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| The Dearborn Monument | | Frontispiece |
| MARIETTA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 they are here reproduced. | | 139 |
| Fort Mackinac, and the Cannon Captured by Commodore Perry | | 141 |
| Rev. Eleazar Williams | | 143 |
| Reproduced from Latimer's "Scrap-Book of the Revolution," by permission of A.C. McClurg & Co. | |
| INDIANAPOLIS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The State House, Madison | | 237 |
| The First Executive Residence (still Standing) in use by 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 University Buildings 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The County Court House, Spokane | | 511 |
| The Last Chief to Intimidate the Inhabitants of Spokane | | 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 Power House | | 531 |
| PORTLAND |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Brought to 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, Connecting with 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 |
