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181. John C. Fremont John C. Fremont File contains biographical information about General John Charles Fremont (1813-1890), the "Pathfinder of the West," who was born in Georgia and became an army expeditioner starting in the 1830s. He made...
182. John Evans, Explorer and Surveyor John Evans, Explorer and Surveyor January 1931 First in a series of biographical articles about John Evans, a surveyor, trader, and native of Wales on the upper Missouri River in the 1790s as a member of the "Missouri Company," based in Saint Louis...
183. John Evans, Explorer and Surveyor John Evans, Explorer and Surveyor April 1931 Second in a series of biographical articles about John Evans, a surveyor, trader, and native of Wales on the upper Missouri River in the 1790s as a member of the "Missouri Company," based in Saint Louis...
184. John Evans, Explorer and Surveyor John Evans, Explorer and Surveyor July 1931 Third in a series of biographical articles about John Evans, a surveyor, trader, and native of Wales on the upper Missouri River in the 1790s as a member of the "Missouri Company," based in Saint Louis...
185. John Newman: "A Man of Uncommon Activity and Bodily Strength" John Newman: "A Man of Uncommon Activity and Bodily Strength" November 2008 A member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition or Corps of Discovery, John Newman is primarily remembered for "his court martial and subsequent expulsion from the Corps of Discovery." The article relates the...
186. John Robertson John Robertson May 22, 1905 Photo and chapter of the book about John Robertson (ca. 1805-1882), a mountain man also known as Jack Robinson, the "first permanent settler in southwestern Wyoming and a fur trader in the region for some...
187. John Weber John Weber May 25, 1905 Chapter of the book about John Weber (1779-1859), a fur trader starting out with the first William Ashley expedition in 1822. Native of Denmark emigrating to Sainte Genevieve, Missouri by 1807 and dealing...
188. Johnson's United States Johnson's United States 1862 Map of the United States, Lower California, northern Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands. State and territorial boundaries, railroad lines, rivers, and towns are indicated for the U.S., as well as forts,...
189. Joseph Reddeford Walker Joseph Reddeford Walker Portrait and information on Joseph Reddeford Walker, or Joseph Walker (1798-1876), an early fur trader and pioneer resident of Jackson County. Native of Tennessee coming to Fort Osage about 1818 with his...
190. Joseph Robidoux's Family: Fur Traders and Trail Blazers Joseph Robidoux's Family: Fur Traders and Trail Blazers Fall//1988 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...
191. Joseph Robidoux: Founder of St. Joseph Joseph Robidoux: Founder of St. Joseph December/13/1908 Illustrations and biographical article about Joseph Robidoux III (1783-1868), founder of the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri and an early fur trader in western Missouri from Saint Louis. Portrait and description...
192. Joseph Walker Joseph Walker Portrait and information on Joseph Reddeford Walker, or Joseph Walker (1798-1876), "ranked with [Jedediah] Smith, [Kit] Carson, Jim Bridger, Old Bill Williams and others as an explorer and pathfinder"...
193. Joseph Walker Joseph Walker 1952 Illustrations and chapter of the book about Joseph Reddeford Walker, or Joseph Walker (1798-1876), an early Rocky Mountains guide and the first sheriff of Jackson County, Missouri. Native of Tennessee...
194. Journal of a Voyage Journal of a Voyage 2006 Full text of the journal of Zebulon Pike's Southwestern Expedition of 1806. Includes a map, as well as journal entries commencing July 15, 1806, and concluding with a letter from Pike in Nachitoches to...
195. Journal of a Voyage Up the River Missouri; Performed in 1811 Journal of a Voyage Up the River Missouri; Performed in 1811 November//1816 Book review of "Journal of a Voyage Up the River Missouri; Performed in 1811" by Henry Marie Brackenridge, or Henry Brackenridge (a lawyer turned writer) about the book author's trip up the Missouri River...
196. Jules DeMun Jules DeMun 1997 Biographical chapter about Jules DeMun (1782-1843), an early explorer and fur trader of the American Southwest and of the site of Kansas City. He was a native of Haiti and "nobleman by birth" coming to...
197. Kansas City and Its One Hundred Foremost Men Kansas City and Its One Hundred Foremost Men 1925 History of Kansas City from 1542 through 1889 in the first part of the book.
198. Kansas City's First Forty Years Kansas City's First Forty Years 1962 Article with one paragraph about Andrew Drips [1799-1860, according to this source], "a noted figure on the Missouri frontier in the pioneer period" with the American Fur Company, a United States Indian...
199. Kaw and Kansas: A Monograph on the Name of the State Kaw and Kansas: A Monograph on the Name of the State 1906 Article about the "orthography of the name of the state" of Kansas, analyzing the various spellings and origins of "Kansas" and its abbreviation "Kaw" as official and unofficial names of the state and...
200. Kit Carson Kit Carson 1997 Biographical chapter about Christopher Houston Carson, or Kit Carson (1809-1868), a famous mountain man of the West. He was a native of Kentucky raised in Howard County, Missouri and became a saddle maker...