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"Germania" colony of Ellinwood

Part of a railroad poster encouraging immigrants to Kansas.

"Kolonie 'Germania'" is one section of text of a promotional poster encouraging German-speaking people to immigrate to Kansas and secure homesteads. It describes plans for a colony, or organized community for Germans in the Ellinwood area in western Kansas. This is section 10C of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway poster titled "Die Beste Gelegenheit im Westen."

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Entire poster
Testimonial letter from a colony participant
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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