A Quarter of a Million Dollars Paid Frisco Railroad at San Benito for Freight and Express: Unrecorded Texas Promotional
by Porter, Frazier & Martin
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[Texas] Porter, Frazier & Martin. A Quarter of a Million Dollars Paid Frisco Railroad at San Benito for Freight and Express …. [San Benito?]: Porter, Frazier & Martin. [1911] Tan pictorial wraps. 23.5 cm. Illustrated. [8] pp. A few edge chips, age toning, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this item or this real estate company. San Benito, in Cameron County, was originally named Diaz, but was re-named for a local rancher, Benjamin Hicks in 1904. It was incorporated in 1911. The St Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad reached the town in 1904 and contributed to developing irrigated farming. Here the brochure shows the first bale of cotton produced June 11, 1911, the "earliest bale ever ginned in the United States."Reviews
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- Title
- A Quarter of a Million Dollars Paid Frisco Railroad at San Benito for Freight and Express
- Author
- Porter, Frazier & Martin
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- Wraps
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- Paperback
- Date Published
- 1911
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- 23.5 cm
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- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...