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Guide To The Union Pacific Railroad Lands. 12,000,000 Acres. 3,000,000 Acres In Central And Eastern Nebraska Now For Sale DAVIS, O. F. [LAND COMMISSIONER, OMAHA, NEB].

Guide To The Union Pacific Railroad Lands. 12,000,000 Acres. 3,000,000 Acres In Central And Eastern Nebraska Now For Sale

DAVIS, O. F. [LAND COMMISSIONER, OMAHA, NEB].

Other works by DAVIS, O. F. .

Publication: Land Department Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1876, Omaha

First edition. 8vo. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4" pictorial wrappers with map on back cover, 32 pp., introduction, illustrated, maps. Two folding maps. One is of the Union Pacific Railroad (6" x 18 1/2") its connections and land grant..The other map (7 5/8" x 22") is a map of the Union Pacific Railroad land in Nebraska East of Range 42 West of the 6th P. M., 1876.The rear cover features a map of the United States and the Union Pacific and its connections. The land grant comprises central Nebraska, southern Wyoming, and northern Colorado and Utah. Description, advantages, water resources, climate, soil, live stock raising, farming, markets, timber, minerals, information about homesteads, advantages of living in colonies, etc. A small old cellophane tape repair to the bottom edge of the inside front cover, a few tiny nicks to the fore-edges of the covers and a few internal pages, the two folding maps are in fine condition and overall a very good copy. Both Adams' Herd and Graff list similar titles but different years and claim their listings to be "rare."

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