified as not to reach the Missouri River at or near the forty-second parallel north latitude, it shall be the duty of said company, within a reasonable time after the completion of its road to the Missouri River, to construct a branch road to some point in Monona County, in or at Onawa City; [...] a branch railroad from the town of Lyons, in the State of Iowa, so as to connect with the main line in or west of the town of Clinton in said state," Iowa Central Air Line Railroad (granted 1856) &rarr; Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad1857/67 (grant transferred 1860) &rarr; Chicago and North Western Railway (merged 1884) Cedar Rapids to Council Bluffs, Lyons to Clinton (map filed for Mississippi River to Missouri River in 1857 and Cedar Rapids to Council Bluffs in 1867; presumably the former was used for Lyons to Clinton?)
 * "from the city of Dubuque to a point on the Missouri River near Sioux City," / (amended by 1864-95 Chap 103) "the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company may so far change their line between Fort Dodge and Sioux City as to secure the best route between those points;" / (amended by 1868-38 Chap 16) "said road shall be constructed on the most practical route by way of Webster City and Fort Dodge to Sioux City," Dubuque and Pacific Railroad1856 (granted 1856) &rarr; Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad (sold 1860) &rarr; Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad (grant transferred 1868) &rarr; Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad (sold 1888), Dubuque to Sioux City
 * "with a branch from the mouth of the Tete Des Morts to the nearest point on said road, to be completed as soon as the main road is completed to that point," Dubuque and Pacific Railroad1856 (granted 1856) &rarr; Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad (sold 1860) &rarr; Dubuque, Bellevue and Sabula Railroad (grant transferred 1868) &rarr; Dubuque, Bellevie and Mississippi Rail Way (grant transferred 1870) &rarr; Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad (name changed 1871) &rarr; Clinton and Dubuque Railroad (sold 1877) &rarr; Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad (sold 1878) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1880-1883), northeast of St. Donatus to Dubuque

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 * 1864-72 Chap 84 (accepted 1866 - only Sioux City and St. Paul?)
 * "from Sioux City, in said state, to the south line of the state of Minnesota, at such point as the said state of Iowa may select between the Big Sioux and the west fork of the Des Moines river;" Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad1867 (granted 1866) &rarr; Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad (sold 1879) &rarr; Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (sold 1881), Sioux City to Minnesota (completed late or never)
 * "from a point at or near the foot of Main Street, South McGregor, in said state, in a westerly direction, by the most practicable route, on or near the forty-third parallel of latitude, until it shall intersect the said road running from Sioux City to the Minnesota state line, in the county of O'Brien, in said state," McGregor Western Railway (granted 1866?) &rarr; McGregor and Sioux City Railway (grant transferred 1868) &rarr; McGregor and Missouri River Railway (renamed 1869) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway1864/69 (sold 1867/69/70/80), McGregor to Sheldon (only Calmar to Sheldon accepted)

1865 GLO map
 * Kansas
 * 1863-772 Chap 98 (accepted 1864)
 * "from the city of Leavenworth by the way of the town of Lawrence, and via the Ohio City crossing of the Osage River, to the southern line of the State, in the direction of Galveston bay in Texas," / (amended by 1864-339) "via Baldwin city" / (amended by 1871-5 Chap 19) "may relocate any portion of its road south of the town of Thayer, within the limits of its grant," Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad (granted 1864) &rarr; Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad1866/68 (renamed 1866) &rarr; Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad (sold 1879) &rarr; Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad (merged 1880) &rarr; Southern Kansas Railway (merged 1883) &rarr; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (sold 1899), Lawrence to Oklahoma
 * "with a branch from Lawrence by the valley of the Wakarusa River, to a point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad where said road intersects the Neosho River." / (amended by 1864-339) "from Lawrence to Emporia" Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad (granted 1864) (not built?)
 * "from the city of Atchison, via Topeka, the capital of said State, to the western line of the State, in the direction of Fort Union and Santa Fé, New Mexico," Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad1868/69/71/72 (granted 1864) &rarr; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (sold 1895), Atchison to Colorado
 * "with a branch from where this last-named road crosses the Neosho, down said Neosho valley to the point where the said first-named road enters the said Neosho valley;" Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (granted 1864) &rarr; Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch (grant transferred 1867) &rarr; see 1866 Chap 270


