Name/Title
Robidoux Family News Clippings, 1908-1911Entry/Object ID
AM1981.1.41AScope and Content
Robidoux Family News Clippings, 1908-1911. News clippings concerning Robidoux and other St. Joseph events affixed to scrapbook page.
Included:
Page 1
--Many Enlisted for Canvass Tomorrow: Article related to selling subscriptions for the erection of a City Auditorium, 1908
--Letter acknowledging Louis Robidoux's donationof $100 toward the Auditorium. Feb. 26, 1908
--Letter from St. Joseph Mayor, A.P. Clayton confirming Louis Robidoux's accomodation for the grand opening of Hotel Robidoux., Aug. 31, 1908. On City letterhead, with St. Joseph statistics on back.
--Robidoux's Portrait to Hang in Hotel,
--Robidoux Hotel Receipt, 9/26/1908.
--Robidoux in California, Founder of Riveside was Louis Robidoux, brother of St. Joseph's Patron Saint, Sept. 27, 1908
--Move Robidoux's bones from Old Resting Place, June 10, 1908.
Page 2
--Old Gazette found in Trunk, News of 1852 Brought to Light, Aug. 11, 1911.
--Almost Centarian, James Maxwell dies at the age of 96, Sept. 20, 1911. (Personal friends of Joseph Robidoux).Relates story of Maxwell landing at Robidoux's trading post.
--Dr. Donelan and Robidoux, Dec. 16, 1911. Brief history of the man who founded St. Joseph by a pioneer who is now one of the few old residents of St. Joseph.
--Postegate Tells of Early Days. Former Mayor Came Sixty Years Ago., May 31, 1911
--Wants to Know if City Doesn't Own Market Square, , July 27, 1910.Lexicon
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St. Joseph History, Robidoux, Joseph, City Auditorium, Market Square, Hotel RobidouxRelationships
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Robidoux. JosephPerson or Organization
James MaxwellPerson or Organization
Donelan, E.A., Dr.Person or Organization
J. V. D. PatchPerson or Organization
Fred Postgate
