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Robidoux, Joseph, History of Joseph Robidoux, 1799-1843, Records of Julius C. Robidoux, a handwritten copy, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
AM1992.48.13Scope and Content
History of Joseph Robidoux, 1799-1843, Records of Julius C. Robidoux, a handwritten copy, c. 1900.
Handwritten copy of Records of Julius C. Robidoux, now in the hands of Louis Robidoux. An account of Joseph Robidoux, how he first came up the Missouri River. In 1799 he came to the Kaw Bottoms, now Kansas City, where he remained. He then headed North to the Blacksnake Hills and Creek, where he founded his post. He went to St. Louis and reported to his company, the American Fur Co., later the Mission Fur Co. His reports and maps can be found today in the Astor Library, New York. He returned in 1803, and continued trading with Indians. In 1836, the Platte Purchase gave title to the government from the Sac and Fox Indians. Joseph Robidoux was given two and a half square miles to lay out his ideal spot, which was the original town of Saint Joseph, named after his patron saint.Lexicon
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