 * 1864-339 Chap 198 (accepted 1864)
 * "from Emporia, via Council Grove, to a point near Fort Riley, on the branch Union Pacific Railroad, in said state," Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (granted 1864) &rarr; Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch (grant transferred 1867) &rarr; see 1866 Chap 270


 * 1866-210 Chap 212 (accepted 1866?)
 * "from Elwood, in Kansas, westwardly, via Marysville, in the same State, so as to effect a junction with the Union Pacific Railroad, or any branch thereof not farther west than the one hundredth meridian of west longitude," Northern Kansas Railroad (granted 1866?) &rarr; St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad1870 (merged 1866) &rarr; Saint Joseph and Pacific Railroad/Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas (sold 1876) &rarr; St. Joseph and Western Railroad (merged together 1877) &rarr; St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad/Grand Island and Marysville Railroad (sold 1885) &rarr; St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad (merged together 1885) &rarr; St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway/Grand Island, Hastings and Southeastern Railroad (sold 1897) &rarr; St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway (merged together 1897), Elwood to Kearney, NE


 * 1866-236 Chap 241 (accepted 1866?)
 * "from the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, at the line between Kansas and Missouri, at or near the mouth of the Kansas River, on the south side thereof, southwardly, through the eastern tier of counties in Kansas, with a view of its extension, so as to effect a junction at Red River with a railroad now being constructed from Galveston to Red River at or near Preston, in Texas," Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad (granted 1866?) &rarr; Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad (renamed 1868) &rarr; Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad (sold 1879) &rarr; Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad (merged 1888) &rarr; Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad (merged 1888) &rarr; Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway (sold 1901)


 * 1866-289 Chap 270 (accepted 1866?)
 * "from Fort Riley, Kansas, or near said military reservation, thence down the valley of the Neosho River to the southern line of the State of Kansas, with a view to an extension of the same through a portion of the Indian Territory to Fort Smith, Arkansas," Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch (granted 1866?) &rarr; Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway1867/68 (renamed 1870), Junction City to Oklahoma


 * Louisiana
 * 1856-18 Chap 42 (accepted in 1857)
 * "from the Texas line, in the State of Louisiana, west of the town of Greenwood; via Greenwood, Shreveport, and Monroe, to a point on the Mississippi River, opposite Vicksburg;" Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; North Louisiana and Texas Railroad (sold 1868; voided 1875) &rarr; Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad1857 (sold 1879) &rarr; Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway (sold 1901), Mississippi to Texas (west of Shreveport was leased by various companies including T&P and MKT) (completed late or never)
 * "and from New Orleans by Opelousas, to the State line of Texas;" New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad1856 (granted 1857) &rarr; Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company (sold 1878), New Orleans to Morgan City
 * "and from New Orleans to the State line, in the direction to Jackson, Mississippi;" New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad (not accepted)


 * 1856-30 Chap 83
 * "from the city of Mobile to New Orleans," (no map filed)


