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Map Showing Toltec Park Lands and Transportation Lines [caption title]

[Railroads]. [Promotionals]

$850
  • Condition: About very good.
  • Publisher: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
  • Location: Chicago
  • Date: 1903
  • Seller SKU: 4490
Chicago: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1903. About very good.. Broadsheet, 15.25 x 9.75 inches. Old fold lines, reinforced with tape at a few spots, a few small edge tears, lightly toned. Promotional broadsheet for land in the southern San Luis Valley in Colorado and northern New Mexico. The first side has a map which depicts Toltec Park and the surrounding region of the Four Corners with its rail lines, text below outlining available lands and features thereof. The verso shows a plat map, "Map of Upper Section of Toltec Park Land and Irrigation System," with information about the water systems and rivers in the area. The text below the main map includes paragraphs regarding the Opportunities and Drawbacks of the area. Interestingly, the Drawbacks section indicates a certain amount of hard work will be required to make it in the region: "Dollars don't grow on the sage brush, but it is necessary to dig for them as elsewhere. Only the digging will yield larger and more certain returns than in many places. Some people consider it a drawback to work for a living; others do not." Not in OCLC.

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