January 24, 2024
Vintage 1909 Union Pacific Homesteader's "FREE GOVERNMENT LANDS" Brochure.
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PLEASE!!! Do NOT rely on eBay's unreliable shipping guess-timates! (They're usually wrong) Please wait for my postage perfect invoice. Lucky winner will get postage calculated to their zip code and I don't expect it to be over $3.00 despite my heavy-duty cardboard protections. Also...PLEASE!!! Do NOT respond to eBay's e-mail urgings to "Pay Now!" Making refunds is a hassle. Wait for my invoice. Up for sale here is a vintage advertising brochure from those good old days when everything wasn't owned by somebody already. (not taking the Native Americans into account, of course) You'll recall, I'm sure, that the railroads gained large tracts of land from our government from both sides of the tracks which they, in turn, made a profit by selling back to the people who actually owned it (you & me). They also made money by delivering lifes nessecities over the only road available, their tracks. They didn't call them Robber Barons for nothing, ya know. This brochure concerns the governments rules & regulations pertaining to Homesteading on these railroad-owned lands. You could get a quarter section of land--160 Acres!!-- by just claiming that you lived there & putting up a hovel or a house within 5 years. Such a deal! Even my sister could build a hovel in 5 years. Lengthy text in this LARGE fold-out brochure covers many categories to use
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