History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Missouri, written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri, Part 71

Author: National Historical Company (St. Louis, Mo.)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1166

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A year or two later some men came to McCoy's to arrest him for alleged complicity in the train robberies of the Jesse James gang. He contrived to "get the drop" on them, however, made them lay down their arms and get away. Some time afterward McCoy himself left the country.

ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIPS.

January 17, 1872, the county court proceeded to divide Montgom- ery county into six municipal townships. Previously there had been but five, but now a new one was created out of Danville, Upper Loutre and Prairie, and called Montgomery. As fixed by the county court, the boundaries of the several townships were as follows: -

Prairie Township. - Beginning at the north-east corner of section 5, township 50, range 3, running thence west along the county line between Montgomery and Pike county, and Montgomery and Audrain county, to the north-west corner of section 4, township 50, range 5 ; thence south to the south-west corner of section 4, township 49, range 5 ; thence east to the south-east corner of section 5, township 49, range 3; thence north, along the county line between Montgomery and Lincoln county, to the place of beginning.

Upper Loutre. - Beginning at the north-east corner of section 5, township 50, range 5; thence west along the county line between

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Montgomery and Audrain county, to the north-west corner of section 6, township 50, range 6; thence south along the county line between Montgomery and Audrain, and Montgomery and Callaway county, to the south-west corner of section 7, township 49, range 6 ; thence east to the south-east corner of section 12, township 49, range 6; thence north to the north-east corner of the same section; thence east to the south-east corner of section 5, township 49, range 5; thence north to the beginning.

Bear Creek. - Beginning at the north-east corner of section 8, township 49, range 3; thence west to the north-west corner of sec- tion 7, township 49, range 4; thence south to the south-west corner of section 7, township 47, range 4 ; thence east along the county line between Montgomery and Warren county to the south-east corner of section 8, township 47, range 3; thence north along the county line to the beginning.

Montgomery. - Beginning at the north-east corner of section 12, township 49, range 5 ; thence west to the north-west corner of section 7, township 49, range 5; thence south to the south-west corner of said section ; thence west to the county line between Montgomery and Callaway county ; thence south along said county line to the south- west corner of section 6, township 48, range 6; thence east to the south-east corner of section 1, township 48, range 5 ; thence north to the beginning.

Danville. - Beginning at the north-east corner of section 12, town- ship 48, range 5; thence west to the Callaway county line ; thence south along said line to the south-west corner of section 19, township 47, range 6 ; thence east to the south-east corner of section 24, town- ship 47, range 5 ; thence north to the beginning.

Loutre. - Beginning at the north-east corner of section 25, town- ship 47, range 5; thence west to the Callaway county line ; thence south along said line to the middle of the main channel of the Mis- souri river ; thence down the middle of said channel to where the same is intersected by the county line between Warren and Montgom- ery county ; thence north along said line to the beginning.

KILLING OF PATRICK CAIN BY JAMES J. DOUGLASS.

On September 1, 1873, the first day of the fair of the People's Association at Montgomery City, Pat Cain, a bar keeper for H. Spinsby, of Spinsby's Hotel, was shot and killed by J. J. Douglass. The shooting took place in the bar-room where Cain was employed. Robert Hayden, a brother-in-law of James Douglass, was with his relative at the time, and was implicated in the affair. Both were indicted and arraigned December 1, 1874.

The circumstances, together with a record of the trial in this case, which follow, have been kindly furnished by Col. L. A. Thompson,

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from the files of this newspaper, The Ray, of Montgomery City, and by A. B. Hunter, Esq., circuit clerk, from the official records.

The case was called December 1, 1874, and at the instance of defendant the cause was severed, for the purposes of trial, and after some controversy about the record of a continuance, and also an application for a new continuance, the case was taken up, as to Douglass, and a trial entered into.

For the State appeared E. M. Hughes, prosecuting attorney, and Judge W. O. Forist, of Audrain, and for the defendant appeared Capt. Stuart Carkener and Hon. Jeff Jones, of Callaway.

