Wraps
1909 · Chicago
by [Western Americana]
Chicago: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, 1909. Wraps. Good. In 1909, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, or the “Milwaukee Road” as it was better known, completed a transcontinental main line from St. Paul to Seattle. This route traversed northern South Dakota from east to west, passing through Aberdeen and Mobridge. In addition, the Milwaukee established a very extensive network of secondary routes in the state and at its peak, operated some 1,800 miles of trackage in the state, more than any other railroad.
This “folder” describes the opportunities South Dakota offers homeseekers: “With millions of acres of government lands yet subject to entry in the state, and the certainty that in the near future the surplus lands of several Indian reservations, aggregating several million more acres, will be surrendered by the Indians and thrown open to white settlement, gives every evidence that South Dakota will during the next year or two surpass all previous records so far as development is concerned.” The extension west of Mobridge and the Black Hills division are highlighted, with details of agricultural production, the cattle and dairy industries, educational facilities, the low rate of taxation, etc.
Booklet: 20 pp. with 16 photographic illustrations. Each leaf measures 7 3/4” x 9” and folds within pictorial paper wrappers (4 3/4” x 9 3/8”). Bound with two staples opposite a 24” x 18” folding map printed in black, red, and green, with a printed return mail form laid in. Some separation from the lower staple. General wear and occasional shallow chipping along the extremities of the wrappers, with a short tear to each end of the spine. Scarce, OCLC locates no holdings. (Inventory #: 77975)
This “folder” describes the opportunities South Dakota offers homeseekers: “With millions of acres of government lands yet subject to entry in the state, and the certainty that in the near future the surplus lands of several Indian reservations, aggregating several million more acres, will be surrendered by the Indians and thrown open to white settlement, gives every evidence that South Dakota will during the next year or two surpass all previous records so far as development is concerned.” The extension west of Mobridge and the Black Hills division are highlighted, with details of agricultural production, the cattle and dairy industries, educational facilities, the low rate of taxation, etc.
Booklet: 20 pp. with 16 photographic illustrations. Each leaf measures 7 3/4” x 9” and folds within pictorial paper wrappers (4 3/4” x 9 3/8”). Bound with two staples opposite a 24” x 18” folding map printed in black, red, and green, with a printed return mail form laid in. Some separation from the lower staple. General wear and occasional shallow chipping along the extremities of the wrappers, with a short tear to each end of the spine. Scarce, OCLC locates no holdings. (Inventory #: 77975)
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