ARGENTINE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT & LOAN Stock 1887 Argentine Kansas City, Kansas

Description

The Argentine Real Estate Investment and Loan Company of Kansas. Stock issued July 15, 1887 at Kansas City, Kansas. Incorporated May 27, 1887 in the State of Kansas.
Green embossed company seal lower left. Certificate
No. 51
was issued to J. T. Wilson for 14 shares of capital stock (0 per share). Company capital was
0,000
. Hand signed by company
president George Sheidley
and
secretary W. L. Lowell
. Certificate is about 8.5” x 11.5.” Black print on cream-colored paper.
Vignette with the state seal of Kansas, with river and steamboat, man and horses plowing, wagon train, Indians hunting bison, and state motto in banner at top.
Argentine is a community of Kansas City, Kansas, located in the southern part of Wyandotte County, on the Kansas River.
Argentine was primarily recognized for the prosperous silver smeltery for which it was named. Built on the site of a former Shawnee reservation, the proximity of the railroad, local lumber sources, the smeltery, and in later years, steel manufacturing, meant that the city enjoyed a considerable amount of economic success for quite some time into the 20th century. When the smeltery finally closed, the city found itself in the throes of an unprecedented financial crisis and began to seek entry to nearby Kansas City in 1907. The community was annexed and became the seventh ward of Kansas City, Kansas in 1910.
The neighborhood is the location of one of three rail yards on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, the Argentine Yard.
Condition:  Very Fine++
, light folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
Union Bank Note Company, Kansas City, Missouri.
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