The following jurors were selected from a new panel summoned by agreement to try the case : William Smith, Garland Gibson, Will- iam Loyad, Thos. Jones, H. H. Atterbury, John D. Poindexter, William Penn, J. B. Shelton, William Webb, J. B. Culpeper, Fred Davault, Renk Renkin.

The defendant admitted the killing of Cain, but claimed that he did it in self-defense, believing that the deceased made an assault upon him with a deadly weapon - billiard cue- and was when fired upon about to do him some great bodily harm.

Judge Forist concluded the examination of witnesses for the State and Capt. Carkener for the defense.

TESTIMONY.

There was scarcely any substantial difference about the material facts in the case, but as in all such cases there was some conflict as to the position and demeanor of the parties, immediately before and at the time of the commencement of the affray, which proved fatal to Patrick Cain.

Douglass and Hayden are brothers-in-law, and in the forenoon of the day the killing occurred, went to the billiard hall and com- menced playing at a game called " pin-pool." Patrick Cain, bar- tender, and Thomas McDonald, assistant bartender, joined in the game for a time and withdrew. After several drinks Hayden became so much intoxicated as to be disagreeably noisy, and in the afternoon Cain took the balls from the table, but after some parleying gave them back and the game was resumed. After a short time Douglass sat his cue down by the counter, and Hayden apparently became " vexed with his luck," commenced knocking the balls about the room and out through the door ; and at this Cain told them to get out of there, that he had been troubled with them long enough, and then took the cue that Douglas had put down, and struck Hayden on the head, and

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then commenced with the same weapon on Douglass. After striking two blows, Douglass drew a revolver and fired two shots at Cain, and they clinched and in the skirmish fell to the floor. Hayden came to the relief of Douglass and caught Cain by the throat and commenced choking him. McDonald caught Douglass and took him away. Maj. Spinsby, the proprietor of the hotel came in and told Hayden to " let go," that Cain was dying, but Hayden held on until Spinsby knocked him loose with a billiard cue. Cain died in about 15 minutes.

There was a slight conflict in testimony only as to whether Douglass advanced on Cain after Hayden was struck; also as to the effect of the blow Cain struck Hayden; the State claimed that it was harm- less, and the defense that it felled him to the floor. A wound on Hayden's head, which was dressed by Dr. Caldwell, showed that a severe blow was given him, and the State contended that it was the effect of the blow that Spinsby gave him when knocking him off the dying man. One witness, L. Dow Hendershott, said that when the balls were taken off the table Hayden started home, and Douglass went to the door and called him to come back, that he (Douglass ) had money to pay their way, and if the balls were not returned he had something that would make livelier times than were usual in that hall, and at the time drew from his pocket a revolver which he exhib- ited, whereupon Hayden returned and the balls were put back on the table, and five minutes later trouble commenced. And McDonald said that he thought the parties, Douglass and Hayden, were " itching for a difficulty." But the statement of Hendershott was contradicted by Thomas Skinner, who was present waiting for a train to return home.

On Thursday, December 3, the jury reported that they were unable to agree, and were consequently discharged and the case continued until the April term, 1876, when, April 28, it was again tried by another jury, who returned a verdict of " guilty," fixing the time of impris- onment at five years in the penitentiary.

A motion for a new trial was made and sustained. The main cause urged, was the fact, as alleged, that Wm. J. Sanders, of Middletown, one of the jurors that decided the case, had expressed an opinion pub- licly as to the merits of the case. Of this fact there were several affidavits, depositions and other testimony.

A change of venue was taken October 24, 1876, and the case sent to Boone county, where, on trial, Douglass was acquitted. Douglass and Hayden are both still residents of the county.

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CENSUS OF 1880 COMPARED WITH 1870.

The population of the county in 1880 was 16,259, as compared with the census of 1870, which was 12,275.

By sexes in 1880 the population was : Males, 8,381 ; females, 7,868. Total number of males of the age of 21 and over, 4,011.

