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 SANTA FÉ THE SO-CALLED OLDEST HOUSE IN SANTA FÉ 451 FORT MARCY AND THE PARROQUIA, SANTA FÉ 455 SAN MIGUEL CHAPEL BEFORE ITS RESTORATION 457 SAN MIGUEL CHAPEL IN 1899 465 From a photograph by A.C. Vroman, Pasadena, Cal. CHRISTOPHER ("KIT") CARSON 467 THE OLD PALACE AT SANTA FÉ 471 SANTA FÉ IN 1846 473 THE TERRITORIAL CAPITOL, COMPLETED IN 1900 474 SALT LAKE CITY PAVILION OF SALTAIR, GREAT SALT LAKE 481 BRIGHAM YOUNG 483 Founder of Salt Lake City. EAST TEMPLE STREET, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE TEMPLE 485 JEDEDIAH M. GRANT, FIRST MAYOR OF SALT LAKE CITY 491 EAGLE GATE 492 BRIGHAM YOUNG MONUMENT 495 MAIN STREET IN 1861 497