Old Saint Jo, Gateway to the West, 1799-1932 is divided into two parts. The first one is the chronological story of Saint Jo and the second is a series of brief sketches of sixty individuals and families who were some of the 'builders' of the area. The black-and-white illustrations in the book were contributed by Don Reynolds of the St. Joseph Museum. The color pictures were the work of John Falter, a native of the Missouri River Valley.
Gives history of St. Joseph as five towns:
Indian Trading Post
Queen of RIver Towns
End of the Railroad
Wholesale Town
Agri-Town
(See Photos scanned\History, St. Joseph)
Illustrations from book were originally digitized on History CD 10.
See 79.32.1 to view those illustrations attached to the book's record in this database.
466 pages, Paperback