Population as to native and foreign born - Native in 1880, 15,303 ; in 1870, 9,647. Foreign born in 1880, 946 ; in 1870, 758.

In 1880 the foreigners were born in the following countries : British America, England and Wales, 147; Ireland, 172 ; German Empire, 507; Switzerland, 51; France, 22 ; miscellaneous, 29.

Censuses Compared.

1880.

1870.

1860.

White

14,332

9,466

8,061

Colored

1,917

939

1,657

Towns and Villages in 1880.

Danville

239 Middletown

391

New Florence .

373

Wellsville

867

Montgomery City

1,165

ROBBERY IN LOUTRE TOWNSHIP BY THE "DAY GANG."

On the 3d of September, 1881, the house of Martin Wolferman, a German, living south of Americus, in Loutre township, was robbed by two masked men of a silver watch, two $20 gold pieces and $530 in greenbacks. Mr. Wolferman was not at home at the time, and the only persons at the house were his wife and daughter.

Suspicion fell upon a number of men living on Big Tavern creek, Callaway county, called " the Day gang." They were Wm. Day, Jackson Day, Truman Day, Fred Neff, Fred Moody and Marion Walters. At the October term of the circuit court they were indicted for the robbery of Mrs. Laura Wolferman, the wife of Martin, of the property above described. It was believed that while only two were the actual robbers, the others were accessories.

The " gang " fled. Prosecuting Attorney John M. Barker won quite a reputation for his conduct of the case, in his efforts to secure the arrest and conviction of the alleged offenders. Three only of those named above were ever apprehended. Marion Walters was caught in Northern Illinois, brought back, tried and acquitted. Fred Neff was arrested in Wright county, Mo., arraigned, and on a plea of guilty was sentenced to the penitentiary for four years. The case

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against Truman Day was nolle prossed, and Wm. Day, Jackson Day and Fred Moody have never been arrested, and are still at large.

THE TROUBLE WITH THE "KING BOYS" NEAR AMERICUS, IN LOUTRE TOWNSHIP - MURDER OF MRS. AUSTIN.

In the latter part of the year 1881 occurred the celebrated collision in Loutre township between the King brothers and some German citi- zens, which resulted in the killing of one of the King boys and of the mother-in-law of another, Mrs. Nancy Austin. A correspondent of the Montgomery City Standard furnished the first intelligence of the trouble in a communication which was substantially as follows: The King boys, three in number, were men of anything but enviable repu- tation, and were suspected of numerous crimes in the vicinity of where they lived, though not sufficient evidence had been obtained to make a certainty of the perpetrators. John Nellison, a German, as was the custom with that class of foreign-born citizens, kept on hand a supply of wine for private use. On the evening of December 29, 1881, the King boys, in passing Nellison's residence, demanded liquor, which was refused them. They then began an assault on the house, upon which action Nellison fired three shots, killing Jack King and wound- ing one brother. Subsequently, as the body of the deceased was being prepared for burial, one bright moonlight night, a mob of from 25 to 50 men approached the house andfired into it. In the indiscriminate shoot- ing which followed Mrs. Austin, the mother-in-law of Thomas King, received a ball through her breast and several shots in her back, and was found dead on the steps when the melee was over. Joe King was wounded, as was also Mrs. King. Warrants were sworn out against eight men, charging them with the murder of Mrs. Austin, some of whom were afterwards arrested. But little attention would have been paid to the affair save for the killing of Mrs. Austin, as the bad repu- tation of the King boys caused many persons to think that they had met a deserving fate.

At the April term of the Circuit Court, 1882, indictments for murder in the first degree were found against John, Henry and Ed- ward Elsinradt, Henry Westworth, Fritz Hestenbach, Henry Fehlings, Philip Schroff, Matthias Keep, and five or six other German residents of the township. The majority of these had been discharged on pre- liminary examination ; the sympathy of the community was with them, and none of them have ever been arrested. Henry Westworth died, and it is understood that the others left the country and no one knows or cares to know their whereabouts. The killing of Mrs.

