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