“The Spirit of Speculation: The Establishment of Cultural Symptoms of Property in the American West,” Chapter: “Speculation, Townsite Preemption and the Vision of an Urban, Commercial Frontier”

“The Spirit of Speculation: The Establishment of Cultural Symptoms of Property in the American West,” Chapter: “Speculation, Townsite Preemption and the Vision of an Urban, Commercial Frontier”, Box: 3, Folder: 34. Papers of Rita Napier, RH MS 592. University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library. https://archives.lib.ku.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/174500 Accessed December 25, 2025.