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This map, copied from "An Ethnic History of Shanee County, Kansas" by Roy Bird, shows the counties where the population contained 190 or more Mexicans. A key within the map shows how the railroads, packing centers, salt mines and sugar centers effected the influx in the population growth.
Date: 1930
Item Number: 533118
Call Number: K 325.1 B532
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 533118
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway Company
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Collections - Library
Date - 1930s - 1930
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
People - Hispanics
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Type of Material - Maps
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