Information Sheet

 

 

R            Goodman, Thomas A.

160                  “El Jane of the Ozarks,” ca. 1925.

                                    One folder, photocopies.

 

 

 

This is a seven-page, illustrated pamphlet advertising the sale of the “El Jane” prop­erty in Ar­cadia, Iron County, Missouri.  The 500-acre estate was to have been the permanent resi­dence of Tho­mas A. Goodman of Chicago, Illinois.

 

Goodman’s estate, “El Jane,” included a six-bedroom residence, two guesthouses, a forest cabin, and a greenhouse.  There were barns and outbuildings to accommodate a herd of seventy-five dairy cattle.  All of the buildings were supplied with water from a single large spring on the property, and were appointed with the most modern conveniences and furnish­ings of the day.

 

This pamphlet, which advertises the sale of the estate, includes descriptions and pho­to­graphs of the property and buildings, and contains a glowing description of the Arcadia Valley, ninety miles south of St. Louis, as a land where “the wild violet blooms while St. Louisans are still shov­eling paths through the snow.”  It was additionally claimed that mosquitoes in the valley did not bite, and that the water of the area was well known for its medicinal value.  Boosted as a per­fect opportunity for a gentleman’s country home or a country club, the prop­erty was offered for occu­pancy by 1 June 1926.  Interested parties were directed to apply at Goodman’s offices at St. Louis or Chicago.

 

 

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