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But what of the natural features and material wealth of the great state whose history we have sketched? Is it true of nature, as of the individual, that its true worth is shadowed in the face, that a hidden something, called
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a soul in man, precious and potent, beams forth from rock and river? Ah yes, 'tis true, we have but to look on earth where
" The golden harvests spring; the unfailing sun Sheds light and life; the fruits, the flowers, the trees, Arise in due succession,"
and, " all things speak peace, harmony and love."
The stupendous in nature lies not within our borders. No cloud-capped mountains tower, no ocean-storms beat stranded barks upon a rock-barred shore, no desolate deserts sweep unpitying to the distant mirage, only the rivers flow with silent power; the prairies, like ocean billows, roll in green and gold, and valleys sleep beside the simple streams with forest-skirted banks. But like a garden vast, the seeds spring up in glory, the fields are full of life and beauty, the flowers bloom in glad profusion, and fruits grow ripe beneath the mellow gold of summer sun.
Titanic power is in the soil; wondrous being in the irrigating stream. The whole earth invites to agriculture.
It has been truly said that " agriculture is the original, most constant, most certain, and only never failing source of independence and wealth." This is true of nation or state, and in this independence and wealth lies the rich and ever-present beauty of the natural scenery of Missouri.
In this beautiful domain so vast in extent and varied in feature, with pleasing contrasts of hill, slope and vale, meadow and table-land, bottoms and sandy heights, timber land and prairie, the climate is so charmingly tempered between the extremes of heat and cold, and the soils are so varied in composition, exposure to the sun, and in the capacity for receiv- ing and retaining moisture, that not only a fair, but an abundant crop of everything belonging to this latitude, may be readily, economically and successfully cultivated.
Here, in wild luxuriance clambers the purple grape which, under the perfecting hand of man, assumes rich magnificence and vast wealth. At every swell of the land waves the bearded wheat. In the low bottoms leaps up the tasseled corn, the "pride of the west." Anon, the cotton and the cane are seen. There, neglected fields, covered with native grasses, become " pastures green " for horses, and sheep, and cattle. And dotted over all, are the orchards, bending low beneath their loads of ripening fruit.
And is not this beauty transcendant? "Cold sublimity" forms no part of it. The earth is warm and loving. Earth, air and water, bid man to pros- per. It is the land of homes, a land where art may flourish and culture reign, a land where the elements combine to make life rapturous, and in this the scenery is of supremest beauty.
But what lies beneath the surface?
We have seen that the colonization of Missouri was induced at a
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remarkably early period by the richness and abundance of its mines. These still continue to be one of the most attractive and wealth-producing features of the state.
Underneath the beauteous prairies lie immeasurable coal fields. For ages the light and heat of the sunshine, by the processes of nature, have been stored away in the earth, and to-day they are ministering to the comfort and pleasure of man. Ages alone can exhaust the supply.
Iron, the most civilizing of the metals, exists in large quantities. Some- times, for certain varieties, it is necessary to pierce the hardest of rock; again, great masses are thrown above the surface by volcanic action, and are of easy access to man.
Need we go farther and bring to the surface limestone, sandstone and granite, lead in abundance, silver, and various of the less important met- als ? Think for a moment of the power that exists in the coal-sufficient, if concentrated, to almost rend the earth asunder-then of the power of the machinery made from the metals reduced by the coal-then of the broad acres upon which and upon whose products this machinery may act, and say what shall the future of Missouri be ?
Geographical position is greatly to her advantage, but of herself, suffi- cient are the resources of Missouri to make the prowess of England, with her miles of mines, sink into comparative insignificance.
The useful minerals of Missouri, aside from coal, are: Iron, lead, cop- per, zinc, cobalt, nickle, manganese, silver and gold (these two latter in unimportant quantities), tin, platinum, marble, limestones, gypsum, clays (in great variety), sandstones, granite and paints.
Beside the navigable waters of Missouri, thousands of mineral springs exist, situated in all parts of the state., Hundreds of them, it is said, are of sufficient force to become valuable as water powers; "and the time is not far distant when these vast limpid fountains will make a thousand burrs and saws whirl to their dashing music." These springs include the varieties of salt, sulphur, chalybeate and petroleum.
