Dahlonega Signal - Friday January 21, 1887
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Comanche City, Kan., Jan, 13, '87
Dear Signal:

   As I have received several letters from my old Georgia friends asking for information in regard to securing homes in Kansas, I desire to reply through the columns of your valuable paper.

   I can say there is about 7,000,000 acres of land subject to entry.  Under the homestead act this land joins Kansas on the South which will be annexed to Kansas for judicial purposes.  It is known as the "No man's land," and is a vale of matchless alluvial beauty and fertility.  It is a conceded fact that this country contains the richest and most extensive belt of agricultural land south of the Arkansas river.  The soil consists of the renowned black sandy loam of great depth, and its productiveness far exceeds the most sanguine expectations.  This is an advantage which settlers can grasp if they will only muster up courage and come to the front.  This country is supplied with beautiful streams of pure soft water, creeks and branches flowing together and forming as it were a bond of unity; also this is a beautiful climate, being on about the same latitude of North Georgia.  The winter has been lovely so far only about 2 inches of snow yet.  There is quite a number of Georgians located in this vicinity.  They are well pleased with their new homes.  We had the pleasure of congratulating H. D. Lance on his arrival to southern Kansas.  He is an enterprising young man formerly of your county.

G. D. Bruce

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