1872 BURLINGTON & MISSOURI RIVER R.R. CO JAR
Every so often, we run into a really neat piece of history. We will be offering a Jar that once was filled with corn as a promotion by The Burlington & Missouri River Rail Road Company for selling land in Missouri and Iowa. The railroad had purchased millions of acres and after laying out the land that was needed for the railroad they tried to entice Easterners and Foreigners to head westward. They were selling land on 10 years credit at 6%. You can find fliers that exist in archives that were heavily distributed promoting the land sale. As far as my research goes, the agreement was good from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 1873. George S Harris is mentioned as the Land Commissioner for B&MR R.R. He was commissioner from about 1869-1873 and passed away in 1874. That would date this great piece of history to about 1872-1873. The jar stands about 8" tall and has a tin lid that has a paper B&MR R.R. paper label. The label on the jar says "NO. 527. Corn (Yellow) from Montgomery Co.