Robidoux, Joseph, Founder of St. Joseph, News Article, 1943
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AM1992.48.5
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Robidoux, Joseph, Founder of St. Joseph, Missouri, News-Press Article. This article was from the Centennial Edition July 25, 1943.
Story about Robidoux setting a price and was to sell which was later the townsite which is now the heart of the city, extending along the river about ten blocks in each direction..
Everything was finished except the signing and the guests decided to spend the evening playing cards. Toward the close of the evening an argument arose over the game and Robidoux became angry and said that he wouldn't sell the land.
New photo of Robidoux painting, by J. V. D Patch in 1905. It hung in the tea room of Hotel Robidoux.
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St. Joseph History, Robidoux, Joseph, St. Joseph Centennial
