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| The Dearborn Monument | | [Frontispiece] |
| MARIETTA |
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| Marietta | | [3] |
| General Rufus Putnam | | [7] |
| Old Blockhouse, Marietta | | [9] |
| The Mills Homestead, Marietta | | [17] |
| Harman Blennerhassett | | [19] |
| Mrs. Blennerhassett | | [21] |
| Marietta College Buildings | | [23] |
| Mound Cemetery, Marietta | | [25] |
| Ohio Company's Land Office | | [27] |
| Old Two Horn Church | | [29] |
| CLEVELAND |
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| View in Gordon Park | | [33] |
| Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland | | [35] |
| Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland | | [38] |
| Armory of the Cleveland Grays | | [42] |
| Lake in Wade Park, Showing Adelbert College in the Distance | | [45] |
| Perry's Monument, Wade Park, Cleveland | | [48] |
| Charles F. Browne ("Artemus Ward") | | [49] |
| Constance Fenimore Woolson | | [50] |
| Garfield Memorial, Cleveland | | [52] |
| CINCINNATI |
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| Tyler-Davidson Fountain | | [59] |
| Entrance to Spring Grove Cemetery | | [65] |
| Race Street, Cincinnati | | [69] |
| City Hall, Cincinnati | | [73] |
| Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati | | [77] |
| Suspension Bridge | | [79] |
| Reservoir, Eden Park | | [83] |
| DETROIT |
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| Cadillac Square Showing City Hall and Majestic Building | | [89] |
| The Detroit River from "Windmill Point, 1838" From a Pencil Drawing. | | [ 93] |
| West Grand Circus Park | | [97] |
| Wayne County Building, Facing Cadillac Square | | [103] |
| Colonel Arent Schuyler De Peyster | | [112] |
| Evacuation Day Tablet, on Post-Office | | [113] |
| General Grant's Home in Detroit | | [115] |
| Hurlbut Memorial Gate Entrance to Water-Works Park | | [117] |
| MACKINAC ISLAND |
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| Old Mission Church (Circa) 1823, Mackinac Island | | [123] |
| Arch Rock, Mackinac Island | | [127] |
| Sugar Loaf Rock, Mackinac Island | | [131] |
| Old Blockhouse (1780) Overlooking the Lake | | [135] |
| "Old Stone Quarters," Fort Mackinac, 1780 | | [137] |
| Signatures of the Chippewa Chiefs, who, in 1781, Deeded the Island to King George III | | [139] |
| From "Mackinac," by John R. Bailey, M.D., Brevet Lieut.-Col., U.S.V., by whose kind permission theyare here reproduced. | | [139] |
| Fort Mackinac, and the Cannon Captured byCommodore Perry | | [141] |
| Rev. Eleazar Williams | | [143] |
| Reproduced from Latimer's "Scrap-Book of the Revolution,"by permission of A.C. McClurg & Co. | |
| INDIANAPOLIS |
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| The Old State House, Indianapolis | | [149] |
| The New Public Library, Indianapolis | | [151] |
| Benjamin Harrison | | [153] |
| State House, Indianapolis, East Front | | [155] |
| Soldiers' Monument, Indianapolis | | [159] |
| Marion County Court House | | [161] |
| Columbia Club, Indianapolis | | [163] |
| The Hendricks Monument | | [165] |
| VINCENNES |
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| Early French Settlers at Vincennes | | [175] |
| Fort Sackville, 1779 | | [179] |
| Clark and His Men Crossing the River | | [181] |
| General George Rogers Clark | | [187] |
| William Henry Harrison | | [192] |
| St. Xavier's Church, 1779 | | [193] |
| CHICAGO |
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| The Dearborn Monument | | [203] |
| The United States Government Building, Chicago | | [207] |
| Auditorium Hotel, Chicago | | [211] |
| The Art Institute, Chicago | | [215] |
| Statue of Abraham Lincoln | | [219] |
| By St. Gaudens. |
| Ruins of the Great Fire, Chicago | | [223] |
| Public Library, Chicago | | [231] |
| MADISON |
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| The State House, Madison | | [237] |
| The First Executive Residence (still Standing) in useby Governor Doty | | [241] |
| Profile Rock on Lake Mendota | | [244] |
| View of Madison across Lake Monona | | [247] |
