Johnson's Iowa and Nebraska. by IOWA / NEBRASKA) - Copyright 1864. [ 1869].

Nabu Press, 2012-04-18. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-06. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-13. Paperback. Good.

[Burlington, Ia: Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, 1872. Very good.. 24pp. 24mo. Original yellow printed wrappers. Light soiling and wear. Lovely little promotional work advertising lands along the Burlington Route in Nebraska and Iowa. At this time the Burlington Route ran from Burlington, Iowa, across Iowa and Nebraska to Fort Kearney, where it linked up with the Union Pacific. The present work is comprised primarily of price charts for lands in Iowa and Nebraska, with interest rates and terms on different acreages. "These Iowa and Nebraska lands are not exceeded in fertility, beauty and all attractions and advantages of locality and soil which are essential in the estimation of farmers, by any region in the world...." A map of the route is printed on the rear cover. An ephemeral little piece -- not located in OCLC.

Choice Farming Lands in Iowa and Nebraska. 1,880,000 Acres For Sale by the Railroad Land Companies of Iowa and Nebraska, In Tracts to Suit Purchasers, at Low Prices, on Credit or for Cash. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Horton & Leonard, Printers, Chicago. 1871. Yellow wraps. 23 cm. Map. 48 pp. + 8 pp. ads. Front cover 2 corner chips. Rear cover 2 inch tear with chip. Old tape repair. Stain to back cover affecting the last pages of ads. Edge stains, not affecting text light wear.
OCLC shows 7 holdings (St. Hist. Soc. Iowa; U. Iowa; Newberry; U. Ill.; UU. Neb.-Kearney; Yale & SMU.) Not in Adams, Herd. Published by the Iowa Railroad Land Company, the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad Land Company, the Sioux City and Pacific Land and Town Lot Company, and the Elkhorn Land and Town Lot Company. It has a section on Stock Raising.

ST. LOUIS: Gast & Co., 1878., 1878. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original yellow wrappers, printed in black ink, 36 pp., illustrated, plates, maps. Maps are present on three of the four cover panels. There are four full-page views, "looking southwest from Lincoln, Neb.;" "view in Adams County, south of Hastings, Neb.;" "view on Farmers' Creek, Franklin County, Neb.;" and "Valley of the Big Blue, south of Seward, Neb." About 36,000 acres remain in Southern Iowa, suited for small farms, and they are really promoting the South Platte Country in Nebraska. The Burlington Route advises how to reach this country, railroad lands available for sale, credit and cash terms of sale, and rebates allowed and conditions. Also presents conditions in both Iowa and Nebraska, crops, investment opportunities, climate, livestock, homesteads, state laws, etc. The illustrations depict scenes in both states and covers contain three maps of the area. Lightly soiled along… Read More