A tourist guide and directory for the year 1884, it is authored by a nine year veteran of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Force and contains maps of commuter railroad lines, descriptions of resorts and businesses along each of these lines, and illustrations of prominent buildings and attractions throughout the city.
The directory contains a complete business listing of all the towns along the Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific Railway between St. Louis, Missouri and Junction City, Kansas. This listing is complemented by a brief description or history of the most prominent towns along the lines, along with the names of the principle firms doing business, their advertisements, and other information including a
Comprising a resume and brief historical sketch of the city, facts and descriptions of places and objects of interest, distances to them and how to get there, side trips to interesting places in the immediate vicinity, suggestions to visitors as to how to see the most in shortest time at least expense, a park directory, an amusement directory, church directory and complete street railroad guide
Comprising a Brief Historical Sketch of the City, Brief Notices and Descriptions of Places and Objects of Interest, Distances To and From Them, Together With an Amusement Directory, Church Directory, Park Directory, and a Most Ample and Interesting Street Railway Directory. Illustrated With Map and Engravings. Also known as Gilmore's Guide to St. Louis.