Important to all! Bound for the Happy Lands! Low Rates to Arkansas and Missouri via Saint Louis over the popular St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R'y. The Shortest and Quickest Route to Points in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas …
by [Broadside]. KENDALL, W.A. (Ass’t Land Commissioner) & others
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
St. Louis, [Missouri]: Printed by Jno. McKittrick & Co., no date (ca. 1870s). Folio broadside (21" x 7") printed on light paper, with map showing the route of the railway with a winged train wheel above. OCLC locates 5 copies under 3 accession numbers as of 6/3/2022.
Folded once horizontally, brief loss in the margin of two corners, small gouge & associated minute loss just below the fold (now reinforced with archival tissue on the verso), an attractive example.
Primarily promotes the availability of land "at low prices on liberal terms" & additionally provides train schedules & fares.
"… the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, which has a large grant of lands from the United States government, embracing all varieties of soil and timber adapted to Farming, Fruit Growing and Grazing purposes. The railroad passes through the middle of the grant, from end to end, most conveniently. Six navigable streams traverse this land grant. It was made more than 20 years ago, and the lands have been withheld from market until the completion of the railroad. In the meantime, adjoining alternate sections have been taken up and the country settled. Immigrants can locate on railroad land in well improved neighborhoods, having Roads, Mills, Churches and Schools, and peopled by honest and industrious citizens, who will give a cordial welcome to all good people coming among them …"
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- Seller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1193
- Title
- Important to all! Bound for the Happy Lands! Low Rates to Arkansas and Missouri via Saint Louis over the popular St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R'y. The Shortest and Quickest Route to Points in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas …
- Author
- [Broadside]. KENDALL, W.A. (Ass’t Land Commissioner) & others
- Format/Binding
- Promotional Broadside
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Jno. McKittrick & Co.
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis
- Date Published
- ca. 1870s
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Broadside, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Land Grant, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas,
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- Trade Catalogues; Advertising; Travel, Tourism, Exploration; Broadside;
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