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Minnesota

MAP OF MINNESOTA: TRAVERSE COUNTY, THE GARDEN SPOT OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. Compliments of Traverse Land Company...Immigration Agents for West Central Minnesota Lands.

Des Moines.Iowa: Kenyon Company Map Makers, 1916. First Edition. Softcover. Full-color map, opens to 18.5" x 32", including margins. Place-name index, census figures, shipping & postal guide on verso. Folds into printed, red card covers, 5.5" x 3". Printed inside front cover: "Don't waste time looking at poor land...come to..... More

Price: $150.00

Minnesota / Bond, J. Wesley

MINNESOTA, THE EMPIRE STATE OF THE NEW NORTH-WEST, THE COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING AND GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.

St. Paul: State Board of Immigration, 1878. First Edition. Softcover. 88pp; small railway map in text; large, folding map of Minnesota shows towns, county lines, railroads, post offices, &c., detached from binding and laid in. Bound in printed green wrappers; lower tip chipped from cover, no text loss. 8.5" x...... More

Price: $275.00

Minnesota / Hewitt, Girart

MINNESOTA: ITS ADVANTAGES TO SETTLERS ... Its History and Progress, Climate, Soil, Agricultural and Manufacturing Facilities, Commercial Capacities, and Social Status; Its Lakes, Rivers and Railroads; Homestead and Exemption Laws ... Climatology, in a Hygienic and Sanitary Point of View; Its Unparalleled Salubrity, Growth and Productiveness, as compared with the older states; and the Elements of Its Future Greatness and Prosperity.; Fifth Edition. For Gratuitous Circulation.

St. Paul, Minnesota: Girart Hewitt, 1867. Fifth Edition. Softcover. pp: 36, (8) full-page ads. The ads are by: Winona & St. Peter Railroad, selling "250,000 acres of the finest farming lands in the northwest"; Hastins & Dakota Railway, offering Actual Settlers Only portions of a 1,280,000-acre land grant; Milwaukee &..... More

Price: $225.00

Mintz, Lannon W.

THE TRAIL: A Bibliography of the Travelers on the Overland Trail to California, Oregon, Salt Lake City, and Montana during the Years 1841-1864.

Albuquerque: Univ of New Mexico Press, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxv (including a double-page map and six pages of illustrations from photographs), 201 with index. Bound in green cloth, silver lettering on spine. 9.5" x 6" Contains 627 entries. More

Price: $25.00

Missouri / Waterhouse, Sylvester

THE RESOURCES OF MISSOURI

St. Louis, Mo. Stereotyped & Printed by Aug. Wiebusch & Son, 1867. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 96pp. Printed gray wrappers, sewn. Professor Waterhouse of Washington University, St. Louis, wrote this book for the State Board of Immigration in order to attract settlers. The attractions include education, commerce, railroads, homesteading on..... More

Price: $90.00

Mongredien, Augustus

THE WESTERN FARMER OF AMERICA

London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co., 1880. First Edition. Softcover. 30pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 7" x 4.75". Vertical crease. Examines the economic aspects of agriculture in the western states. "...For what he raises he gets a lower price, and for what he consumes he..... More

Price: $50.00

Montana Territory

1868 TERRITORY OF MONTANA BOND AND COUPONS, SIGNED BY JAMES TUFTS, GOVERNOR OF MONTANA TERRITORY, AND BY OTHER TERRITORIAL OFFICIALS.

[Virginia City, M.T.]: Montana Democrat Print, 1868. Original document. Decorative certificate, printed in blue and black, accomplished by hand, with two engraved vignettes. In part: "It is hereby certified that the Territory of Montana is indebted to Ira H. Ming in the sum of One Hundred Dollars, redeemable at the..... More

Price: $200.00

Montana Territory

1889 HANDWRITTEN INFANTRY ORDERS: POST OF FORT KEOGH, MONTANA, ORDERS NO. 108.

1889. Original manuscript. One page, quarto. Handwritten by order of Colonel Peter T. Swaine, 22nd Infantry Regiment, commander of Fort Keogh, in part: "...the A.C.S. will issue to the troops of this Command, seven-hundred and fifty (750) pounds of Canned Corned Beef and one-hundred and ninety (190) Cans of Baked..... More

Price: $175.00

Montana Territory

BOND COUPON: THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA WILL PAY SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS TO L. McMURTRY...or order for Six Months Interest, date June 1, 1869, on Bond No. 277....