"If " says Mr. G. C. Swallow, the former state geologist, "in connec- tion with these vast and varied mineral products, we take into view the well-known facts that Missouri and the adjacent states possess soils of wonderful fertility, and varieties suited to all the staple crops and fruits of the temperate zone; that the whole region is intersected by rivers and creeks, and watered by countless living springs; that it is supplied with boundless forests of nearly every variety of the best timber on the con- tinent; that numerous railroads and thousands of miles of river navigation center here; that we are in the great highway of the moving populations of both hemispheres; we shall have more of the causes and conditions of growth, wealth and permanence than have ever surrounded any people of ancient or modern times. "
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The present governor of Missouri, Thomas T. Crittenden, thus calls attention to the resources of the state, in his recent inaugural: "Missouri forms no unimportant part of this ,country, occupying almost the geo- graphical centre of the union, with its vast resources and capabilities, penetrated and enriched by two of the greatest rivers in the world, with her railroads reaching in every direction, and new ones being daily constructed, constitute it, as it were, the very key of the arch of the union of these states, which must and will bind them together forever and ever. Here the civilization of the north and the south meet on common soil, and become one, as the climates of both sections here meet and mingle into one of strength and beauty. Such a state can never become sectional from the very nature of its position and climate; here the cereal of the north, and the cotton of the south, grow and flourish side by side, and here the oak of the west, and the pine of the south spring in grandeur from the same soil. There is no part of this wonderful state that is not susceptible of being made into. lovely homes and peaceful abodes. Nature smiles kindly upon every part of the state, and there is no production known to the hand of husbandry and industry, that cannot be grown from her soil and produced from her mineral wealth. In the last decade, Missouri has made rapid progress in increase of population, ranking as the fifth state in the union, and growing more rapidly than any state east of the Missis- sippi, except Michigan, and surpassed west only by Texas and Kansas, and will, in the next decade, attain three millions of population if the same ratio of increase continues.
" The name of Missouri is heard all over the union in language of com- mendation, and with the assertion that it is yet destined to become one of the foremost of the sisterhood of states. Its indebtedness is insignificant compared to its capacities and possibilities. The eminent divine, Henry Ward Beecher, said in a recent article: 'The breadth of land from the Red river country of the north, stretching to the Gulf of Mexico, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, is one of the most wonderful agricultural spectacles of the globe. It is one of the few facts that are unthinkable. In this ocean of land, and nearly its center, stands the imperial state of Missouri.' It has boundless treas- ures of iron, coal, lead, and other minerals; lands richer there cannot be, nor finer, purer streams; its climate wholesome and delightful, blends the temperature of the northern lakes and the great southern gulf; and, as one of our distinguished citizens has said: 'Here one can create for him- self a home in the fullest meaning of the word, a home where he can sit under his own vine and tree, and eat bread made from his own grain, quaff wine from his own vineyard, smoke a pipe filled from his own plant- ing, while he and his family may be clad in cottons, linens, woolens and silks grown upon his own freehold.' "
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MISSOURI.
Let us now take a brief statistical view of these wonders:
We find that 263,918 hands are employed in agricultural pursuits, upon a capital of $492,789,746, the products of whose labors reach $103,035,759.
In mining, 3,423 hands are employed on a capital invested of $3,489,250, whose products are $3,472,513.
These figures were given as the result of investigations made in 1876. The period since that time has been one of unparalleled prosperity, and the figures are now largely increased.
But before we go further into these statistics of manufacturing, mining and agriculture, it will be proper, to make our sketch complete, to give at this point the taxable wealth, state debt, railroad facilities and population:
The following statistics we glean from the auditor's report for the year 1879-80. If carefully studied, they are valuable in helping us to form a correct estimate of the resources and financial standing of the state at the present time.
The total taxable wealth in money, bonds and notes, as shown by the abstract of assessment returns, is $43,817,223; broker's and exchange dealers, $1,531,124; corporate companies, $8,325,806; all other personal property, $33,795,143; valuation of lands, $218,726,215; valuation of town lots, $167,167,113; valuation of horses, $19,248,569; mules, $6,967,072; asses and jennets, $144,694; neat cattle, $18,744,047; sheep, $1,417,406; hogs, $5,010,440; all other live stock, $69,932.
