THE

MISSOURI HAND-BOOK,

EMBRACING A FULL DESCRIPTION OF

THE STATE OF MISSOURI;

HER AGRICULTURAL, MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CHAR-
ACTER; HER WATER COURSES, TIMBER LANDS, SOIL AND
CLIMATE; THE VARIOUS RAILROAD LINES COMPLETED,
IN PROGRESS AND PROJECTED, WITH THE DIS-
TANCES ON EACH; AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH
COUNTY IN THE STATE;

THE EMANCIPATION ORDINANCE,

IMPORTANT FACTS CONCERNING FREE MISSOURI.

INFORMATION FOR CAPITALISTS AND IMMIGRANTS

RESPECTING THE

LOCATION OF VALUABLE MINES AND MINERAL LANDS; THE
SELECTION AND ENTRY OF GOVERNMENT LANDS; THE
HOMESTEAD LAW; GRAPE CULTURE, STOCK
RAISING, &C., &C.

BY NATHAN H. PARKER,

Author of "Missouri As It Is in 1865,'' Geological Map of Missouri,'
"Iowa As It Is," Sectional and Geological Map of Iowa,” Hand-
books of Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, &c.

SAINT LOUIS:

P. M. PINCKARD, NOS. 78 AND 80 PINE STREET.
1865.

Transportation
Library

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

NATHAN H. PARKER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Missouri.

PRINTED BY
P. M. PINCKARD
78 & 80 PINE ST.