1869. Original document. Small form (2.5" x 2.25"), partly printed in blue, accomplished by hand. Signed by Wm. H. Rodgers, Auditor, and by W.G. Barkley, Treasurer. Signed on the verso by L. McMurtry and witnessed by T.T. Sheffield. Cancelled with three diamond-shaped perforations. McMurtry's name appears in Territorial records of..... More

Price: $100.00

Montana Territory

STOCK CERTIFICATE FOR 15 SHARES IN THE HELENA STEAM POWER AND LIGHTING COMPANY

Helena, M.T. Helena Steam Power & Lighting Co., 1885. Original document. Certifies that F.H. Kleinschmidt owns 15 shares of the Comany's capital stock. Dated at Helena, Montana Territory, 26 Dec 1885. Signed by Moses Morris, President, and Herman Gans, Secretary. Engraved certificate with gilt-stamped decorative borders, sphinx & pyramid logo..... More

Price: $100.00

Montana Territory / Crow Indians

LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TRANSMITTING...REPORT REGARDING THE LEASING OF LAND ON THE CROW INDIAN RESERVATION IN MONTANA TERRITORY

Washington DC: US Senate, 48th Congress, 1885. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. 45pp. Spine archivally reinforced. 9" x 5.75" Identifies 329 leases of land on the Crow reservation, naming each of the Native Americans involved: Long Otter, Alligator, Shell on the Neck, Pretty Gutts, Crazy Sister-in-law, Bear in the Water, Fire..... More

Price: $45.00

Montana, Miles City

REAL-PHOTO POSTCARD OF A RODEO BAREBACK RIDER ON A BUCKING BRONCO, POSTMARKED 1920.

Miles City, Montana: Foster Photo Co., 1920. Original document. The photograph is captioned, "At A Boy Mose." On the verso is a handwritten message to a Pennsylvania woman: "...This is a sample of the real rough west as it is in reality never the less it is the life /..... More

Price: $20.00

[Morris, Edmund]

HOW TO GET A FARM, AND WHERE TO FIND ONE. Showing that Homesteads may be had by those desirous of securing them: with the Public Law on the subject of Free Homes, and suggestions from Practical Farmers; together with numerous successful experiences of others, who, though beginning with little or nothing, have become the owners of ample farms.; By the author of "Ten Acres Enough."

New York: James Miller, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: 345, (8) ads. Bound in blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering and device on spine; minor discoloration of binding, text block clean. 7.5" x 4.75" Builds on the 1862 Homestead Act, which granted settlers 160 acres of Federal land if they settled..... More

Price: $180.00

(Muirhead, James Fullarton)

THE UNITED STATES, WITH AN EXCURSION INTO MEXICO: Handbook for Travellers.; Edited by Karl Baedeker. With 19 Maps and 24 Plans.

Leipsic / NY: Baedeker / Scribner's, 1899. Second Revised Edition. Original Cloth. pp: c, 579 with index; complete with 19 maps in color (some folded) and 24 plans (some folded). Red cloth, gilt lettering. Prior owner's name and 1902 date on front endpaper. Spine expertly mended with original backstrip laid..... More

Price: $175.00

Nevada

PROSPECTUS OF THE FORWARD MINING DEVELOPMENT CO...GOLDFIELD AND BULLFROG, NEVADA.

Denver, Colorado: Forward Mining Development Co., (1905). First Edition. Original Wrappers. (12)pp. Bound in decorated white wrappers. On the back cover is a pink-tinted photographic view of "The Famous Combination Mine and Mill at Goldfield." 9.25" x 4" With a capital stock of $500,000, three members of the Patrick family..... More

Price: $50.00

Nevada / Armstrong, Robert D.

NEVADA PRINTING HISTORY: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications, 1858-1880 and [volume two] 1881-1890.

