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This broadside promotes settlement in Texas and passage there through the Missouri Pacific Railway. It also promotes the landscape of the Indian territory as a scenic route, and addresses Texas land laws, the people of Texas, and the climate. The agent is listed as C. E. Styles, Sixth Street Depot, Atchison, Kansas. This item demonstrates the considerable involvement of railroad companies in immigration and land settlement in the American West, and the promotion of the West as a tourist destination.
Creator: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Date: 1881
Item Number: 210402
Call Number: K 385 Port Scrapbook Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210402
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Library
Date - 1880s - 1881
Environment - Landscape
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Homestead Act
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Handbill
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - Texas - Baired
Places - Other States - Texas - Denison
Places - Other States - Texas - Denton
Places - Other States - Texas - Ft. Worth
Places - Other States - Texas - Georgetown
Places - Other States - Texas - Morgan
Places - Other States - Texas - San Antonio
Places - Other States - Texas - Waco
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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