By: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Pub. 1888, Reprinted 2022, 202 pages, New Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-477-8.

This book contains the general history of the state of Missouri covering such areas as Indian Wars, the Civil War, and skirmishes or battles in Missouri, early settlers, organizations of various counties, general history of various churches.. all of which pertain to the state as a whole. These are the first 196 pages which were located in the original 1880's edition of all histories by the Goodspeed Publishing Company on the state of Missouri.