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Additional authors

1. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company. Passenger Traffic Department.

Description

1. 25 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

1. This booklet encourages settlement in the areas served by the Frisco Railroad lines in the Rio Grande Valley by discussing the temperate climate, rich soil and irrigation systems ideal for growing crops and raising livestock, as well as highlighting the area's industrial opportunities. The booklet contains brief write-ups about towns within the Rio Grande Valley.

Subject

1. Irrigation > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley
2. Agriculture > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley
3. Cities and towns > Texas > Growth > History
4. Agriculture
5. Cities and towns > Growth
6. Irrigation
7. Travel
8. Gulf Coast (Tex.)
9. Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.) > Description and travel
10. Texas
11. Texas > Gulf Coast
12. Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley

Genre/Form

1. History.

Call number

1. KAT p.v. 53, no. 18

Note

1. Probable publication date from the following quote about McAllen, Texas, which was incorporated in 1911. "One of the most vigorous three-year-olds in the United States is McAllen ..."--Page 9

Title

1. Irrigation in the Gulf Coast country of Texas / issued by Passenger Traffic Dept., Frisco Lines.

Publisher

1. [St. Louis, Missouri] : Issued by Passenger Traffic Dept., Frisco Lines, [1914?]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company. Passenger Traffic Department.

Research call number

1. KAT p.v. 53, no. 18