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This Wheat Festival Special was operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. It traveled throughout Kansas July 19-July 30, 1926, to numerous Kansas communities. Other organizations that cooperated to operate the train included the following: The Kansas State Agricultural College, the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, The Kansas State Grain Inspection Department, the Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association and the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, under authority of the Kansas Public Service Commission. The flyer lists the speakers and their topics. Miss Vada Watson, the Kansas Wheat Girl, was one of the special attractions.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1926
Item Number: 226725
Call Number: Demonstration train - oversize
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226725
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Farm organizations
Agriculture - Government farm programs
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Special and excursion trains
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1920s - 1926
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Kansas State Agricultural College
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Agriculture, Department of
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Public Service Commission
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poster
People - Notable Kansans - Jarrell, J. F.
People - Notable Kansans - Mohler, J. C.
Places - Cities and towns - Abilene
Places - Cities and towns - Anthony
Places - Cities and towns - Ashland
Places - Cities and towns - Cimarron
Places - Cities and towns - Coats
Places - Cities and towns - Coldwater
Places - Cities and towns - Concordia
Places - Cities and towns - Dighton
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Cities and towns - Ellinwood
Places - Cities and towns - Garden City
Places - Cities and towns - Great Bend
Places - Cities and towns - Harper
Places - Cities and towns - Hutchinson
Places - Cities and towns - Jetmore
Places - Cities and towns - Kingman
Places - Cities and towns - Kinsley
Places - Cities and towns - Larned
Places - Cities and towns - Lincoln
Places - Cities and towns - Little River
Places - Cities and towns - Lyons
Places - Cities and towns - McPherson
Places - Cities and towns - Medicine Lodge
Places - Cities and towns - Minneapolis
Places - Cities and towns - Ness City
Places - Cities and towns - Newton
Places - Cities and towns - Osborne
Places - Cities and towns - Protection
Places - Cities and towns - Rush Center
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Cities and towns - Scott City
Places - Cities and towns - St. John
Places - Cities and towns - Stafford
Places - Cities and towns - Sterling
Places - Cities and towns - Valley Center
Places - Cities and towns - Wellington
Places - Counties - Barber
Places - Counties - Barton
Places - Counties - Clark
Places - Counties - Cloud
Places - Counties - Comanche
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Places - Counties - Edwards
Places - Counties - Finney
Places - Counties - Ford
Places - Counties - Gray
Places - Counties - Harper
Places - Counties - Harvey
Places - Counties - Hodgeman
Places - Counties - Kingman
Places - Counties - Lane
Places - Counties - Lincoln
Places - Counties - McPherson
Places - Counties - Ness
Places - Counties - Osborne
Places - Counties - Ottawa
Places - Counties - Pawnee
Places - Counties - Pratt
Places - Counties - Reno
Places - Counties - Rice
Places - Counties - Rush
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Counties - Scott
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Stafford
Places - Counties - Sumner
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Special & excursion trains
Type of Material - Printed materials - Flyer
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