MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL THE FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY ABOUT 1850 267 TOWER AT FORT SNELLING 269 The Original "Fort" now used as a Guard-House. ALEXANDER RAMSEY 272 COURT HOUSE AND CITY HALL, MINNEAPOLIS 275 FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY DURING HIGH WATER 279 THE MILLING DISTRICT 281 PUBLIC LIBRARY, MINNEAPOLIS 284 OLE BULL MONUMENT IN LORING PARK 286 LORING PARK, MINNEAPOLIS 289 THE FALLS OF MINNEHAHA 291 THE CAPITOL, ST. PAUL 295 A CALM EVENING 299 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. KASSON 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