GUIDE TO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS 12,000,000 ACRES BEST FARMING, GRAZING AND MINERAL LANDS IN AMERICA, IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA AND TERRITORIES OF COLORADO, WYOMING AND UTAH, FOR SALE BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, IN TRACTS TO SUIT PURCHA
[Union Pacific Railroad Company]:
Omaha: Land Department, Union Pacific Railroad Building, 1871. 25pp. plus [2]pp. rear printed and pictorial wrapper. Original printed wrappers. Lacking front wrapper and folding map. Ex-lib., with institutional blindstamp in titlepage. Early numerical ink inscriptions on titlepage. Some internal tape repair. Good. A promotional work for agricultural lands in Nebraska. Second 1871 edition, "revised with a view more particularly to foreign circulation." Includes a map of the railroad route (showing land grants) on the rear wrapper. The text describes the potential of Nebraska farm lands for grain production, stock raising, timber, sheep raising, homesteading, etc. Both Adams and Graff list similar titles printed in 1872. AII (Nebraska) 388. ADAMS HERD 2351 (1872 ed). GRAFF 4238 (1872 ed).
(Item ID: WRCAM36122) $200.00