Historic Towns Of The Western States

CONTENTS


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INTRODUCTION Reuben G. Thwaites xix

MARIETTA Muriel Campbell Dyar 1

CLEVELAND Charles F. Thwing 31

CINCINNATI Milton E. Ailes 55

DETROIT Silas Farmer 87

MACKINAC Sara Andrew Shafer 121

INDIANAPOLIS Perry S. Heath 147

VINCENNES William Henry Smith 169

CHICAGO Lyman J. Gage 197

MADISON Reuben G. Thwaites 235

MINNEAPOLIS } Charles B. Elliott 265
AND ST. PAUL }

DES MOINES Frank I. Herriott 301

ST. LOUIS William Marion Reedy 331

KANSAS CITY Charles S. Gleed 375

OMAHA Victor Rosewater 401

DENVER John Cotton Dana 425

SANTA FÉ Frederick Webb Hodge 449

SALT LAKE CITY James Edward Talmage 479

SPOKANE Harold Bolce 509

PORTLAND Thomas L. Cole 535

SAN FRANCISCO Edwin Markham 569

MONTEREY Harold Bolce 617

LOS ANGELES Florence E. Winslow 645

INDEX 685




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ILLUSTRATIONS


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THE DEARBORN MONUMENT _Frontispiece_

MARIETTA

MARIETTA 3

GENERAL RUFUS PUTNAM 7

OLD BLOCKHOUSE, MARIETTA 9

THE MILLS HOMESTEAD, MARIETTA 17

HARMAN BLENNERHASSETT 19

MRS. BLENNERHASSETT 21

MARIETTA COLLEGE BUILDINGS 23

MOUND CEMETERY, MARIETTA 25

OHIO COMPANY'S LAND OFFICE 27

OLD TWO HORN CHURCH 29


CLEVELAND

VIEW IN GORDON PARK 33

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CLEVELAND 35

SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT, CLEVELAND 38

ARMORY OF THE CLEVELAND GRAYS 42

LAKE IN WADE PARK, SHOWING ADELBERT COLLEGE IN THE
DISTANCE 45

PERRY'S MONUMENT, WADE PARK, CLEVELAND 48

CHARLES F. BROWNE ("ARTEMUS WARD") 49

CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON 50

GARFIELD MEMORIAL, CLEVELAND 52


CINCINNATI

TYLER-DAVIDSON FOUNTAIN 59

ENTRANCE TO SPRING GROVE CEMETERY 65

RACE STREET, CINCINNATI 69

CITY HALL, CINCINNATI 73

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CINCINNATI 77

SUSPENSION BRIDGE 79

RESERVOIR, EDEN PARK 83


DETROIT

CADILLAC SQUARE SHOWING CITY HALL AND MAJESTIC
BUILDING 89

THE DETROIT RIVER FROM "WINDMILL POINT," 1838 93
From a Pencil Drawing.

WEST GRAND CIRCUS PARK 97

WAYNE COUNTY BUILDING, FACING CADILLAC SQUARE 103

COLONEL ARENT SCHUYLER DE PEYSTER 112

EVACUATION DAY TABLET, ON POST-OFFICE 113

GENERAL GRANT'S HOME IN DETROIT 115

HURLBUT MEMORIAL GATE ENTRANCE TO WATER-WORKS
PARK 117