As a cigar smolders between his fingers, Philip McComish unfurls a two-foot long, yellowed paper.
On one side is a U.S. map, coast to coast. Railroad lines crisscross the country, but the tracks in Kansas are highlighted.
“This was a promotional put-up with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,” McComish said. “They’re promoting sale of lands in Kansas.”…