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This large brochure contains a full map on one side of Kansas, Colorado, and portions of surrounding states including the Black Hills of South Dakota. The reverse side has a myriad of information encouraging immigration to Kansas with the purchase of Kansas Pacific Railway lands; freighting between the Missouri River and Denver; $45.00 round trip tickets for tourists between Kansas City and Denver; enjoying the Switzerland of America and its many resorts; the railway line with Pullman sleepers, steel tracks and Westinghouse brakes; gold and silver mining in the San Juan and Black Hill regions; health resorts with pure air for weak lungs, sulfur springs, iron springs and hot springs; and a time table for the Kansas Pacific Railway. All of this was meant to promote travel on the Kansas Pacific Railway. NOTE: Because of the design of the brochure, pages 2 and 3 are duplicates but the right side up of the text is in the lower half of each image.
Creator: Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Date: May 1877
Item Number: 213488
Call Number: Port. K 385 K13 no.12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213488
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Silver
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Freight trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Immigration promotion
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Timetables
Collections - Library - Railroad Ports (K Port 385)
Date - 1870s - 1877
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Wyoming
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Freight trains
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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