Southwestern Minnesota, The Best Farming Section In The World. (C0ver Title)

C. A. CHAPMAN

Publication: This pamphlet issued by Southwestern Minnesota Land and Immigration Association, n d (ca 1880), Mankato

First edition. 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" pictorial wrappers, 30 [1] pp., map on verso of front cover, officers and members of the Southwestern Minnesota Land and Immigration Association. Laid-in is a 13 1/2" x 16" map of Southwestern Minnesota, that is folded to 6 3/4" x 4" and comprises the counties of Faribault, Martin, Jackson, Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Nicolet, Renville, Brown, Redwood, Lyon, Lincoln, Yellow Medicine, and Lac qui Parle. This is an area of 7,580,729 acres or 11,854 square miles. Emigrants are advised of three great lines of train travel, available to the region for the ones looking to relocate, the invalid seeking health, the capitalist seeking investment, the tourist seeking pleasure, or the sportsman seeking his favorite game. "The inducements it offers to all these different classes are, the soil and what it will produce, the climate, the growth of the country in population and wealth, the lakes and the rivers, forests and prairies, with which its surface is diversified." Covers are lightly used with a few small closed tears to the extremities, folded map is in fine condition, pamphlet is internally clean and tight, overall a solid very good copy.

Inventory Number: 52360