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Title
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Military Protection of the Santa Fe Trail and Trade
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Description
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Photo and article about the history of military protection of the Santa Fe Trail and its trade in the early 1800s between Kansas City and New Mexico.
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Date
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1954-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A Snapshot of Alexander W. Doniphan, 1808-1887
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Description
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Biographical article about Colonel Alexander Doniphan (1808-1873), a lawyer, judge, and military officer of Clay County, Missouri known for his refusal to slaughter the Mormons in 1830s Missouri against a direct order.
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Date
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1943-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fort Orleans of the Missoury [sic]
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Description
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History of Fort Orleans, "earliest military post in the Missouri valley" operated by the French "from 1723 to 1728 on the north bank of the Missouri river, some two miles west of the Wakenda river in what is now Carroll county, Missouri [two counties east of Clay County]."
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Date
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1941-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article