This document contains the thirty-first annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1876. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1877.
Containing: I. A Colored Township Map of Missouri, corrected down to the time of publication. II. A Colored Map of the City of St. Louis, showing the Wards, Lines of Street Railroads, etc. III. A Colored Outline Map, showing the Railroad Connections of St. Louis and the West. IV. Table of Stations, Distances and Connections, for all Railroads leading out of St. Louis, embracing nearly one thousand stations on seventeen Railroads, with a combined length of about four thousand miles. V. Statistics of the counties of Missouri, showing for each county its population, area in acres, assessed value of land, average value per acre, value of real and personal property, number of farms, value of farm products, value of manufactured products, number of schools, children of school age, children attending. VI. List of nearly five hundred cities, towns and villages in Missouri, showing population, number of business houses, with directions for travelers or shippers to reach them most conveniently. VII. Brief sketch of Missouri and St. Louis. VIII. Brief sketch of the Counties of Missouri.
This document contains the thirtieth annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1875. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1876.
Thomas T. Kerslake writes of his travels from Ontario, Canada to New Zealand in 1877. He leaves Plattsville, Ontario, Canada on September 29, 1877. Traveling across the United States by rail, he gives accounts of large and small cities (Chicago, Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Promontory Point, San Francisco) and of the landscape and wild life on the plains and the Mississippi River. At San Francisco he boards the boat "City of Sydney" sailing across the Pacific Ocean, stopping in the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands before landing in Wellington, New Zealand in early November 1877.
1874 report detailing the problems and opportunities presented by the Mill Creek Valley railroad corridor through the city of St. Louis. As that corridor divided the city, various recommendations were discussed to construct bridges over it.
This document contains the thirty-second annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1877. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1878.
This document contains the twenty-seventh annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1872. It was printed after the annual meeting in January of 1873.
This document contains the thirty-fourth annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1879. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1880.
The five story building on the corner was a gambling house half a century ago. Next door is shown a portion of a building where "Wilson's Minstrels" held forth. This spot eventually became the location of the Telegraphers National Bank.
Side-wheel packet James Howard, built in 1870 for the St. Louis-New Orleans trade. In 1872 she transported the Grade Duke Alexis of Russia and his entourage to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. In March of 1881 she burned at St. Louis while carrying a large cargo of sugar.
Being a complete index to the residents of the entire city, and a classified business directory, to which is added an appendix containing useful information of the churches, banks, insurance companies, city, state and other miscellaneous matters; together with a map from the latest surveys, and also a street directory.