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Title: The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin), 1846-1935
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, Ralph Durham Co.
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ttlement was made at Sainte Gene-vieve, about 1735. The next settlement ofany consequence was Saint Louis, foundedby Pierre Laclede in 1764. By the Treatyof Paris in 1763, Missouri, together with allterritory west of the Mississippi, was trans-ferred to Spain, then ceded by Spain toFrance in 1800; it formed part of the Ter-ritory of Louisiana, purchased by theUnited States in 1803. In 1812 it was setapart as the Territory of Missouri. At thattime there was a population of over 20,000,and the chief occupations were agriculture,fur trading and mining. In 1817 the terri-torial legislature applied to Congress forpermission to prepare a state constitution,and on August 10, 1821, Missouri was ad-mitted to the Union, after a long contestover slavery. The first capital was Saint Charles, chosenin 1820, but Jefferson City became the per-manent seat of goveiTiment in 1826. Mis-souri soldiers engaged in several IndianWars, notably in the Black Hawk War in1832; the state troops also fought in the
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MISSOURI 2370 MISSOURI Items of Interest on Missouri {■■I Missouri lies almost in the center of the 1:1 Missouri Basin. Its length from north to n south is 287 miles, and its average width, l\ about 255 miles. |-| The Ozark Plateau, often called the I;;! Ozark Mountains, is not and never has 111 been a mountain region; it is merely a low P plateau, about 2,000 feet above sea level l;;j at the highest point, with valleys cut into II it. |!1 Missouri has more than one tliousand H miles of navigable waterways. j; I The prevailing winds are from the west |::1 or southwest; winds from the south and N east are warm and moist; from the west II and north they bring dry, clear, cool liil weather. liil In number of mules Missouri leads all ri states except Texas, but in value it is ex- \\ ceeded by Texas and Georgia. Missouri l!;i mules and horses are noted as among the |i best in the United States. 1;| The state is named for the river which l| flows across it. Missouri is the Indian ii\ wo

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