Containing A Full Account of Its Growth From An Uninhabited Territory to A Wealthy and Important State; of Its Early Settlements; Its Rapid Increase in Population, and the Marvelous Development of Its Great Natural Resources. Also, A Supplementary History and Description of Its Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Advantages, Industries, Manufactures, and Commerce; to Which Are Added Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers
From the First Exploration of the Mississippi Valley, to Its Admission Into the Union: Embracing A Concise Sketch of Louisiana ; American Slavery, and Its Onward March ; the Conflict of Free and Slave Labor in the Settlement of Kansas, and the Overthrow of the Latter, With All Other Items of General Interest: Complete, Consecutive and Reliable