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Austin was purely accidental ; the German citizens of Loutre are not so heartless and cruel as to kill an aged woman purposely and in cold blood.

Abbie King and Thos. Austin, the latter a son of the murdered woman, were indicted for assaulting the wife of Fritz Gloe, another German citizen of the township. They were arrested but gave bond with G. H. Kallmeyer as surety. They ran away before trial, however, and their bond was forfeited.

After leaving the county farm the Kings lived at Montgomery City and Wellsville, at both of which places they had trouble with the citizens. Their present whereabouts are unknown.

DEATH OF GEORGE BAUGHMAN, "THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HERMIT."

About the 20th of February, 1882, a singular character named George Baughman died in Danville. He was known far and near as " the Montgomery county hermit." The following from the Mont- gomery City Standard, of February 24, 1882, gives a correct history of the old hermit and of the circumstances attending his death : -

Everybody in Montgomery county, no doubt, has either heard of or seen Geo. Baughman, the hermit, who for nearly thirty years has lived a solitary life in a cave near Danville, and during all that time has been searching for gold which he claimed was hidden in the hills surrounding his abode. His history is briefly as follows : -

Baughman was 65 years of age, and came to this county in 1852 from Carbondale, Ill., where he formerly resided, and where he owned a good farm. In the spring of that year he in company with two boys - nephews - started from his home in Illinois in a wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen, for Pike's Peak, where gold had been discovered, and on reaching Loutre Lick, west of Danville, finding plenty of wood and water, concluded to camp there for a few days to rest. During his stay there, one yoke of his oxen died, and one animal of the remaining yoke strayed away. In his search among the hills for the missing animal, he , found the cave since made famous by his labors, and concluded to re- main there. It is situated one and a half miles south of Danville, near a branch running into Loutre, known as Town branch. He at once took up his abode in the cave, and commenced his long and fruit- less search for gold which he believed was hidden in the hills. He claimed to be commissioned by the then Emperor of the French to dig up the gold hidden there, and said the depression in the rocks in the cave answered the description of the place given by the French government. One of his nephews soon tired of this mode of living, and returned to Illinois. The other one remained some two or three years and he too returned to his home, leaving Baughman alone. Baugh-

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man was a monomaniac on the subject of gold, but on every other subject conversed rationally. The amount of work done by him during his long residence in the cave is surprising. He sank some thirty or forty shafts ranging in depth from 15 to 75 feet, one of them being 75 feet deep through solid rock, with no tools save an old ax and a shovel.

When he had reached to 75 feet he stopped his work in that shaft, saying that he had gone to within three feet of the gold and that he would not take it out until the French Emperor sent troops to protect him and the money. He then began sinking other shafts, claiming that other quantities of gold had also been secreted by the French, but he did not know the exact spot in which it was placed. At one time he brought to this office a long petition to the Emperor of the French asking for troops for his protection, and wanted it printed, but the foreman told him the office was not prepared to do such work, and he failed to get it printed. His deep shaft at the cave is, and has been for several years, filled with water. He claimed to have a farm in Chariton county in this State, and for many years made periodical visits to that section.

He was of a jovial, sociable disposition, loved company, and was pas- sionately fond of playing cards - euchre being his favorite game. He subsisted by hunting and fishing, and raised his own vegetables and considerable fruit, and was independent in his mode of living, and absolutely refused to receive anything as a gift. For several years past his health was so bad that he was unable to work, and the county took him in charge, but before he would consent to become the recipient of the county's aid it was necessary for his guardian, D. F. Graham, to inform him that the county was only loaning him the means of subsistence, and that as soon as he took out his gold he

could repay the loan. Mr. Graham visited him regularly three times a week for several years, when he resigned his charge and the court appointed C. M. English, of Danville, to take his place.

After nearly 30 years of toil and privation the troubled spirit of the Hermit of Loutre went to rest on Tuesday night last. He died in Danville where he had been removed by his guardian in order that he might be better cared for. His remains were buried near the cave where he had so long lived, and which will long remain as a monu- ment to his industry, patience and perseverance in search of what has wrecked the mind of many others - bright, glittering gold.

