| Abstract | Photos, illustrations, and biographical article about the western fur trading family of Joseph Robidoux III (1783-1860). Description of Joseph (founder of Saint Joseph, Missouri) "as an equal of Manuel Lisa, Pierre Chouteau, Jim Bridger and other giants of the western fur trade" and his brothers (Antoine, Francois, Isadore, Louis, and Michel, all natives of Saint Louis, Missouri), son (Joseph IV), and father (Joseph II), et al. |
