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	Robidoux’s Town A Nineteenth-Century History of St. Joseph, Missouri By Robert J. Willoughby This urban biography of nineteenth-century St. Joseph examines the city's founding, potential successes, competition with other regional cities and how its initial promise to win regional prominence went unfulfilled. Historians of the midwest will find much of interest here. 223 Pages 6x9 Softcover $15.00
	The St. Joe Road Emigration Mid-1800s By Jacqueline A. Lewin & Marilyn S. Taylor From the time when the first wagon train bound for Oregon Territory left there in 1844, and through the early 1860s, St. Joseph was a major starting point for those following the California and Oregon trails. This book, with its photographs and accompanying maps, is a guide to following the emigrants' path from St. Joseph, through northeastern Kansas, and into south-central Nebraska. 64 Pages 8 ½ x 11 Softcover $12.00
	Old Saint Jo Gateway to the West, 1799-1932 By Sheridan A. Logan The first paperback reprint of this classic history of St. Joseph, Missouri. This great old river town on the western border of Missouri has more than its share of interesting history, including the locale for the assassination of Jesse James, which is covered in a chapter of its own. The town was laid out in 1839 by Joseph Robidoux and received its first big boost with the California Gold Rush in 1848. 464 Pages 6 x 9 Softcover $35.00
	The Seventh Virgin Selected Poems by Terryl W. Elliott At the University of Missouri, where Terryl W. Elliott went to school, there are six columns standing on the "old Campus" quadrangle, the remains of the original administration building -- long ago destroyed in a fire. The local myth goes that if a virgin should ever again graduate from "Old Mizzou," a seventh column will be erected. To date there are still only six! From this allegorical starting point the author takes on institutionalized education and religion in the title poem, The Seventh Virgin. His unflinching eye is then cast about, both internally and externally, for more subjects and targets. There are several poems on historical subjects such as William Clarke Quantrill. 105 pages. 5 1/2 x 7 Softcover $10.00
	The Lykins Neighborhood Guidebook Edited by Harold Dellinger The first "biography" of a working-class neighborhood in the Kansas City area. Everything you need to live in or visit the Lykins Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. The editor was presented with the Preservation Author Award by the Historic Kansas City Foundation. 98 pages 5 1/2 x 8 Softcover b&w and color photos $5.00
	1940 Missouri State Highway Department Road Maps of Individual Missouri Counties (reprints) 18 X 24 inches. All Missouri Counties Available Plenty of detail, including historic sites, cemeteries, bridges, etc. $5.00 each plus $3.00 shipping & handling per order of any number of maps. Shipped in mailing tube
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