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| Title | Old Bill Williams |
| Abstract | Illustrations and information on William Sherley Williams, or Old Bill Williams (1787-1849 ca.), a Santa Fe Trail scout, mountain man, and Fort Osage interpreter. Native of North Carolina raised in the Saint Louis, Missouri area in the 1790s and becoming a hunter and trapper in western Missouri by the 1801s, compiling a dictionary for the language of the Osage Indians and becoming the posthumous namesake of a town and mountain in Arizona near the Grand Canyon. |
| Location | Vertical File: Williams, Old Bill |
| Local Subject | Williams, William S. (Old Bill)
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| Item Type | Vertical File
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| Access This Item | The contents of the file are not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view them or request photocopies from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 122743 |
| CONTENTdm number | 32201 |
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