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All bound for the Kansas valleys!

Date: Between 1870 and 1880

This brochure advertises the sale of five million acres of land by the Kansas Pacific Railroad, along the Kaw, Big Blue, Republican, Smoky Hill, Solomon, Saline, and Victoria Rivers in…

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The new colossus of roads

Date: Between 1870 and 1890

This illustrated general pass and ticket for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad depicts the system as a uniformed soldier striding across Mexico and Southern California. The illustration is…

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Grand Tour of Colorado for forty-five dollars

Date: Between 1870 and 1890

This poster advertises tours originating in Omaha, Nebraska, Kansas City, Missouri or Leavenworth, Kansas to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo, Colorado. The Union Pacific Railroad, Kansas Pacific Railroad, Colorado Central…

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The Great Rock Island route

Date: Between 1870 and 1890

This Chicago & Rock Island Railroad poster advertises the “best service to the mountains” on the Rocky Mountain Limited leaving Chicago daily with only one night out to Denver. This…

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Sectional Map, Pottawattomie Reserve Lands

Date: July 1, 1874

Sectional map of Pottawattomie reserve lands advertising lands for sale by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Rail Road Company. The map includes section boundaries, towns, major roads, railroad lines,…

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J. J. Bulger to O. W. Sparks

Date: December 20, 1919

J. J. Bulger, counselor for the Wichita Trades and Labor Assembly, writes state senator O. W. Sparks, of Galena, Kansas, concerning pending legislation that would create an industrial court to…

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Clyde Reed to Cryus Dudley

Date: December 17, 1919

In this letter, Clyde Reed, secretary of Governor Arthur Capper, tells Cyrus Dudley, mayor of Preston, Kansas, that a shipment of coal has been delivered under emergency. “There is no…

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Governor Henry J. Allen to Clyde M. Reed

Date: December 8, 1919

Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen writes to Clyde Reed, secretary to the Governor, of Topeka, telling him he has received a telegram from Cyrus Duly, Mayor of Preston, Kansas. The…

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J. P. Thomas to Governor Henry J. Allen

Date: December 19, 1919

The mayor of Portis Kansas, J. P. Thomas, telegrams Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen about the poor condition of coal received. The state had taken over the southeast Kansas coal…

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C. D. Samples and B. S. Gaitskill to Clyde Reed

Date: December 10, 1919

C. D. Sample and B. S. Gaitskill, court appointed receivers during the state takeover of the southeast Kansas coal fields, telegram Clyde Reed, secretary to Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen,…

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The Allied Veteran-Farmer-Labor Council

Date: Between 1910 and 1940

The Constitution and By-Laws of the Allied Veteran Farmer Labor Council of Topeka, Kansas. A portion of their pledge was to create a national organization that would establish closer relations…

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A. M. Fury to Governor Henry J. Allen

Date: December 18, 1919

A. M. Fury of the Robinson Grain Company in Palco, Kansas, writes to Governor Henry Allen, of Topeka, requesting a car of threshing coal. At the time of this writing,…