MISSOURI This name formed two Indian words meaning "big muddy," and referred to the Missouri River. I. AREA 68,735 square miles. II. POPULATION Missouri (1900) 3,106,665. St. Louis (1900) 575,238. (1820) 66,587. (1810) 20,845. III. AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES The principal agricultural productions are cereals, tobacco, and fruit, horticulture being one of the most profitable occupations in the state. Stock raising and dairy farming are also extensively followed. The state has a vast wealth in manufacturing business, being one of the largest manufacturing centers of the country and holding the first place for tobacco manufacture. Meat packing, flour milling, and brewing are the leading industries. The value of farm products for 1900 was $219,296,970, as against $109,751,024 in 1890 and $95,912,660 in 1880. The value of manufactured products for 1900 was $385,492,784, and that of real and personal property was $1,093,091,264. Corn IV. PRODUCTS (1900) 208,844,870 bu. Value $61,246,305. (1880) 202,214,413 “ Wheat (1900) 23,072,768 bu. Value $13,520,012. (1890) 30,113,821 " (1880) 24,966,627 " Hay and forage (1900) 4,062,199 tons. Value $20,467,501. Milk (1900) 258,207,755 gals. Value of dairy products $15,042,360. Wool (1900) 4,145,137 lbs. Value $822,871. Timber cut (1900) 721,632 (M feet, B. M.). Lumber (1900) value of product $11,177,529. Tobacco1 (1900) 3,041,996 lbs. Value $218,991. (1890) 9,424,823 66 (1880) 12,015,657 “ Slaughtering and meat packing (1900) value of product $43,040,885. 1767. Pierre Laclède founded a trading post on the river, and named it in honor of Louis XV. 1775. St. Louis had become a well-known fur depot and trading station and had about eight hundred inhabitants. 1804. Captain Stoddard of the United States army succeeded the Spanish commandant at St. Louis, and the region was organized into the territory of Louisiana. St. Louis was made the capital. 1 While the production of tobacco has greatly decreased, the manufacture has greatly increased. 1812. Louisiana became a state, and the name of the territory was changed to Missouri territory. 1817. The beginning of the Missouri Compromise agitation. 1817. The first steamboat arrived at St. Louis. 1821. Missouri was admitted as a state to the Union. 1822. St. Louis received a city charter. 1852. The first railway in the state was opened, with thirty-eight miles of track. 1873. Opening of tubular steel bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, erected by J. B. Eads. 1901-1902. Expenditure of $900,000 in buildings for public institutions. ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ The name is taken from the French word for mountain. I. AREA 145,310 square miles. II. POPULATION (1900) 243,329. (1864) about 11,000. III. AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES Agriculture is handicapped by need of irrigation,' the acreage under cultivation being 1,151,674, of which the acreage irrigated is 951,154. The value 1 The greatly increased recognition of the importance of irrigation as shown in legislation, in appropriations, and in such action as the meeting of the Irrigation Congress in 1903, argues favorably for the increased utilization of Western lands. of irrigated crops in 1900 was $7,281,567. Wheat yields about thirty bushels to the acre. Stock raising is an important occupation, and the state is one of the first in sheep raising and the production of raw wool. The chief industry of the state, however, is mining. The value of farm products for 1900 was $28,616,957, as against $6,273,415 in 1890 and $2,024,923 in 1880. The value of manufactured products for 1900 was $57,075,824, and that of real and personal property was $153,441,154. Oats IV. PRODUCTS (1900) 4,746,231 bu. Value $1,790,938. Wool (1900) 30,437,829 lbs. Value $5,136,658. |