The Santa Fe called the Phoenix area the Valley of the Sun in this 1950 booklet. Rock Island responded with this Kingdom of the Sun booklet in 1953, though Rock Island’s term extended to the entire Southwest region from El … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1937 Rock Island booklet that was printed in rather gloomy blue and black ink. This one from 1940 is brightened up with some red highlights. While the cover shown below (which is the back cover) tints … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 44-page 1929 Rock Island booklet advertising “personally conducted and independent all-expense tours to Colorado.” This one from two years before has fewer pages because it only describes the personally conducted tours, not the independent ones. Click … Continue reading
Rock Island began to publish its series of Turquoise sky booklets on Colorado at least as early as 1902 and continued at least through 1930. At 84 pages, this one from 1909 is one of the longest in the series; … Continue reading
In 1909, Seattle — eager to respond to Portland’s Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905, held a world’s fair to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Yukon. That’s something like a fraternity having a … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1937 Rock Island booklet that asked an “all-important question: Where shall we go this summer?” This booklet from 1898 asked the same “important question” but with a more Victorian flavor: “Whither shall we go to avoid … Continue reading
This booklet is posted on archive.org, but the illustrations in that digitized version are so faded they are hardly visible. I’ve done my best to bring them out to what I hope is close to their original appearance. Click image … Continue reading
This booklet lists about 45 dude ranches and 13 lodges, most of which offered guide or pack services, that were located near Union Pacific tracks. Most were in Wyoming, a few in Colorad, Idaho, and Montana, one in Oregon, and … Continue reading
This 108-page booklet is a combination of advertisement, travel advisor, and along-the-way guide for all of the routes of the Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1925. Although the Moffat Tunnel route was still nearly ten years away, the Rio … Continue reading
This booklet describes 30 dude ranches in the Big Horn Mountains in 1929. A map in the back unfolds to show the region and the location of each of the ranches. Click image to download a 16.6-MB PDF of this … Continue reading
