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=== Land Office Records === | === Land Office Records === | ||
When the United States acquired Nevada, the federal government distributed unclaimed land through the | When the United States acquired Nevada, the federal government distributed unclaimed land through the US General Land Office (GLO). The land was first surveyed, then sold through local offices. The first local office was established in Carson City in 1864. Others were in Elko, Eureka, and Reno. The local offices kept tract books (records for each section of land) and township plats (maps of land entries for each township). | ||
Land was generally obtained through cash payment, called cash entry, or by meeting certain conditions of settlement, such as homesteading. The original tract books, plats, homestead entries, and cash entry records are available at the National Archives. The National Archives also has an index to cash entry files and homestead records prior to July 1908. | Land was generally obtained through cash payment, called cash entry, or by meeting certain conditions of settlement, such as homesteading. The original tract books, plats, homestead entries, and cash entry records are available at the National Archives. The National Archives also has an index to cash entry files and homestead records prior to July 1908. | ||