Rare broadside offering a "Free Excursion - Merced! Completion of the Crocker and Huffman Canal. Twenty-Seven Miles in Length; Capable of Irrigating 1000 Square Miles. Grand Credit Sale at Auction. 3,000 Choice Business and Residence Lots..." The auction was to be managed by Briggs, Ferguson & Co. The broadside goes on to extol the virtues of the Merced region. On the verso is an advertisement for F.R. Wetmore real estate in San Diego.