Total taxable wealth, $528,513,964.
The state debt, on the first day of January, 1881, was $13,608,000, and on the first day of July, 1881, only $13,358,000.
It is estimated by reliable authority, that the state has now "over 4,000 miles of railways, more than 1,600 post-offices, 700 telegraph offices, 3,000 churches, and 300 newspapers and periodicals."
From the official census of the United States for 1880, we take the fol- lowing table of the population of Missouri:
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CENSUS REPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE YEAR 1880.
Counties.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Native.
Foreign.
White.
Col'd.
Adair
15,190
7,915
7,275
14,719
471
14,964
226
Andrew
16.318
8,387
7,931
15,432
880
15,950
368
Atchison
14,565
7,936
6,629
13,538
1,027
14.524
41
Audrain
19,739
10,417
9,322
18,982
757
17,896
1,843
Barry
14,424
7,311
7,113
13,975
449
14,413
11
Barton.
10,332
5,425
4.907
10,086
240
10.316
16
Bates
25,382
13,630
11,752
24,674
708
25,135
247
Benton
12,398
6,357
6,041
11,438
960
12,127
271
Bollinger.
11,132
5,698
5,434
10,766
366
11,108
24
Boone
25,424
12,928
12,496
25,084
340
20,397
5,027
Buchanan
49,824
27,045
22,779
42,920
6,904
46,093
3,731
Butler.
6,011
3.221
2,790
5,848
163
5,871
140
Coldwell
13,654
7,060
6,594
13,023
631
13,241
413
Calloway
23,670
12,280
11,390
23.064
600
19,268
4,402
Camden
7,267
3,756
3,511
7,166
101
7,152
115
Cape Girardeau.
20,998
10,812
10,186
18,612
2,386
19.004
1,994
Carrroll.
23,300
12,298
11,002
22,359
941
21,827
1,473 .
Carter
2,168
1,138
1,030
2,154
14
2,157
11
Cass
22,431
11,884
10,547
21,830
601
21,681
750
Cedar.
10,747
5,479
5,268
10.659
88
10,601
146
Chariton
25,224
13,145
12,079
23.916
1,308
21,266
3,958
Christian
9,632
4,871
4,761
9,425
207
9.435
197
Clark
15,031
7,717
7,314
14.283
748
14,723
308
Clay
15.579
8,138
7,441
15,136
443
14.066
1,513
Clinton
16.073
8,310
7 763
15,375
698
15,098
975
Cole
15,519
8,437
7,082
13,369
2,150
13,648
1.871 -
Coope
21.622
11,085
10,537
20,057
1,565
18,120
3,502
Dade .
12,557
6,415
6,142
12,463
94
12,310
247
Dallas
9,272
4,671
4,601
9,189
83
9,184
88
Daviess
19,174
9.983
9,191
18,794
380
18,723
451
De Kalb.
13,343
7,008
6,335
12,723
620
13.216
127
Dent .
10,647
5,635
5,012
10.365
282
10,580
61
Douglass
7,753
3,891
3,862
7,732
21
7.727
26
Dunklin.
9,604
5,161
4,443
9,569
35
9,436
188
Franklin
26.536
13,885
12,651
22,101
4,435
24.469
2,067
Gasconade
11,153
5,824
. 5,329
8,435
2,718
10,988
165
Gentry
17,188
8,947
8,241
16,712
476
17,160
28
Greene
28,817
14.649
14.168
28.010
807
26.009
2,808
Grundy
15,201
7,762
7,439
14,662
539
14,997
204
Harrison
20.318
10.518
9,800
19,824
494
20,245
989
Hickory
7,388
3,775
3,613
7,169
219
7,338
50
Holt ..
15,510
8,291
7,219
14.621
889
15.285
225
Howard
18,428
9,554
8.874
17,955
473
13,195
5,233
Howell.
8,814
4.495
4.319
8,736
78
8,723
91
Iron .
