Page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from June 4, 1881. The page contains two large images. The image at the top is a view of Kansas City based on a photograph by M. B. Bower. The image at the bottom is of a sixty-thousand-pound steamship bed being poured at the Morgan Iron-Works in New York City.
This Gazetteer features an alphabetical listing of villages, towns, and cities in the state of Missouri for the years 1881 and 1882. The listing contains the name of each place accompanied by a short description of its location, principle railways, mail services, and primary exports. Beneath each entry is located an alphabetical business directory. In addition to the alphabetical listing, businesses are arranged in a classified directory after the gazetteer. This volume is incomplete and ends at TAI-TAR in the classified business directory.