Bank of the State of Missouri

Sign above building reads Missouri Valley Trust Co. The bank building was built in July 1859. "Steamboat captains, slave owners, overland freighters, confederate and union soldiers have done business here. Pony Express riders, French fur traders and gold miners of Pikes Peak and Virginia City, Montana, have warmed themselves by the old fireplace before starting across the plains."

Banks

Leonard, Abiel
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Guitar, Odon

This building appeared in the 1973 film Paper Moon.

Postcard

Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers (SC15-6) See finding aid: https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%3A62947

SC15-6, Folder 7, Number 24

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