Name/Title
Fowler, William, Portrait Photos (2), c. 1860Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.316Description
Fowler, William, Portrait Photos (2), c. b/w. Copies of two portrait photos of Fowler, one in mid-life, the other as older man, as below. Fowler came in St. Joseph at the time of the Platte Purchase in 1837 and bought land that became the town of Wallace in Buchanan County. He was Circuit Clerk of the county from 1839-1852. He built and operated the Occidental Hotel on NE corner of 2nd & Jules, after purchasing Joseph Robidoux's second trading post building that sat on the site, razing it for his hotel. Among his children was the wife of General Benjamin Loan of Civil War fame.
See Museum Graphic, Winter, 1956. p. 15-16Made/Created
Studio
Alex Lozo Photographic Gallery of ArtDate made
1860Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Fowler Family, Occidental HotelRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
WIlliam Fowler