PRINCIPAL ELECTIONS FROM AND INCLUDING 1872 TO 1884 - PRESIDEN- TIAL ELECTION, 1872.

President - Horace Greeley, D., 1,289 ; U. S. Grant, R., 1,062. Governor - Silas Woodson, D., 1,341 ; John B. Henderson, R., 1,073. Congress -A. H. Buckner, D., 1,355; T. J. C. Fagg, R., 1,070. State Senator- W. L. Gatewood, D., 1,330; Carroll, R., 975. Representative - Forshey, D., 1,348 ; Baker, R., 1,055. Sheriff - White, D., 1,269 ; Sharp, R., 1,104. Collector-Clare, D., 1,314 ;

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McNeiley, R., 1,097, Prosecuting Attorney - Hughes, D., 1,374. Assessor -Thomas, D., 1,338 ; Puckett, R., 1,075. Treasurer - Wheeler, D., 1,348 ; Laughon, R., 1,067. County Judge - Ow- ings, D., 1,356 ; Charles, R., 1,051. Surveyor-See, D., 1,411; Bachman, R., 996. Public Administrator -Cox, D., 1,383 ; Don- aldson, R., 1,029. School Superintendent - McCleary, D., 1,374 ; Conklin, R., 1,037. Coroner - Badger, D., 1,358 ; Peavey, R., 1,049. Township Organization - For,. 536 ; against, 1,364.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1876.

President-Tilden, D., 1,809 ; Hayes, R., 1,411. Governor - Phelps, D., 1,802 ; Finkelnburg, R., 1,416. Representative - Cope, D., 1,615 ; Carkener, R., 1,584. Prosecuting Attorney - Hughes, D., 1,906. County Judge - Cox, D., 1,811 ; Bruner, R., 1,391. Col- lector -Nelson, D., 1,673; McCarthy, R., 1,519. Sheriff - Da- vault, D., 1,837 ; Baker, R., 1,376. Treasurer - Samuel A. Wheeler, D., 1,902. Public Administrator - Skinner, D., 1,786 ; Meyers, R., 1,316. Assessor - Thomas, D., 1,676 ; Puckett, R., ,1442. Sur- veyor - See, D., 1,548 ; Lagron, R., 1,506.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1880.

President - Hancock, D., 1,721; Garfield, R., 1,299 ; Weaver, G., 343. Congress- A. H. Buckner, D., 1,795 ; E. G. Haley, R., 1,758 ; C. M. B. Thurmond, G., 7. Governor -T. T. Crittenden, D., 1,691 ; D. P. Dyer, R., 1,325, L. A. Brown, G., 374. Repre- sentative - Sol. Hughlett, D., 1,728; W. T. Wells, R., 1,583. Collector - E. R. Brown, D., 1,699; S. D. Ham, R., 1,673. Sheriff-G. W. Gregory, D., 1,850; G B. Aydelott, R., 1,530. Prosecuting Attorney-J. M. Barker, D., 1,772; T. S. Rockwood, - R., 1,596. Public Administrator-J. F. Ball, D., 1,713 ; S. J. Say- lor, R., 1,672. Surveyor- S. W. Hammack, D., 1,737 ; A. Lagron, R., 1,616. County Treasurer -B. White, Jr., D., 1,721 ; A. Laughon, 1,622. Assessor-A. H. Kallmeyer, D., 1,612; E. W. Pritchett, R., 1,757.

GENERAL ELECTION, 1882.

