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Promotional flier featuring a map of Kansas titled, "The Finest Climate and Most Prolific Soil in the West." Map depicts the land granted to the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Rail Road by the U.S. government to encourage the development of railroads in the West. Shaded areas on the map indicate lands for sale by the railroad along the Arkansas River valley. Promotional text on both front and back markets the land to farmers as "the best wheat land known." It also includes detailed information on towns, schools, lumber, fruit growing, and livestock raising in the region.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Date: September 1876
Item Number: 225750
Call Number: Map Drawer P4 F1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225750
Agriculture - Crops - Fruits
Agriculture - Crops - Trees
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle - Beef
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle - Dairy
Agriculture - Livestock - Hogs
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Agriculture - Livestock - Sheep
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Dairying
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Map
Date - 1870s - 1876
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Regions - Southwest Kansas
Places - Rivers - Arkansas
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Roads
Type of Material - Maps
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