Gooch Bros (1 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near fine. Undated, circa 1900, 5.75" x 3.5", 40 pp, stapled wrappers. Near fine, with slight handling wear. Interesting catalogue of agricultural land offerings. Although the agency was based in Illinois, there are just two pages of Illinois listings. The brief introduction notes that "during the past year we have traveled through Iowa and the northwest and Oklahoma, securing the agency for such as we believed to be the best that was offered in the way of good farm lands, and feel satisfied that we can now offer to those wanting to invest in these new countries some bargains that will be hard to beat, both for the home seeker and the investor." There are 12 pages of listings for land in Iowa, 5 for Minnesota, 12 for South Dakota, and 8 for Oklahoma. Each listing is priced and notes acreage; distance from the nearest town, railroad station, and school; and the presence of houses and/or outbuildings, wells, cellars, fencing, timber, and acreage currently under cultivation or planted with fruit trees.