MAP OF THE STATE OF SINALOA AND THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO
Los Angeles: Sinaloa Land Co., July 1906. In newspaper advertisements from the period, the Los Angeles-based Sinaloa Land Co. advertised the sale of land in Northwest Mexico for $16 an acre with water rights and the promise of a canal. “There is no water question in Sinaloa,” one ad states. “Practically all agricultural lands of Sinaloa can be irrigated at a comparatively small cost.” The company was one of the official surveyors of land in Mexico and received millions of acres in exchange for its work. Many Westerners settled there but within a few years were pushed out as a result of anti-American sentiments during the Mexican Revolution. In the late 1930s, the Mexican government seized much of the land owned by the company and redistributed it among its citizens.
Printed in black and red on a 49 x 31 cm sheet. Creasing from prior folds, with some very mild wear. Scarce, OCLC locates three holdings: The Huntington, The Family Research Library, and Fresno State. Item #76947
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