NEBRASKA: HER RESOURCES, ADVANTAGES AND DEVELOPMENT

Omaha, Nebraska: Rees Printing Co, 1893. Pamphlet. Prepared and compiled by Joseph Garneau, Jr., Commissioner General for the Nebraska Columbian Exhibit at the 1893 World's Fair held in Chicago.

The contents include: Climate, The Soil, Water Supply, Farm Products, Wheat, Other Crops, Beef Culture, Fruit Culture, Tree Planting, Stock-Raising, Largest Receipts, Average Weight of Hogs, Monthly Range of Prices for Cattle, The Dairy Industry, Bee Culture, Hunting and Angling, [and] Education.

"In less than a third of a century - only a moment in the life of a nation - the rolling prairies, the well watered valleys and the undulating slopes of Nebraska have been reclaimed from the dominion of the Indian and the stampedes of the buffalo."

Pamphlet, 24 p. The contents are printed on newsprint and bound with two staples in gray coated paper wrappers (4" x 7"). Light soiling and wear to the wrappers, with a few small scuffs to the rear panel.