Sedalia / The Principal Interior City / And Railroad Centre Of / Missouri

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Published by J.W. Goodwin Printer; Sedalia; pp.; Wraps; VG; nc/nd (1888), 1888

About this Item

_____Single sheet, 6 x 16.75", printed on both sides and folded to 5 panels. _____ The front has four panels extolling the town, the rear is devoted to the surrounding Pettis County. _____ The citizens appear rather bitter._____ ._____".the great railways in Kansas and Nebraska, with large land-grants to dispose of, have advertised prodigiously, had agents everywhere, furnished transportation, and sold cheap for small annual payments running through many years._____ Millions of acres of these cheap Kansas lands are worthless for farming, and have been abandoned._____It was amazing to see the train loads of emigrants rush by our fair, fertile fields seeking homes on the plains of Kansas._____ No state was ever so advertised as Kansas; no other state was ever so vastly overrated.". _____ Undated, but statistics for 1887 are cited. _____ Illustrated with a small map of northern Missouri, with Sedalia centered in a web of railroads._____ There is also a small cut of the Pettis County Court House. _____ The folds and a couple of edge chips have been archivally reinforced. _____ Not in WorldCat (09/19). _____.

Seller Inventory # P-01730

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sedalia / The Principal Interior City / And Railroad Centre Of / Missouri
• Publisher: J.W. Goodwin Printer; Sedalia; pp.; Wraps; VG; nc/nd (1888)
• Publication Date: 1888
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • .EPHEMERA
  • .Americana
  • .RAILROADS