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A Trip to the Southwest Crops and Prosperity
The Republican reports on a Rock Island excursion through Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indiana Texas Kansas Nebraska Colorado and New Mexico. Promoters tout cheap fertile land for all classes while noting racial segregation in Panhandle travel and citing agricultural potential experts praise Oklahoma land, population growth, and big ranches like Mill Iron.
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Rock Island System
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklyahoma
Indiana Territory
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
F. R. Dennis
Peoria
Rock Island
Albert Deyo
Bradford
Geo. A. Burt
The
Republican
Panhandle
W. D. Bentley
United States Department of Agriculture
Wheeler and
Gray
Texola
Oklahoma
Central West Territory
Davenport
Muscatine
Trenton
Cameron
Kansas City
Kansas River
Topeka
McFarland
Rock Island Company
Chicago
Southwest