| The First State House, Madison | | [251] |
| Madison from the State House, Showing UniversityBuildings in the Distance | | [253] |
| Professor William Francis Allen | | [254] |
| University Hall, State University | | [257] |
| State Historical Library Building | | [259] |
| General Lucius Fairchild | | [ 262] |
| Ex-Minister to Spain. |
| MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Daguerreo type 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 OldCapitol | | [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 |
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| Sources of Territorial Acquisition in Colorado | | [427] |
| Denver, Colorado | | [429] |
| "Smoky" Jones | | [431] |
| The Prairie Schooner, the Proper Crest for the Coat-of-Armsof the West | | [433] |
| First Schoolhouse in Denver | | [435] |
| Facsimile Letter from Wm. N. Byers, the Founder ofthe "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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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] |
| House Built in 1847 within the Old Fort | | [499] |
| Mormon Temple | | [501] |
| Mormon Tabernacle | | [503] |
| City and County Building, Salt Lake City | | [505] |
| Lion and Bee-Hive Houses | | [506] |
| SPOKANE |
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| The County Court House, Spokane | | [511] |
| The Last Chief to Intimidate the Inhabitants ofSpokane | | [516] |
| The City Hall, Spokane | | [519] |
| J. Kennedy Stout | | [522] |
| The "Spokesman-Review" Building | | [525] |
| Middle Falls, Spokane | | [529] |
| Middle Falls, Echo Flour Mills, and Old PowerHouse | | [531] |
| PORTLAND |
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| John Jacob Astor | | [537] |
| Astoria in 1811 | | [541] |
| Based on a print in Gray's "History of Oregon." |
| Fort Vancouver, 1833 | | [545] |
| The City Hall, Portland | | [555] |
| Portland in 1850 | | [557] |
| The Port of Portland | | [559] |
| Judge Matthew P. Deady | | [560] |
| View of Portland, 1900 | | [561] |
| A Corner in Chinatown | | [563] |
| The Portland | | [565] |
| SAN FRANCISCO |
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| View Northwest from Spreckel's Building | | [571] |
| The Discovery of San Francisco Bay | | [575] |
| From the painting by A.F. Mathews. |
| Mission Dolores, Built in 1776 | | [577] |
| Seal of the Vigilance Committee | | [588] |
| Union Depot | | [597] |
| Chinese Pharmacy | | [599] |
| Chinese Grocery Store | | [603] |
| Smoking Room, Chinese Restaurant | | [604] |
| A Business Centre | | [605] |
| Prayer-Book Cross, Golden Gate Park | | [608] |
| Seal Rock and Cliff House | | [609] |
| City Hall, San Francisco | | [611] |
| Leland Stanford | | [612] |
| Thomas Starr King | | [613] |
| Henry George | | [615] |
| MONTEREY |
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| Junípero Serra, Founder of Monterey | | [618] |
| Carmel Mission (Restored) | | [620] |
| Twilight, Monterey Bay | | [621] |
| San Carlos Church | | [624] |
| Old Mexican Jail | | [630] |
| Fishing Village | | [636] |
| Ancient Cypress at Cypress Point | | [637] |
| Statue of Junípero Serra | | [638] |
| Old Mexican Custom-House | | [641] |
| Ancient Adobe Cabin, Monterey | | [642] |
| LOS ANGELES |
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| Bells of San Gabriel | | [647] |
| San Diego Mission, Founded 1769 | | [649] |
| The Pueblo of Los Angeles. Early Spanish Plan | | [653] |
| Suertes from C. to E. |
| Don Pio Pico | | [655] |
| The Last Mexican Governor. |
| Don Antonio F. Coronel, with Spanish Cannon Broughtto San Diego by Serra in 1769 | | [657] |
| The Old Plaza Church, Los Angeles | | [659] |
| A Typical Cottage | | [663] |
| John C. Frémont | | [666] |
| Old Adobe, Frémont's Headquarters | | [671] |
| First Stage in the Ascent of Mt. Lowe, Connectingwith Electric Road on Echo Mountain | | [673] |
| A Modern Residence | | [677] |
| State Normal School | | [679] |
| The Court House, Los Angeles | | [681] |
| Improved Harbor of San Pedro, Port of Los Angeles | | [683] |
