Part 3 (2/2)

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

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