Atascador

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Pamphlet advertising real estate and agri-business in an "All American Colony in Mexico" called Atascador. Land was offered at $12.50 - 25 per acre.

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23 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Atascador Land Company 1911~.

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Pamphlet advertising real estate and agri-business in an "All American Colony in Mexico" called Atascador. Land was offered at $12.50 - 25 per acre.

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23 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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  • 1911~

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Atascador Land Company. Atascador, pamphlet, 1911~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88198/: accessed August 7, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Marfa Public Library.

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