8,183
4.232
3,951
7,592
591
7,783
400
Jackson
82,328
45,891
36,437
71,653
10,675
72,445
9,883
Jasper
32,021
.16.763
15,258
30,686
1,335
31,249
772
Jefferson
18,736
9,873
8,863
15,755
2,981
17.731
1,005
.Johnson
28.177
14,797
13,380
27,231
946
26,164
2.013
Knox
13,047
6,774
6,273
12,341
706
12,819
228
Laclede
11,524
5,889
5,635
11,145
379
11,048
476
Lafayette
25,731
13,370
12,361
23,679
2.052
21,313
4,418
Lawrence
17,585
8,990
8,595
16,835
750
17,284
301
Lewis .
15,925
8,157
7,768
15,080
845
14,520
1,405
Lincoln
17,443
9,010
8,433
16,606
, 83%
15,299
2,144
Linn .
20 016
10,349
9,667
18,823
1,193
19,184
832
Livingston
20,205
10,365
9,840
18,952
1,253
19,062
1,143
McDonald
7,816
4,101
3,715
7,777
39
7,804
12
Macon
26,223
13,449
12,774
24,383
1,840
24,726
1,497
Madison
8,860
4,463
4,397
8,506
354
8,552
308
Maries.
7.304
3,806
3,498
6,974
330
7,292
12
Marion.
24,837
12,622
12,215
22,828
2,009
21,123
3,714
Crawford.
10,763
5.586
5.177
10,197
566
10,640
123
Henry.
23,914
12.301
11,613
23.096
818
22.925
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CENSUS REPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE YEAR 1880 .- Continued.
Counties.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Native.
Foreign.
White.
Col'd.
Mercer
14,674
7,510
7,164
14,486
188
14,573
101
Miller
9,807
5,070
4,737
9,561
246
9,577
230
Mississippi
9,270
5,131
4,139
9,020
250
7,129
2,141
Moniteau
14,349
7,257
7,092
13,177
1,172
13,376
973:
Monroe
19,075
9,942
9,133
18,739
336
16,925
· 2,150
Montgomery .
16,250
8,383
7,867
15,304
946
14,334
1,916
Morgan
10,134
5,182
4,952
7,399
735
9,719
415
New Madrid.
7,694
4,145
3,549
7,587
107
5,813
1,881
Newton
18,948
9,767
9,181
18,324
624
18,345
603
Nodaway
29,560
15,669
· 13,891
27,936
1,624
29,447
113
Oregon
5,791
2,995
2,796
5.772
19
5,772
19
Osage
11,824
6,201
5,623
9,848
1,976
11,422
402
Ozark
5,618
2,920
2,698
5,602
16
5,604
14
Pemiscot
4,299
2,300
1,999
4,267
32
4,033
266
Perry
11,895
6,120
5,775
10,588
1,307
11,424
471
Pettis
27,285
14,150
13,135
25,428
11,729
836
12,059
506
Pike
26,716
13,645
13,071
25,888
828
21,340
5,376
Platte
17,372
9,055
8,317
16,645
727
15,754
1,618
Polk
15,745
7,886
7,859
15,649
96
15,459
286
Pulaski.
7,250
3,719
3,531
6,987
263
7,190
60
Putnam
13,556
6,953
6,603
13,333
223
13,536
20
Ralls.
11,838
6,162
5,676
11,452
386
10,625
1,213
Randolph
22,751
11,830
10,921
21,302
1,449
19,937
2,814
Ray.
20,193
10,637
9,556
19,765
428
18,472
1,721
Reynolds.
5,722
2,901
2,821
5,679
43
5,708
14
Ripley
5,377
2,803
2,574
5,277
100
5,367
10
St. Charles
23,060
12,097
10,963
18,774
4,286
20,650
2,410
St. Clair.
14,126
7,243
6,883
13,839
287
13.817
309
St. Francois
13,832
7,246
6,576
12,739
1,083
13,169
653
St. Genevieve
10,390
5,338
5,052
9,296
1,094
9,833
557
St. Louis.
31,888
16,988
14,900
25,299
6,589
28,009
3,879
Saint Louis (City).
