Excerpt from The Missouri Hand-Book, Embracing a Full Description of the State of Missouri: Her Agricultural, Mineralogical and Geological Character; Her Water Courses, Timber Lands, Soil and Climate; The Various Railroad Lines Completed, in Progress and Projected, With the Distances on Each; And Description of Each Country in the State; The Ema
If this hand-book'. Shall tend to throw a light over the immigrant's path, or serve to eradicate or lessen whatever Of misconception or Of prejudice may have existed in the minds of strangers - if, as the fruit Of his labors, the author shall be able to induce others to join the mighty host that even now is swarming to Missouri, by representing] the State, her resources and advantages, in a true ight before the world, and to assign to Missouri that lofty rank among the States which she must soon attain and forever hold - he will feel that he has not labored in vain.
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