Bismarck South Dakota Woodrow Wilson General Land Office Grant 1915 Embossed

This United States General Land Office land grant was issued in 1915, reflecting the final phase of federal land distribution policy in the American West during the early twentieth century.

By this period, the General Land Office had largely shifted from frontier settlement toward formalizing ownership through patents and grants that completed earlier homestead and public-land claims. These documents represent the administrative culmination of decades-long federal efforts to survey, allocate, and legitimize land ownership across the Plains states. Issued under presidential authority, such grants served as definitive legal instruments transferring title from the federal government to private individuals, marking the end of the land’s status as part of the public domain.

This 1915 land grant was issued through the United States General Land Office at Bismarck, South Dakota, and bears the printed authority of President Woodrow Wilson. The document conveys title to a parcel of land located in North Dakota, described by township, range, and section according to the Public Land Survey System. It features the formal engraved heading “The United States of America,” embossed seals, period typography, and original signatures consistent with official federal land patents of the era. The piece shows original folds, light toning, and handling wear associated with filing and long-term storage, while remaining legible and visually intact as a historical legal record.

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