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This brochure advertises the advantages of settling in south central and western Kansas. Included are a photograph of the Beeson farm near Dodge City, Kansas, and a full width map of the Arkansas Valley in Kansas. Also included are testimonials by numerous settlers and descriptions of Rush, Finney, Ford, Pawnee, Gray and Kearney Counties.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1892
Item Number: 212882
Call Number: Port. K 385 At2 no.18
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212882
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Immigration promotion
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Library
Date - 1890s - 1892
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Pamphlet
Places - Counties - Finney
Places - Counties - Ford
Places - Counties - Kearny
Places - Counties - Ness
Places - Counties - Rush
Places - Rivers - Arkansas
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Immigration promotion
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Maps
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Brochures
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