 * Michigan
 * 1856-21 Chap 44 (accepted 1857)
 * "from Little Bay de Noquet to Marquette, and thence to Ontonagon, and from the two last named places to the Wisconsin State line;" / (amended by 1862-620 Res 38) "That the words "Wisconsin State line," [...] be construed to authorize the location of the line of railroad provided for in said act from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wisconsin State line, upon any eligible route from the township of Marquette aforesaid, to a point on the Wisconsin State line, near the mouth of the Menomonee River, and touching at favorable points on Green Bay, with a view of securing a railroad available for military purposes from Green Bay to the waters of Lake Superior." Marquette and Ontonagon Railway (granted 1857) &rarr; Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad (grant transferred 1863) &rarr; Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad1859 (merged 1872) &rarr; Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (sold 1890), Marquette to Ontonagon (not built beyond L'Anse) (completed late or never); Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad1857 (granted 1857) &rarr; combined with Marquette to Wisconsin grant in 1865?, Escanaba to Marquette; Marquette and State Line Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad (merged 1857) &rarr; Chicago and North Western RailwayN/A (sold 1859), Marquette to Wisconsin; Ontonagon and State Line Railroad1857 (granted 1857) &rarr; Ontonagon and Brule River Railroad (grant transferred 1881) &rarr; Milwaukee and Northern Railroad (sold 1890, but land grants not transferred) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1893), Ontonagon to Wisconsin (only built from Ontonagon to McKeever) (completed late or never)
 * "and also from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, and from Grand Rapids to some point on or near Traverse Bay And from Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana, to a point on the southern boundary line of the State of Michigan, in the township of Sturgis, thence, by way of Grand Rapids, to some point on or near Traverse Bay;" (amended by 1864-119 Chap 110) / (amended by 1871-586) "empowered and authorized to change the northern terminus of its railroad from Traverse bay to some point on or near the straits of Mackinaw, in said State of Michigan," Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad1858 (granted 1857) &rarr; Northern Central Michigan Railroad (sold 1867; grant transferred 1867) &rarr; New York Central Railroad (merged 1914), Amboy to Lansing (not built beyond Jonesville) (completed late or never); Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad1858 (granted 1857) &rarr; Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad (sold 1866; grant transferred 1867) &rarr; Michigan Central Railroad (merged 1916), Lansing to Mackinaw City (originally to Petoskey) (completed late); Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad1857/66 (granted 1857) &rarr; Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway (sold 1896), Indiana to Petoskey
 * "also from Grand Haven and Pere Marquette to Flint, and thence to Port Huron," / (amended by 1866-78 Chap 158) may change the western terminus of its road to some point on Lake Michigan, at or south of Grand Traverse Bay;" Flint and Pere Marquette Railway1857 (granted 1857) &rarr; Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (sold 1880) &rarr; Pere Marquette Railroad (sold 1899), Ludington to Flint; Detroit and Milwaukee Railway1858 (granted 1857) &rarr; Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad (sold 1860) &rarr; Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway (sold 1878), Grand Haven to Owosso; Port Huron and Milwaukee Railway1857 (granted 1857) &rarr; Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad (sold 1873) &rarr; Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad (merged 1873) &rarr; North Western Grand Trunk Railway (sold 1879) &rarr; Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway (merged 1880) &rarr; Port Huron and Indiana Railway (sold 1900) &rarr; Grand Trunk Western Railway (merged 1900), Owosso to Port Huron (completed late) (not built from Owosso to Flint)
 * Minnesota
 * 1854-302 Chap 72, repealed by 1854-575 Chap 246
 * "from the southern line of said Territory, commencing at a point between township ranges nine and seventeen, thence by the way of St. Paul, by the most practicable route to the eastern line of said Territory in the direction of Lake Superior,"


