Description and travel books in the Chilson Collection

Fraser Harrison, British writer and author of speak on “A Visit to Yankton, the River City” at the W. H. Over Museum in Vermillion at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 17, 2013. In honor of his visit, I present the following travel and description books from the Chilson Collection. These books were written with a different purpose in mind. They were meant to entice emigrants to buy land in the territory.

Armstrong, Moses Kimball. . Yankton, Dakota Territory: G.W. Kingsbury, 1866.

Foster, James S. Yankton, Dakota Territory: M’Intyre & Foster, printers, Union and Dakotian office, 1870.

Armstrong, Moses Kimball. [Sioux City, Iowa]: Sioux City Register printers, 1870.

Cross, Fred J. . Yankton, Dakota Territory: Bowen & Kingsbury, printers., Press and Dakotaian office, 1876.

Real Estate Association of the Corn Belt of South Dakota. . Yankton, SD: Press & Dakotaian printers, 1893.

Batchelder, George Alexander. . Yankton, SD: Press Steam Power Printing Co., 1928. Reprint of 1870 original.