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1. A Rugged Ozarks Resident at 83 Tells Tales of a Pioneer Neighbor's Prowess A Rugged Ozarks Resident at 83 Tells Tales of a Pioneer Neighbor's Prowess Biographical article about Jacob Coonce (1806-1878), a hunter and soldier from Saint Clair County, Missouri, building that region's first cabin in 1831 and moving around 1832 to Jackson County near Brush...
2. Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid 1809-1959 (bulk 1850-1890) Abiel Leonard (1797-1863) was a schoolteacher, lawyer, landowner, and politician who lived in Missouri during the early years of statehood. He served in the Missouri state legislature in 1834 and was appointed...
3. Albert G. Blakey Albert G. Blakey October//1909 Biographical article about Albert Gallatin Blakey, or Albert Blakey (1825-1877), a former Missouri state representative and mayor of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Native of Kentucky raised in Benton County,...
4. Alexander Doniphan Alexander Doniphan 1876 Portrait and biographical sketch of General Alexander Doniphan. He was born in 1808 in Kentucky, arrived in Missouri in 1830 as a lawyer, moved in 1833 to Liberty, was elected state representative in 1836,...
5. Alexander Doniphan Alexander Doniphan 1998 Biography of Alexander W. Doniphan, a Missouri military leader originally from Kentucky, gaining prominence during the 1846 Mexican War and 1838 Mormon War, memorialized in a statue in Ray County, Missouri,...
6. Alexander W. Doniphan Alexander W. Doniphan File contains photos, illustrations, and information on Colonel Alexander Doniphan of Liberty, Missouri, a hero of the Mexican War.
7. Alexander William Doniphan Alexander William Doniphan February//1885 Biographical article about Colonel Alexander William Doniphan, or Alexander Doniphan (1808-1887), a leading military officer in the Mexican War from the Kansas City area. Native of Kentucky moving to Lexington,...
8. Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) Third Quarter 1993 Brief look at the life of Alexander Doniphan who moved to Liberty, Missouri, in 1833. Highlights as his most outstanding accomplishment the leadership of the First Missouri Regiment in the Mexican War....
9. Annals of the City of Kansas: Embracing Full Details of the Trade and Commerce of the Great Western Annals of the City of Kansas: Embracing Full Details of the Trade and Commerce of the Great Western Plains //1858 Description of the importance of the Southwestern trade of the 1840s and 1850s to the economy of Westport and Kansas City. This included the Mexican War and California Gold Rush.
10. Antoine Robidoux Antoine Robidoux 1997 Biographical chapter about Antoine Robidoux (1794-1860), a Southwestern fur trader and early settler of Saint Joseph, Missouri. He was a native of Florissant, Missouri (a suburb of Saint Louis, Missouri)...
11. As the Wheel Turns: The Evolution of Freighting on the Santa Fe Trail, an Introduction As the Wheel Turns: The Evolution of Freighting on the Santa Fe Trail, an Introduction November 2008 First in a series of articles examining the evolution of freighting on the Santa Fe Trail over four time periods: 1821-1846, 1846-1848, 1848-1866, and 1866-1880. This installment provides an overview of...
12. Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State 1900 Photo and chapter of the book about Colonel Hiram Miller Bledsoe, or Hiram Bledsoe (1827-1899), a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and "the hero and ideal of Missourians."
13. Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State 1900 Photo and biographical sketch of Colonel John Hughes, a Confederate officer killed in the Battle of Independence, serving as an aide to General Joseph Shelby since the Mexican War and becoming "an author...
14. Bent's Fort Description Bent's Fort Description c1926, 1962, Bison Book 1982 Susan Shelby Magoffin kept a diary of her journey with her husband Samuel Magoffin along the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico in 1846-47. She arrived at Bent's Fort in what is now southeastern Colorado in...
15. Bent's Old Fort and Its Builders Bent's Old Fort and Its Builders 1922 Photos and article about Bent's Fort in southeastern Colorado as a stop near the Santa Fe Trail and its builders (mainly members of the Bent family of Missouri) and other traders there such as mountain...
16. Biography of Moses Grinter (1810-1878) and Anna Marshall Grinter (1820-1905), Pioneers Biography of Moses Grinter (1810-1878) and Anna Marshall Grinter (1820-1905), Pioneers 1999
17. Boom Times For Freighting on the Santa Fe Trail, 1848-1866 Boom Times For Freighting on the Santa Fe Trail, 1848-1866 February 2009 Third in a series of articles examining the evolution of freighting on the Santa Fe Trail over four time periods: 1821-1846, 1846-1848, 1848-1866, and 1866-1880. This installment describes the prosperous...
18. Charles Bent Charles Bent 1997 Biographical chapter in the book about Charles Bent (1799-1847), "fur trapper and trader, Santa Fe trader, part owner of Bent's Fort on the Arkansas [River], and governor of New Mexico." He was a native...
19. Charles Edmond Kearney: Overland Freighter & City Developer Charles Edmond Kearney: Overland Freighter & City Developer Winter//1991 Photo, illustration, and biographical article about Charles Kearney (1820-1898), an overland freighter and city developer born in Ireland and coming to Westport in 1852 as a freighter and merchant. Description...
20. Charles Kearney Charles Kearney Photos and biographical information on Charles Kearney (1820-1898), a Santa Fe trader in Westport. Born in Ireland and serving in the Mexican War before coming to Westport in 1852 as a western trader and...