Part 3 (1/2)

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.

WAs.h.i.+NGTON 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