Judge Supreme Court - Thomas A. Sherwood, D., 1,624 ; David Wagner, R., 1,179 ; T. M. Rice, G., 251. Congress - A. H. Buck- ner, D., 1,638 ; Charles Daudt, R., 1,150; T. J. McNair, G., 270. State Senator - A. H. Edwards, D., 1,661. · Representative - Sol. Hughlett, D., 1,602; William Clark, I., 1,395. Circuit Clerk -

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Alfred B. Hunter, D., 1,568 ; E. E. Sharp, I., 1,489. Recorder - R. L. Whitehead, D., 1,503; E. W. Prichett, I., 1,496. County Clerk - William L. Gupton, D., 1,669; W. W. Palmer, I., 1,394. Sheriff -James R. Appling, D., 1,622; S. J. Saylor, I., 1,437. Collector-J. S. McCleary, D., 1,602 ; Benjamin Sharp, I., 1,430. Prosecuting Attorney - James M. Barker, D., 1,618; L. L. Kirk, I., 1,380. Presiding Judge -Robert Brower, Sr., D., 1,645 ; Samuel Miller, I., 1,410. County Treasurer - Benjamin White, D., 1,669 ; R. T. Adams, I., 1,399. Assessor - D. R. Owings, D., 1,502; John Mason, I., 1,541. Public Administrator - Thomas J. Powell, D., 1,627 ; William A. Hogsett, I., 1,473.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1884.

President -Cleveland, D., 1,930; Blaine and Butler, 1,643; St. John, Pro., 13. Governor-John S. Marmaduke, D., 1,851; Nicholas Ford, Fusion, 1,656; Jno. A. Brooks, Pro., 78. Con- gress- John E. Hutton, D., 1,890; M. G. Reynolds, Fus., 1,689. Representative -H. W. Johnson, D., 1,964; Wm. B. Adams, R., 1,612. Sheriff-Jas. R. Appling, D., 2,024; Timothy Cummins, R., 1,561. Collector-J. S. McCleary, D., 1,999 ; I. W. Stewart, R., 1,577. Prosecuting Attorney - Asa P. McCanne, D., 1,712; Wm. G. Lovelace, R., 1,801. County Treasurer - Isham McMahan, D., 1,968 ; Daniel Hart, R., 1,622. Assessor -Jas. J. Cope, D., 1,707; Jno. W. Mason, R., 1,833. Surveyor -S. W. Hammack, D., 1,902 ; Arthur Lagron, R., 1,644. Public Administrator - Thos. J. Powell, D., 1,958. Recorder -Silas Carr, D., 1,947; E. W. Pritchett, R., 1,617. Restraining Swine- For, 1,505 ; Against, 1,288.

CHAPTER XII.

PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.

Position and Description - Early Settlement - Murder of Turner Gooch - During the Civil War - First Troops, Union and Confederate - Country Churches - Middletown - Location, etc. - Early History - Miscellaneous - Killing of Wm. Dillon - Incorporation - Newspapers - Churches - Secret Orders.

POSITION AND DESCRIPTION.

This township comprises the north-eastern portion of Montgomery county, is twelve miles long from east to west, and is seven miles in . width from north to south. Its name is derived from the large quan- tity of prairie land it contains, although it has an abundance of timber.

Prairie township is well watered. The Elkhorn, Coon creek, and other branches of the Cuivre river, flow through in a general direction from west to east. Bordering the streams the land is broken and rolling, but generally the soil is good.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

If Charles Wells located at Middletown in 1817, he was undoubt- edly the first settler in Prairie township. Settlements were made on Cuivre in Lincoln county, as early as 1800.

In the year 1804, when Lieut. Z. M. Pike ( afterward Brig .- Gen- eral, and for whom Pike county was named) ascended the Mississippi, there were as many as twenty-five families living on the Cuivre.

As is perhaps well known, the word Cuivre is the French word for Copper, and Cuivre (pronounced " quiver " ) river really ought to be called Copper river. The first French found copper along its banks and so named it.

In 1817 Geo. W. Jameson and Edward Cottle left Clark's Fort, in Lincoln county, crossed west Cuivre, and settled about two and one half miles east of Millwood.1 It is quite probable, therefore, that others pushed out farther from the main settlements about the same time.

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History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Missouri, written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri, Part 71

Author: National Historical Company (St. Louis, Mo.) Publication date: 1885 Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company Number of Pages: 1166

Author: National Historical Company (St. Louis, Mo.)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1166