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Title
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A Journey to Missouri in 1822
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Description
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Mention of James Hunter as proprietor of "a saddler's shop" in Westport during the late 1830s or early 1840s, at a time of no other "businesses houses" there except for "dram shops" and the store of William Chick on the future site of the Harris House.
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Date
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1921-10-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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As I Remember
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Description
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Early history of the Chick family in Kansas City and Westport, starting with the 1826 flood and Indian trade, including involvement in the 1849 Gold Rush to California. Biographical descriptions also of William Miles Chick, or William Chick (1794-1847), father of the author, Washington Chick, and veteran of the War of 1812, also with information on the author's mother, Ann Eliza Smith Chick, or Ann Chick.
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Date
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1965
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Vicissitudes of Pioneer Life
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Description
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Reminiscences of the author, the son of William M. Chick. Includes the busy 1830s trading environment of Westport, subsequent move and 1844 flood disaster in Kansas City, and later description of travels of the author in the late 1840s in and around Kansas City. Also mentions work on ferries and steamboats for fur traders and other early businesses and describes the 1849 gold rush and 1848-1849 cholera epidemic, etc.
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Date
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1922-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
