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1.2.31-33 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated August 10, 1894, in Des Moines, Iowa (exact location not provided). In the absence of the President, the meeting called to order by the Secretary. T. E. Mann was voted unanimously chosen to preside as Chairman. The location report of S.S. Mann and J. Bellangee was duly presented with other matters pertaining to same. After hearing the report of the committee, the Secretary was...
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i.2.15-16 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from D. W. Diehl of Panora, Iowa with regard to an article Kiehl read in the Daily News regarding Gaston's proposed colony in Louisiana. Diehl has knowledge of the area, owns some acreage there, recommends the area, and mentions his relative, A. H. Haughtelin who farms in Southwest Louisiana as a contact for Gaston.
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i.2.17-19 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from W. W. Duson, a real estate agent in Crawley, Louisiana, offering information about land available for sale for the proposed colony.
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i.2.23-24 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Elias Ensign of Algona, Iowa, concerning the proposed colony in the south. The writer gives details of the benefits of settling in several locations.
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i.3.70-72 - Letter
Letter dated 7/7/1890 to E. B. Gaston from S. A. Knapp, General Manger, Southern Real Estate, Loan and Guarantee, Co. Limited of Lake Charles, Louisiana, detailing information about land for sale in southwest Louisiana.
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i.3.73-74 - Letter
Continuing correspondence dated 7/29/1890 to E. B. Gaston from S. A. Knapp of the Southern Real Estate, Loan and Guarantee, Company, Limited in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with information about acreage in southwest Louisiana for the proposed colony.
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i.3.75 - Letter
Letter dated 8/8/1890 to E. B. Gaston from S. A. Knapp of the Southern Real Estate, Loan and Guarantee Company, Limited in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Knapp continues his correspondence with Gaston regarding acreage for sale for the proposed colony in Southwest Lousiana.
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i.3.76 - Letter
Letter dated 10/4/1890 to E. B. Gaston from S. A. Knapp of the Southern Real Estate, Loan and Guarantee Company, Limited in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Knapp reports the recent increase in the cost of land for the proposed colony in Southwest Louisiana since Gaston's visit to the area.
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i.4.10 - Fliers
Flyer showing property for sale by Lee & Marquart, Proprietors of the Lake Arthur Town Site, Dealers in Real Estate, Insurance and Exchange. The document is written on company letterhead, and is not dated, however it is very likely from September, 1890 when E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart corresponds with Gaston about land for sale. See Object IDs i.4.2-5, i.4.6-8, and i.4.9 for related correspondence.
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i.4.11-12 - Letter
Letter dated 7/24/1890 to E. B. Gaston, editor, Suburban Advocate newspaper, from J. E. Lockwood, General Ticket Agent for the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company. Lockwood is responding to Gaston's request for ticketing and connection information for a trip South. The letter is typed on the back of a Kansas City,Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company flyer, which shows a map of the railroad line and all stops. .
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i.4.2-5 - Letter
Letter dated 8/19/1890 to E. B. Gaston from E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart, Proprietors of the Lake Arthur Town Site, and Dealers in Real Estate, Insurance and Exchange. Lee discusses in considerable detail the benefits of buying acreage in the Lake Arthur area for the proposed colony in Southwest Louisiana. Gaston had recently traveled in the area, and Lee expresses dismay that he was not able to bid him farewell.
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i.4.6-8 - Letter
Letter dated 9/9/1890 to E. B. Gaston from E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart, Lake Arthur Town Site, Dealers in REal Estate, Insurance and Exchange. Lee continues his correspondence with Gaston about the cost and benefits of buying acreage in Lake Arthur, Louisiana for the proposed colony. Lee discusses in detail buildings, crops, etc.
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i.4.9 - Letter
Letter dated 9/25/1890 to E. B. Gaston from E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart, Lake Arthur Town Site, Dealers in Real Estate, Insurance and Exchange in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. In this letter, Lee continues his correspondence with Gaston about the benefits of buying acreage in Lake Arthur in Southwest, Louisiana. He reports to Gaston that he has handed out all the prospectuses Gaston left with him about the proposed colony and hopes the sche...
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i.5.15-16 - Letter
Letter dated 8/5/1890 to E. B. Gaston from J. B. Parsons of Sulphur City, Louisiana. Parsons read a newspaper article about the proposed colony in Louisiana, and is writing Gaston to consider Sulphur City, Louisiana as a possible site. It is ten miles on the railroad line from Lake Charles and the land is cheap.
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i.5.29-32 - Letter
Letter dated 7/24/1890 to E. B. Gaston including clippings and fliers from James. H. Rachford, Attorney-at-Law and Real Estate Agent in Beaumont Texas, encouraging siting the proposed colony in Beaumont. Rachford includes a flyer "Reasons Why Southeast Texas is a Desirable Section to Invest Capital and to Locate," and a two-page listing of land for sale in the Beaumont area.
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i.5.33-36 - Letter
Letter dated 8/11/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Charles E. Randall of Chicago, Illinois, commenting on the proposed colony in Louisiana. Randall writes a four-page typewritten letter suggesting to Gaston that he would be better served by casting lots with the Kaweah, California colony rather than starting a colony in Louisiana where yellow fever is a problem. (Randall has lung problems and said he would be unlikely to participate.) Further Randall ...
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i.5.39 - Letter
Letter dated 10/19/1890 to E. B. Gaston from John B. Raper of Grand Island, Nebraska who is interested in the proposed colony in Louisiana, and wants to know the cost of the investigative trip Gaston is planning south. If it is possible, Raper says, he and his wife want to go on the trip.
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i.5.40 - Letter
Letter dated 1890 to E. B. Gaston from John B. Raper of Grand Island, Nebraska. Raper has corresponded with Gaston at least twice prior to this letter, showing keen interest in the proposed colony in Louisiana. Although he seriously considers accompanying Gaston on the site trip, Raper says in this letter "it will be impossible for me to accompany you on the trip to Louisiana" but he wants Gaston to keep him apprised of the results.
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i.5.41 - Letter
Letter dated 8/17/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Reich of Eldorado, Illinois in Salin County. Reich writes to support Gaston's proposed colony, but suggests consideration of his already established town as an ideal location and outlines the benefits (railroad lines, cheap land, fairground, lumberyards, flour mill and proximitly to St. Louis, Missouri).
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i.5.42 - Letter
Letter dated 8/17/1890 to E. B. Gaston from from Joseph Reich of Eldorado, Illinois. This is the second page of a letter sent to Gaston supporting the proposed colony, but asking consideration of Eldorado as the location. See i.5.41 for page one of this letter. Reich wrote "I am a German and have stated the truth" in the added note which comprises this record.
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