Reno: Univ of Nevada Press, 1981 & 1991. First Editions. Hardcover. Two volumes. pp: (iii), 421 with index; (v), 403 with indices. First volume bound in blue cloth, second one bound in brown cloth, both with gilt spine lettering and printed dust wrappers. 10.25" x 7" The first volume contains..... More

Price: $75.00

New Mexico / Arthur, Chester A. and H. Price

APACHES AT THE MESCALERO AND JICARILLA AGENCIES. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior,,,, May 23, 1882.

Washington DC: USGPO, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 3pp, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. "Relates to the consolidation of the Mescalero and Jicarilla Agencies and the civilization of the Indians thereof....and for the removal, with their consent, of the Mescalero Apache Indians to the Jicarilla Reservation..... More

Price: $25.00

O'Kane, Walter Collins

SUN IN THE SKY

Norman: U Oklahoma Press, 1950. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xvii, 261 with index; 84 illustrations from photographs, four full-page maps. Bound in yellow cloth, green spine lettering; in a soiled, price-clipped dust wrapper. 9.25" x 6" Regards the Hopi Indians of the Arizona Mesa lands... More

Price: $40.00

O'Meara, James

THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF 1856:; By A Pioneer California Journalist.

San Francisco: James H. Barry, 1887. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 57pp. Printed salmon wrappers; small abrasion at foot of spine. 7.25" x 5" First Edition, with title-page date of 1887 and cover date of 1890. Howes, US-iana II: O87. The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance was a popular ad hoc..... More

Price: $85.00

Oklahoma / Hargrett, Lester

OKLAHOMA IMPRINTS, 1835-1890.

New York: R.R. Bowker for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xvii, 267 with index. Bound in brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. 9.25" x 6" Catalogues 797 titles, of which "no copies of 102 have been found despite a wide search for them." More

Price: $30.00

Oklahoma / Hargrett, Lester, compiler

THE GILCREASE-HARGRETT CATALOGUE OF IMPRINTS. Prepared for publication and with an introduction by G.P. Edwards. Foreword by John C. Ewers.

Norman, Oklahoma: Univ of Oklahoma Press, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xviii, 400 with index; 28 illustrations of title-pages. Bound in brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dust wrapper with slight edge wear. 9.5" x 6.25" Annotated bibliography of printed materials pertaining to Native Americans, especially the Five Civilized Tribes..... More

Price: $35.00

Oklahoma Territory

BROADWAY, LOOKING NORTH, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

Oklahoma City: J. Frank Rice, 1906. Original document. Real-photo postcard, showing the main street of Oklahoma City. Small, pencilled message in lower margin: "11/13/1906 - Am just living here / Papa." Addressed on the verso to Miss Mildred Kalmus, Horton, Kansas, and postmarked Oklahoma, Nov 17, with a 13-star flag..... More

Price: $50.00

Oklahoma Territory

TO OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT CERTAIN LAND IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. April 3, 1906...Mr. Stephens, Committee on Indian Affairs, Report to accompany H.R. 17507.

1906. First Edition. 2pp, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. Regarding a bill "to open for settlement 505,000 acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservations...." Involves some 480,000 acres of land. 9" x 5.75" More

Price: $15.00

Oklahoma, Oakwood

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF STUDENTS AND THEIR MALE TEACHER, OUTSIDE A ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE WITH BELFRY

1908. Black-and-white image, 5" x 8", on a gray photo-mount. Shown are 22 boys and girls in mostly homemade clothes. Off to the side is a large man wearing a double-breasted suit. Two of the boys hold small slates on which is written: "Pleasant Valley, Dist. no 30. J.C. Barney..... More

Price: $100.00

Oregon

OREGON: The Land of Opportunity.

Portland: Chamber of Commerce, 1911. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. pp: 32 + vii full-page colored views and map on heavy stock. 10.75" x 8.5" Here is a memento of the days when Oregon was courting settlers--"the homeseeker, the manufacturer, or the investor"--describing Oregon as "the last West." Illustrated throughout..... More

Price: $50.00

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