350,522
179,484
171,038
245,528
104,994
328.232
22,290
Saline
29,912
15,619
14,293
28,657
1,255
24,987
4,925
Schuyler
10,470
5,334
5,136
10,132
338
10,461
9
Scotland
12,507
6,398
6,109
12,238
269
12,378
129
Scott
8,587
4.631
3,956
7,972
615
8,036
551
Shannon
3,441
1,742
1.699
3,430
11
3,441
Shelby
14,024
7,126
6,898
13,320
567
13,087
937
Stoddard
13,432
6,924
6,508
13,320
112
13,399
33
Stone
4,405
2,327 8,589
7,980
16,202
367
16,487
82
Taney
5,605
2,900
2,705
5,586
19
5,601
4
Texas
12,207
6.223
5,984
12,013
194
12,178
29
Vernon
19,370
10,184
9,186
18,900
470
19.268
102
Warren
10,806
5,743
5,063
8,917
1,889
9,852
954
Washington
12,895
6,457
6,438
12,478
417
11,857
1,038
Wayne
9,097
4,764
4,333
8,925
172
8,990
107
Webster.
12,175
6,201
5,974
12,044
131
11,928
247
Worth
8,208
4,220
3,988
8,031
177
8,207
1
Wright
9,733
4,903
4,830
9,559
174
9,471
262
The classification footings of the census of 1880 show:
Males.
1,127,424
Females
1,041,380
Native born
1,957,564
Foreign born
211,240
White
2,023,568
Colored*
145,236
Total population in June, 1880, 2,168,804.
1,857
24,278
3,007
Phelps
12,565
6,478
6,087
2.078
4,395
10
4,377
28
Sullivan
16,569
* This includes 92 Chinese, 2 half-Chinese, and 96 Indians and half-breeds.
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From the Missouri State Gazetteer, for 1881, we extract the following pungent paragraphs:
"As showing the great fertility of the soil of Missouri, the following figures giving the average yield of bushels per acre, and the price per bnshel, pound or ton of farm products for the year, 1879, are here given: Corn, 37.0, per bushel, 25 cents; wheat, 14.0, per bushel, $1.01; rye, 17.0, per bushel, 61 cents; oats, 24.6, per bushel, 26 cents; buckwheat, 20.0, per bushel, 63 cents; potatoes, 91.0, per bushel, 48 cents; tobacco; 663 pounds, per pound, five cents; hay, tons, 1.06, per ton $9.43. While the estimated yield of the whole state was as follows: Corn, 111,125,800 bushels; wheat, 30,688,000 bushels; rye, 559,559 bushels; oats, 18,360,652 bushels; buckwheat, 54,780 bushels; potatoes, 6,621,720 bushels."
" The products of the different lines of manufacturing interests per annum, are approximately as follows: Flouring mills, $40,000,000; car- pentering, $20,000,000; meat packing, $20,000,000; tobacco, $14,000,000; iron and casting, $15,000,000; liquors, $10,000,000; clothing, $11,000,000; lumber, $10,000,000; bags and bagging, $7,000,000 ; saddlery, $7,000,000; oil, $6,000,000; machinery, $6,000,000; printing and publishing, $5,500,000; molasses, $5,000,000; boots and shoes, $5,000,000; furniture, $5,000,000; paints and painting, $4,500,000; carriages and wagons, $4,500,000; mar- ble, stone-work and masonry, $4,000,000; bakery products, $4,000,000; bricks, $4,500,000; tin, copper and sheet-iron, $4,000,000; sash, doors and blinds, $3,250,000; cooperage, $3,000,000; blacksmithing, $3,000,000; bridge building, $2,500,000; agricultural implements, $2,000,000; patent medicines, $2,500,000; soaps and candles, $2,500,000; plumbing and gas- fitting, $2,000,000. Making, in the aggregate, the immense sum of $275,000,000. The capital employed in manufacturing will reach $125,- 000,000, while the amount of raw material and wages will reach $210,- 000,000. This has been accomplished by about 17,000 places of industry.