 * 1857-195 Chap 99, accepted in 1857
 * "from Stillwater, by way of Saint Paul and Saint Anthony, to a point between the foot of Big Stone Lake and the mouth of Sioux Wood River," Minnesota and Pacific Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (sold 1862) &rarr; St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad1857/68/69 (sold 1879) &rarr; Great Northern Railway (sold 1907), St. Paul to Breckenridge; Minnesota and Pacific Railroad1857 (granted 1857) &rarr; St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (sold 1862) &rarr; Stillwater and St. Paul Railroad (grant transferred 1867) &rarr; Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad (sold 1899) &rarr; Northern Pacific Railway (sold 1900), Stillwater to White Bear Lake
 * split: Saint Paul, Stillwater and Taylors Falls Railroad (grant transferred 1871) &rarr; Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad (sold 1880) &rarr; Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (sold 1881), Stillwater to St. Paul, except 12 miles that correspond to Stillwater to White Bear Lake
 * "with a branch via Saint Cloud and Crow Wing, to the navigable waters of the Red River of the north, at such point as the Legislature of said Territory may determine;" / (amended by 1862-624 Res 56) "in lieu of that part [...] which extends northwesterly from the intersection of the tenth standard parallel with the fourth guide meridian, [...] having its southwestern terminus at any point on the existing line, between the Falls of Saint Anthony and Crow Wing, and extending in a northeasterly direction to the waters of Lake Superior," / (amended by 1871-588 Chap 144) "instead of constructing a road from Crow Wing to St. Vincent, and from St. Cloud to the waters of Lake Superior, it may locate and construct, in lieu thereof, a line from Crow Wing to Brainerd, to intersect with the Northern Pacific railroad, and from St. Cloud to a point of intersection with the line of the original grant at or near Otter Tail or Rush Lake, so as to form a more direct route to St. Vincent," Minnesota and Pacific Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (sold 1862) &rarr; St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad1857/71 (sold 1879) &rarr; Great Northern Railway (sold 1907), Minneapolis to Sauk Rapids/Watab, St. Cloud to St. Vincent (completed late)
 * split: Western Railroad of Minnesota (grant transferred 1877) &rarr; Saint Paul and Northern Pacific Railway (renamed 1883) &rarr; Northern Pacific Railway (sold 1896), Sauk Rapids/Watab to Crow Wing (or Brainerd?) (completed late)
 * "from St. Paul and from Saint Anthony, via Minneapolis, to a convenient point of junction west of the Mississippi, to the southern boundary of the Territory in the direction of the mouth of the Big Sioux River," Root River Valley and Southern Minnesota Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; Southern Minnesota Railroad (renamed 1857) &rarr; Minnesota Valley Railroad (sold 1864) &rarr; Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad1858/65/66 (renamed 1870) &rarr; Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (sold 1881), Minneapolis-St. Paul to Iowa
 * "with a branch, via Faribault, to the north line of the State of Iowa, west of range sixteen;" Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; Minneapolis, Faribault and Cedar Valley Railroad (sold 1862) &rarr; Minnesota Central Railway1858 (renamed 1864) &rarr; McGregor Western Railway (partly sold 1867, but land grants were not transferred) &rarr; Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1867/70) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (renamed 1874), Minneapolis via Mendota to Lyle
 * "from Winona, via Saint Peters, to a point on the Big Sioux River, south of the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude;" Transit Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; Winona and Saint Peter Railroad1853/64/67/68/73 (sold 1862) &rarr; Chicago and North Western Railway (sold 1900), Winona to Watertown, SD
 * "also from La Crescent, via Target Lake, up the valley of Root River, to a point of junction with the last mentioned road, east of range seventeen," Root River Valley and Southern Minnesota Railroad (granted 1857) &rarr; Southern Minnesota Railroad1858 (renamed 1857) &rarr; Southern Minnesota Railroad (sold 1864) &rarr; Southern Minnesota Railway (sold 1877) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1880; land grants not transferred), La Crescent to Rochester (only built from La Crescent to Houston)


 * 1864-64 Chap 79 (accepted 1865)
 * "from the city of Saint Paul to the head of Lake Superior," Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad (granted 1865) &rarr; Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad1864/66 (sold 1877) &rarr; Northern Pacific Railway (sold 1900), St. Paul to Duluth (completed late)


 * 1866-87 Chap 168 (accepted 1867 )
 * "from Houston, in the county of Houston, through the counties of Fillmore, Mower, Freeborn, and Faribault, to the western boundary of the State;" Southern Minnesota Railroad1866/67/71 (granted 1867) &rarr; Southern Minnesota Railway (sold 1877) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1880; land grants not transferred), Houston to Airlie (completed late)
 * "from Hastings, through the counties of Dakota, Scott, Carver, and McLeod, to such point on the western boundary of the State as the legislature of the State may determine," Hastings, Minnesota River and Red River of the North Railroad (granted 1867) &rarr; Hastings and Dakota Railway1866/67 (renamed 1867) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1872/80; land grants not transferred), Hastings to Ortonville (completed late)


 * Mississippi
 * 1850-466 Chap 61 (accepted 1850)
 * "from said city of Mobile to a point near the Ohio River," Mobile and Ohio Railroad1851/53 (granted 1850), Alabama to Tennessee


