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"Zeugnisse von Ansiedlern" (Reports from Settlers)

Part of a railroad poster encouraging immigrants to Kansas.

"Zeugnisse von Ansiedlern" is one section of text from a promotional poster encouraging German-speaking people to emigrate to Kansas and secure homesteads. This is a testimonial from William Greifenstein which ends with the claim that the Arkansas River region contains the best wheat country in the West. It is section 3C&4 of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway poster titled "Die Beste Gelegenheit im Westen."

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Entire poster
Testimonial from Sumner County
Testimonial from the 'Germania' colony at Ellinwood
Type: image
Project: WJHS Grant
Temporal coverage: 1870s
Spacial coverage: Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company
Object date:1873
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