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This advertisement for lands for sale has three panels: the first is of the eastern United States from the Atlantic Coast to the eastern border of Kansas; the second is of a sectional map of Kansas, showing all counties as far west as Trego County; and the third panel is of eastern Colorado. Panel one also shows railroad routes from the coast to Kansas City. Panels two and three show the route of the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railways through Kansas and Colorado up to Cheyenne, Wyoming. A shaded area along the route indicates railway lands that are for sale.
Creator: Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Date: 1870
Item Number: 214193
Call Number: Box 3 Folder 8 (K Port 385 Wn3)
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214193
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Kansas Pacific - Denver Pacific Railway Company
Business and Industry - Railroad - Immigration promotion
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Library - Railroad Ports (K Port 385)
Date - 1870s - 1870
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Wyoming
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Immigration promotion
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Maps
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