Robidoux, Michel (Mitchell) Tombstone Photo, c. 1952

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Michel Robidoux GraveStone, c. 1952

Name/Title

Robidoux, Michel (Mitchell) Tombstone Photo, c. 1952

Entry/Object ID

P1995.1H.135

Description

Robidoux, Michel (Mitchell) Tombstone Photo, c. 1952. b/w. Photo of gravestone pillar engraved on at least two sides with information related to Mitchel (Michel) Robidoux, brother of Joseph Robidoux, founder of St. Joseph. A teen boy and adolescent girl are posed looking at the stone which is placed on a table. An unidentified man stands behind. A letter in the file (95.1H.135B) is from Bartlett Boder to Dr. (Howard) Driggs, dated June 14, 1952. Among other info, Boder remarks "Our local history tells us that Michel Robidoux had an early day trading post in the Wildcat Hills of Fort Laramie and just south of the North Platte river in Wyoming, and that there was a blacksmith shop in connection. This trading post was closed in 1854." "Also in Utah , in the 1820s and 1830s, Antoine Robidoux operated a trading post beyond the Shining Mountains (later Rocky)." Original digital scan located on History CD 04 .

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1952

Place

Location

UNKNOWN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Robidoux Family, Robidoux, Michel

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Michel Robidoux

Person or Organization

Mitchel Robidoux

Provenance

Notes

Photo may have been taken by SJM staff photographer, Don Reynolds.