 * 1856-30 Chap 83 (accepted when?)
 * "from Jackson to the line between the State of Mississippi and the State of Alabama;" Southern Railroad (granted when?) &rarr; Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad1857 (renamed 1867) &rarr; Alabama and Vicksburg Railway (sold 1889), Jackson to Alabama
 * "from Tuscaloosa to the Mobile railroad within Mississippi;" (no map filed)
 * "and from Brandon to the Gulf of Mexico," Gulf and Ship Island Railroad1860 (granted when?), Gulfport to Brandon (completed late or never)
 * "from the city of Mobile to New Orleans," (no map filed)


 * Missouri
 * 1852-8 Chap 45 (accepted 1852 )
 * "from the town of Hannibal to the town of St. Joseph, in said State," Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad1852 (granted 1852) &rarr; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (sold 1901), Hannibal to St. Joseph
 * "and from the city of St. Louis to such point on the western boundary of said State as may be designated by the authority of said State," Pacific Railroad1853 (granted 1852) &rarr; Missouri Pacific Railway (sold 1876) &rarr; Missouri Pacific Railroad (sold 1917), St. Louis to Pacific; Pacific Railroad (Southwest Branch)1853 (granted 1852) &rarr; Southwest Pacific Railroad (sold 1866) &rarr; South Pacific Railroad (sold 1868) &rarr; Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (sold 1870) &rarr; St. Louis and San Francisco Railway (sold 1876) &rarr; St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad (sold 1896) &rarr; St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (sold 1916), Pacific to Oklahoma


 * 1853-155 Chap 59 (accepted 1855)
 * "from a point on the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of the Ohio, in the State of Missouri, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary line near Fulton, in Arkansas," Cairo and Fulton Railroad (granted 1855) &rarr; Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad (sold 1872) &rarr; St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad (merged 1874) &rarr; St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway1857 (merged 1874) &rarr; Missouri Pacific Railroad (sold 1917), Birds Point to Arkansas


 * 1866-83 Chap 165 (never accepted?)
 * "construction and extension of the Iron Mountain railroad, from its present terminus at Pilot Knob to a point on the southern boundary line of the State of Missouri," (completed late)

I'm not sure if there were actually land grants involved here.
 * Oklahoma
 * 1866-236 Chap 241
 * "from the southern boundary of Kansas south, through the Indian Territory, to Red River, at or near Preston, in the State of Texas, so as to connect with the railway now being constructed from Galveston to a point at or near Preston, in said State;" Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad, Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad, or Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch (latter won the race) &rarr; Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (renamed 1870)


 * 1866-289 Chap 270
 * "from the southern boundary of Kansas, south through the Indian Territory, [...] along the valley of Grand and Arkansas rivers, to Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas;" Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch &rarr; Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (renamed 1870)


 * Oregon
 * 1866-239 Chap 242
 * "beginning at the city of Portland, in Oregon, and running thence southerly through the Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue River valleys to the southern boundary of Oregon, where the same shall connect with the part aforesaid to be made by the first-named company;" Oregon Central Railroad &rarr; Oregon and California Railroad1870/71/82/83/84 (sold 1870), East Portland to California (completed late or never)


 * 1870-94 Chap 69
 * "from Portland to Astoria, and from a suitable point of junction near Forest Grove to the Yamkill river, near McMinville, in the State of Oregon," Oregon Central Railroad1871/72 &rarr; Oregon and California Railroad (sold 1880), Portland to McMinnville, Forest Grove to Astoria (completed late or never)

