Unlike many booklets about dude ranches presented here, this one doesn’t provide detailed descriptions of the various ranches. Instead, one page lists well over 100 dude ranches, fishing camps, and mountain lodges with their nearest train stations, post offices, and … Continue reading
Minnesota is supposed to be the land of 10,000 lakes (in fact, there are many more), and this 1924 booklet tells how to get to many of them and to the resorts that dot their shores. “When vacation time approaches … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen several booklets about The Storied Northwest from 1922, 1923, 1927, and 1929. No doubt there were ones from the intervening years as well, but this one — based on the list of Northern Pacific agents in the … Continue reading
The 1911 entry into this series of booklets has different photos than the 1909 edition, but much of the text by Olin Wheeler remains. Unlike the 1909 edition, however, this one doesn’t credit Wheeler by name, probably because he retired … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen booklets of this title dated 1909 1915, and 1929. This one is from 1906, but wasn’t the first in the series as I’ve seen references to earlier editions in some of NP’s other publications. The booklet, which … Continue reading
At a cost of 50ยข — about $18 in today’s money — this booklet was the most expensive publication offered by Northern Pacific in 1905. However, it would have been worth it to many as it contained a dozen actual … Continue reading
This was the last Wonderland booklet produced by Olin Wheeler. It was also the shortest, at 80 pages including covers. Wheeler’s 1894 Wonderland was about 100 pages and all the others were well over 100. Click image to download a … Continue reading
Other than the gold lettering, the cover of the 1905 Wonderland booklet is more subdued than in most previous years. Inside, however, the reader is treated to an innovation: fold-out pages presenting panoramic views of Yellowstone Park and other scenes. … Continue reading
The lead article of the 1903 Wonderland covered the travels of Louis Hennepin, a Franciscan friar who in 1679 and 1680 accompanied La Salle on early explorations of what is now the Midwest. Hennepin traveled as far south as the … Continue reading
The cover art on Wonderland 1900 and Wonderland 1901 was unsigned, but the 1902 edition is signed “Alfred Lenz N.Y.” The incisions in the clay make it clear that these are sculptures, not simply trompe l’oeil paintings. Click image to … Continue reading
