United
Country Real Estate Celebrates 80th
Anniversary
of First National Real Estate
Catalog
July 28, 2008
(Kansas City, Mo.) – In 1925, Roscoe
Chamberlain founded United Farm Agency
with the mission of providing city
dwellers a ‘roadmap to the country.’ As
a means of introducing country real
estate for sale to potential city buyers
in an age when travel was the only
option for research, he created the
nation’s first-ever real estate catalog
to showcase these dream country
properties. That
original 1928 edition
of the United Farm Agency catalog is
currently housed in
the Smithsonian Institute. |
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The company, today known as United
Country Real Estate, continues the
legacy of the United
Farm catalog, which has remained in
continuous publication since 1928. This
year, United Country celebrates the 80th
anniversary of the famous catalog. To
commemorate the occasion, United Country
has recreated the original 1928 issue.
“Flipping through the 1928 edition, you
get a glimpse into the days when $1,500
could buy you
180 acres in rural Arkansas, two cows,
30 hens and a sow – tools and hay
included. While many things have changed
since those days, the lure of small-town
America is alive and well, and United
Country continues helping people realize
the freedom of owning a piece of the
American dream,” said Dan Duffy, chief
executive officer of United Country.
Building on the company’s longstanding
reputation as a real estate marketing
innovator,
the company has recently introduced a
new series of magalog publications
including American Treasures (featuring
vintage and historical properties from
coast to coast), Mountain (a selection
of properties located in the mountains,
hills and bluffs of America), Coastal &
Waterfront
(properties on or near the coast, rivers
or lakes) and Premier Properties
(showcasing
prestigious country properties across
the nation).
Journalists can request complimentary
copies of United Country publications by
phone at
800-444-5044 ext. 224 or e-mail at
kbarcus@unitedcountry.com.
United Country Real
Estate
United
Country Real Estate is the only national
real estate franchise system
specializing in
properties in and around the small
cities and towns of America. Based in
Kansas City, Mo., the company has been
an innovator in rural real estate
marketing since 1925. United Country
supports nearly 700 offices nationwide
with a unique, comprehensive marketing
program that includes the leading
website in the rural real estate market
(www.unitedcountry.com),
proprietary real estate catalogs, an
extensive buyer database and national
advertising of properties to over 90
million homes a week. United Country has
been named as a Top 25 Franchise by the
Wall Street Journal and among
Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500®.
In January 2007, the company introduced
United Country Auction Services,
becoming the nation's largest integrated
network of traditional
real estate agents and real estate
auctioneers.
NATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS
2820 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, MO
64154
816-420-6200 www.unitedcountry.com |
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