http://books.google.com/books?id=kBJFAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA227
 * Wisconsin
 * 1856-20 Chap 43 (accepted 1856 )
 * "from Madison, or Columbus, by the way of Portage City to the St. Croix River or Lake between townships twenty-five and thirty-one, and from thence to the west end of Lake Superior; and to Bayfield;" La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad (granted 1856) &rarr; split:
 * Madison to Portage: La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad1857 &rarr; Sugar River Valley Railroad (grant transferred 1861) &rarr; Madison and Portage Railroad (sold 1870) &rarr; Chicago and Superior Railroad (merged 1873) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1880), Madison to Portage
 * Portage to Tomah: La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad1857 &rarr; Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (sold 1867) &rarr; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (renamed 1874), Portage to Prescott; Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company gained the land between Portage and Tomah in 1868 (no railroad provided free military transport here?)
 * Tomah to Hudson: Tomah and Lake St. Croix Railroad (grant transferred 1863) &rarr; West Wisconsin Railway (renamed 1867) &rarr; Chicago, Saint Paul and Minneapolis Railway (sold 1878) &rarr; Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway1865 (merged 1880), Tomah to Hudson (presumably replaced the 1857 Madison-Portage-Prescott map west of Tomah) (completed late)
 * Hudson to Superior, Bayfield: St. Croix and Superior Railroad (grant transferred 1857) &rarr; La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad (sold 1857) &rarr; split:
 * Hudson to Bayfield: North Wisconsin Railway (grant transferred 1874) &rarr; Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway1858 (merged 1880), Prescott to Bayfield (completed late or never)
 * Trego to Superior: Chicago and Northern Pacific Air Line Railway (grant transferred 1874) &rarr; Chicago, Portage and Superior Railway (renamed by 1878) &rarr; Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway1858 (grant transferred 1882), Trego to Superior
 * "and also from Fond du Lac on Lake Winnebago, northerly to the State line," / (amended by 1862-618 Res 30) "That the word "northerly," [...] be construed to authorize the location of the line of railroad in said first section provided for, upon any eligible route within ranges sixteen to twenty-three, inclusive, east of the fourth principal meridian." Wisconsin and Superior Railroad (granted 1856) &rarr; Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad (merged 1857) &rarr; Chicago and North Western Railway1857/63/68 (sold 1859), Fond du Lac to Michigan


 * 1864-66 Chap 80 (accepted 1866)
 * "from Portage city, Berlin, Doty's Island, or Fon du Lac, as said state may determine, in a northwestern direction, to Bayfield, and thence to Superior, on Lake Superior," / (amended by 1866-360 Res 53) "that the words "in a northwestern direction," [...] "be construed to authorize the location of the line of said road, in third section provided for, along and upon the following route, that is to say: from the city of Portage, by the way of the city of Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac, and the city of Berlin, in the county of Green Lake, to Steven's Point, and thence to Bayfield, and thence to Superior, on Lake Superior." Winnebago and Superior Railroad (granted 1866), Portage and Superior Railroad (granted 1866) &rarr; Portage, Winnebago and Superior Railroad (merged together 1869) &rarr; Wisconsin Central Railroad1869 (renamed 1871?) &rarr; Wisconsin Central Railway (sold 1899), Portage to Superior (not built beyond Ashland) (completed late or never)


 * Transcontinental
 * Atlantic and Pacific Railroad1866/71/72, Springfield to San Francisco, Fort Smith to main line (completed late or never)
 * Burlington and Missouri River Railroad1863, Missouri River to Kearney
 * Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad &rarr; Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad1863?/66/67/68 (renamed 1867) &rarr; Central Branch Union Pacific Railway (sold 1898) &rarr; Central Branch Railway (merged 1899) &rarr; Missouri Pacific Railway (merged 1909) &rarr; Missouri Pacific Railroad (sold 1917), Atchison to 100th milepost
 * Central Pacific Railroad1862/64/65/66/67/68, Sacramento to Utah
 * Denver Pacific Railway1866/69, Denver to Cheyenne
 * Kansas Pacific Railway1862/65/66/67/70, Kansas City to Denver
 * New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad &rarr; New Orleans Pacific Railway (completed late)
 * Northern Pacific Railroad1870/71/72/73/74/76/79/80/81/82/83/84, Ashland to Tacoma, Sandpoint to Tacoma (completed late or never)
 * Sioux City and Pacific Railroad1865/68, Sioux City to Fremont
 * Southern Pacific Railroad1867/71/72/73/74/75/76/77/78, San Francisco to Arizona, Tehachapi Pass to Arizona (completed late or never)
 * Texas Pacific Railroad &rarr; Texas and Pacific Railway (completed late or never)
 * Union Pacific Railroad1864/65/66/67/68/69, Omaha to Utah
 * Western Pacific Railroad1864/66/69/70, Sacramento to San Jose