Address of Hon. Thos. Allen, of St. Louis, on the History, Characteristics, Resources, and Present Condition of Missouri Delivered by Appointment on the Centennial Commission, at the Judge's Hall, July 28th, 1876 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Address of Hon. Thos. Allen, of St. Louis, on the History, Characteristics, Resources, and Present Condition of Missouri: Delivered by Appointment on the Centennial Commission, at the Judge's Hall, July 28th, 1876 Sioux, and other wandering tribes. From one of these tribes, the name Missouri is derived; and by some it is supposed to signify mad, and by others muddy, as applied to the characteristics of the river, upon the banks of which the tribe dwelt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.