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Title
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Fort Leavenworth: Gateway to the West
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Description
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Book gives the history of Fort Leavenworth, located by the Missouri River in Kansas, which began as Cantonment Leavenworth in May 1827 and was founded by and named after Colonel Henry Leavenworth. Contains nine chapters and brings the history of the garrison up to the twentieth century. Includes numerous illustrations including photographs, drawings, and maps.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Visit the Oldest Home in Kansas
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Description
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The Rookery building, located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was built between 1828 and 1832 and is considered the oldest residence in Kansas. The building "housed the post's soldiers and officers, including Andrew Reeder, the first territorial governor of Kansas, William Clark's stepdaughter and a young lieutenant by the name of Douglas MacArthur, who lived there with his mother." The Rookery is just one of 269 homes at the fort listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of 66 others that are part of a $3 million preservation project. The home is still lived in but will be open to the public to tour during this week.
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Date
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2008-11-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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James Bridger, the Greatest Rocky Mountain Scout
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Description
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Biographical article about Jim Bridger, "the uncrowned king of all the Rocky Mountain scouts of half a century ago." The author relates his experiences traveling in the West and Southwest with Bridger in the 1860s as a soldier with the Eleventh Ohio Cavalry at Fort Laramie and back to Fort Kearny. A brief but detailed biographical history of Jim Bridger is also given from the author's recollections, including Bridger's physical description and his life as a mountain scout, said to have started when he left his home in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1822.
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Date
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1916-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fort Osage
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Description
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Photo and history of Fort Osage, "the first United States government outpost in Louisiana Territory," selected for its site on the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 and established in 1808, supervised by William Clark, located near Sibley, Missouri, and restored in 1948.
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Date
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1987
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Fort Wallace and Its Relation to the Frontier
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Description
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According to the article, "Fort Wallace was the last and most western military post of any permanency in Kansas." It was established in September of 1865 near Pond's Creek Station on the Butterfield Overland Despatch route to Denver. Various quotes from other sources are included as well as extensive information about the fort, the Indians and pioneers and the Smoky Hill route. Includes numerous illustrations.
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Date
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1926/1928
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company
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Description
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There are numerous references in the book to the Chouteau family and in particular Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and his involvement in the fur trade on the upper Missouri River. The focus of the book is the history of Fort Union, a fort of the Upper Missouri Outfit. The working arrangements between the Indians and fur traders early on is contrasted between the later dealings of the Indians with the U.S. government and the military.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
