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The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West
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The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West / Robert J. Willoughby.
ISBN
9780826219916 (hardcover)
0826219918 (hardcover)
Published
Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2012.
Physical Description
xiii, 252 p. : ill., geneal. table, maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Summary
Story of the six brothers who came from Canada to Saint Louis, creating fur trading and Indian trading businesses, founding towns, exploring Missouri, and dealing in land.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 29, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-243) and index.
Contents
The business of the father
Emerging sons
Working the Missouri
Into the mountains
Trouble at Council Bluffs
The Blacksnake Hills Post
Brothers in New Mexico
Joseph builds his own town
Dwindling prospects in the mountains
War and finding home
Queen City of the west
The end of their era
Epilogue.
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