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This handbook was published by the Modern Argo, Kansas City, for potential immigrants to Pottawatomie and Riley counties in Kansas. A short description of Davis County is also included. This pamphlet encouraged agricultural settlement by extolling the virtues of this 'beautiful Kansas (river) valley'. Crops grown in the area included corn, wheat, oats, and rye. A number of stock farms, such as Juniatta Stock Farm and Woodside Stock Farm, are described in the booklet. The booklet contains information about dairying operations and orchards. There are descriptions of the towns of Manhattan (including the State Agricultural College), Wamego, Louisville, Westmoreland, Milford, and Belvue. Some illustrations of farms and businesses are also included.
Date: Between 1880 and 1889
Item Number: 225302
Call Number: CK 978.1 -P85 Pam. V.2 no.4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225302
Agriculture - Crops - Corn
Agriculture - Crops - Oats
Agriculture - Crops - Rye
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Ranching
Business and Industry
Business and Industry - Banking
Business and Industry - Retail
Collections - Library
Date - 1880s
Environment - Landscape
Environment - Natural resources
Environment - Water
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book
Places - Cities and towns - Belvue
Places - Cities and towns - Louisville
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Cities and towns - Milford
Places - Cities and towns - Wamego
Places - Cities and towns - Westmoreland
Places - Counties - Davis (1855-1889)
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Regions - Flint Hills
Places - Rivers - Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books
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