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This brochure emphasizes the mining districts of Leadville and Ten-mile, but the brochure also encourages travel between Kansas and Colorado for reasons of health, scenery and immigration. There are three illustrations on one side and a full scale map on the reverse. The main illustration is of the Kansas Pacific Railway Depot in Kansas City while the map is of Kansas and Colorado with the Kansas Pacific Line clearly marked. There are timetables and a table of grain prices included.
Creator: Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Date: July 1879
Item Number: 213532
Call Number: Port. K 385 K13 no.13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213532
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Depot
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Lead
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Silver
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Business and Industry - Railroad - Immigration promotion
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Timetables
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tourism
Collections - Library - Railroad Ports (K Port 385)
Date - 1870s - 1879
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Agricultural development
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Depots
Transportation - Railroads - Immigration promotion
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Transportation - Railroads - Passenger trains
Transportation - Railroads - Timetables
Transportation - Railroads - Tourism
Type of Material - Maps
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Brochures
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