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North Dakota land seekers urged by letters from homesteaders
A collection of first person notices from York Cando Willow City and other North Dakota communities urges eastern settlers to move west. Testimonials praise cheap land prices 8 to 15 dollars an acre good water schools and rapid settlement while noting needs for hardworking newcomers and high crop yields.
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York
N. D
Eddyville
W. J. Jefferis
Cando
Woburn
Ill
Devils Lake
Turtle Mountains
Isaac N. Fansurr
Mouse River
Willow City
Rochester
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Mt. Carroll
S. L. Kine
Utica
Tola
Warrensburg
Hiram Brown
Sweet Water
Jonx W. Brooss
North Manchester
Ind
Great Northern Railway