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This brochure is quite similar to another with slightly different graphics. It contains a map of the Arkansas Valley in Kansas showing the location of farming, grazing and irrigable lands. It is promoting immigration and land settlement in Kansas. There is a photograph of the Beeson farm near Dodge City as well as a small map of the entire Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad routes.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: July 1892
Item Number: 212883
Call Number: Port. K 385 At2 no.19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212883
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 - Regions - Central Kansas
Places - Regions - Western Kansas
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 - Booklets
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