Robidoux Birth & Death Record written on Book Cliffs Mountains of Colorado, Description, c. 1900
Entry/Object ID
AM1968.13.14
Scope and Content
Robidoux Description written on envelope, c. 1900. Envelope containing 4 handwritten pages. Envelope (unmailed) has logo of Kansas City (Elks) Lodge, No. 26 return address and is titled (rather than addressed) "Antoine & Louis Robidoux, Fruita, Colo; Riverside, California. Description written on the sand cliff Books of Colorado" Author unknown.
Page 1 lists the birth & death statistics of Robidoux to include Joseph, the father, Joseph (St. Joseph. MO founder), Frances & Isadore, Antoine, Mitchell, Louis.
Page 2 continues with the list of 8 of Joseph Robidoux's children born from 1783-1793+.
Page 3. Describes where the Book Cliff carvings are to be found in Colorado. "Antoine Robidoux passe ic 13 Novem. bre 1837."
Description is "carved in stone wall at a point where the old utle trail passes a across the valley. It is said that there are carvings made by the French explorers all through the West."
Page 4 describes a few details about Antoine & Louis' later life.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Envelope
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Container, Document
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Accessories
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Search Terms
Robidoux Family, Robidoux, Joseph, Robidoux Inscription on Book Cliffs, Colorado
