DES MOINES
FORT DES MOINES IN 1844 303
KEOKUK AT THE AGE OF 67 307 From a Daguerreotype taken in 1847.
IOWA SOLDIERS" AND SAILORS" MONUMENT 315
GOVERNOR SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD 319
HON. JOHN A. Ka.s.sON 324
THE CAPITOL, DES MOINES 325
THE IOWA HISTORICAL LIBRARY 327
ST. LOUIS
COLONEL AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF ST. LOUIS 334 From a painting in Missouri Historical Society Collection.
THE OLD CHOUTEAU MANSION, BUILT FOR LACLEDE IN 1765 336 From a Daguerreotype in Missouri Historical Society Collection.
OLD FRENCH POST-HOUSE, BUILT IN 1770, INHABITED UNTIL 1870 341
OLD MOUND, ST. LOUIS. REMOVED IN 1869 346 From a photograph in Missouri Historical Society Collection.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AS PROJECTED, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 359
ST. LOUIS IN 1854 365 From a print in Missouri Historical Society Collection.
EADS BRIDGE AT ST. LOUIS 367
FOREST PARK, ST. LOUIS 369
UNION STATION, ST. LOUIS 371
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY FROM THE SOUTH 377
JACKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, KANSAS CITY 379
CONVENTION HALL, KANSAS CITY 383
THE CITY HALL, KANSAS CITY 387
THE POST OFFICE, KANSAS CITY 391
A BIT OF GLADSTONE BOULEVARD, KANSAS CITY 393
THE STOCK YARD EXCHANGE, KANSAS CITY 396
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, KANSAS CITY 397
OMAHA
ALFRED D. JONES 402
WILLIAM P. SNOWDEN, OMAHA"S FIRST WHITE SETTLER 404
A TYPICAL OMAHA INDIAN 407 Reproduced by permission of F.A. Rinehart, Omaha.
THE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, ON THE SITE OF THE OLD CAPITOL 411 Reproduced by permission of Heyn, Omaha.
THE CITY HALL 414
RETURN OF THE FIRST NEBRASKA VOLUNTEERS, AUG. 30, 1899 417
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, OMAHA 419
THE OMAHA EXPOSITION, 1898 421 Reproduced by permission of F.A. Rinehart, Omaha.
DENVER
SOURCES OF TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION IN COLORADO 427
DENVER, COLORADO 429
"SMOKY" JONES 431
THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER, THE PROPER CREST FOR THE COAT-OF-ARMS OF THE WEST 433
FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE IN DENVER 435
FACSIMILE LETTER FROM WM. N. BYERS, THE FOUNDER OF THE "ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS" 439
PROSPECTING PARTY, RICO, COLORADO, 1880 441
RICO, COLORADO, IN 1880, A TYPICAL MINING CAMP 443
WILLIAM GILPIN 444
THE CAPITOL, DENVER 445