Selling location
Subtitle: Illinois town advertisements, 1835-1837
By: William D. Walters, Jr
Publisher: Dept. of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Normal, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: New towns; City promotion; Real property; Cities and towns in advertising; Local History; History
Other titles: Illinois town advertisements, 1835-1837
Description: "Deals with published advertisements used to sell lots in newly founded Illinois towns during the single largest town founding boom in the history of the state. Topics include arguments about location used to sell new towns, the process of town founding, town site promotion, and the advertising new towns. The monograph summarizes advertisements for over one hundred new towns. It also includes a list of town founders for twenty-nine counties and a complete list of all towns platted during this period."--Order form.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.