I was originally remembering a time period when the railroad virtually had public domain authority to seize private lands, but the history of the land grants in

I was originally remembering a time period when the railroad virtually had public domain authority to seize private lands, but the history of the land grants in Nebraska is actually much worse: https://nebraskastudies.org/en/1850-1874/railroads-settlement/land-grants-decline-railroads/ https://nebraskastudies.org/en/1850-1874/railroads-settlemen...