"The Missouri coal fields underlie an area of about 26,000 square miles. A distinguished mining engineer, after giving a detailed account of the mines which have been examined, sums up by saying: 'They have enough ore to run 100 furnaces for 1,000 years.'"
But our showing is still incomplete. What of school and church?
As to the present condition of our school system, the following from the last official report of the superintendent will be sufficient:
" In the amount of her available and productive permanent public school funds, she surpasses every state in the union, with the single exception of Indiana; and if those funds had been managed as the constitution and laws require, it is demonstrable, that to-day she would have the largest in the union.
" The state of Indiana levies a tax for school purposes of sixteen cents
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on the hundred dollars, of taxable values, and does not permit a local tax exceeding twenty-five cents on that amount.
" The state of Missouri levies a tax of five cents and permits a local tax of forty cents, without a vote of the people, or sixty-five cents in the country districts, and $1.00 in cities and towns, by a majority vote of the tax-payers voting.
" For the year ending last April, only two counties in the state reported a less rate of local taxation than the maximum allowed in Indiana, only one the amount of that maximum, and the average rate of all the counties reported was thirty-nine cents, or fourteen cents more than the possible rate of that state.
" Missouri has more school houses to the population than Massachusetts. The amount she expends annually for public education is nearly double the rate on the amount of her assessed valuation, that the amount expended by the latter state is on her valuation; while our public school funds exceed those of Massachusetts, $5,405,127.09."
Again, from the same source: "Present total amount of permanent public school funds (1880), $8,950,805.71; increase in 1880 over amounts of 1879, $1,358,098.41. Amount expended by the state for education in 1880, exclusive of income of county and township funds and local tax, $638,286.09; total amount of expenditures by counties, $3,152,178.47; total persons attending school, exclusive of normal schools and university, 476,376.
"County commissioners, with scarcely an exception, report that their counties are being supplied with a better class of teachers than formerly, and that a greater interest in schools is being manifested by the patrons and the community at large.
"Cities and towns which have been in the habit of maintaining only a four or five months' school term, have increased them to from eight to ten months.
" Where there have been no school houses, and buildings or rooms have been rented for school purposes, or where the school houses were old, unsightly, dilapidated and unfit, the people at the annual meetings have ordered the erection of substantial and suitable houses.
" The increase of school terms and the erection of new buildings have necessitated a larger tax levy than is permitted by the constitution without a vote. This fact gave rise, in several towns, to a sharp issue and a heated 'contest. Yet in every instance, in so far as I am informed, the proposition to increase the tax was carried by an overwhelming majority. Nor were these instances confined to one section, but happened in every quarter of the state. * * * There is a cheerful feeling preva- lent among the educators, and a hopefulness for the future, that presages good from the operation of a perfected system."
In 1875 there were 7,932 school districts in the state; 7,061 white public schools; 326 colored public schools; and 661 private schools.
There are 37 institutions for superior instruction within the state; of these, 16 are for men, and are devoted mostly to theology, and 11 are for women.
The state university, located at Columbia, Mo., having an income from endowment fund and state appropriation of $68,467, consists of the follow-
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ing departments: college proper, where are taught the arts, letters and sciences; the normal department, for the preparation of teachers; the agri- cultural and mechanical college; the school of mines located at Rolla, Mo .; . the schools of law, medicine, analytical and applied chemistry. The university has a library of 8,500 volumes.
Three normal schools were founded in 1871, and are supported by annual appropriations from the state. For the purpose of location, Mis- souri was divided into three districts. District No. 1, takes in all the territory north of the river; district No. 2, all south of the river and west of a line drawn southward from the river along the eastern boundary of Osage and Maries counties; district No. 3 includes the remainder of the state. The schools are located respectively at Kirksville, Adair county, Warrensburg, Johnson county, and Cape Girardeau, Mo. The schools in the first and second districts have an average attendance of 350 students; that in the third district is less. Each school possesses handsome build- ings, the gifts of counties to secure location. As factors in education their influence is vast.
A normal school for the education of colored teachers, is located at Jefferson City, Mo.
The following estimate of churches and church members in the state, we take from the " Hand-book of Missouri," published by the Missouri Immigration Society:
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