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Title
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Hard Times for John Sutter in Westport, Missouri
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Description
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Portrait, map, photo, and biographical article about John Sutter (1803-1880), owner of the California land where the 1849 Gold Rush started. Born in Germany as Johann Augustus Suter and emigrating to Westport in 1837 on the way to the far west, buying a storehouse ("Lucas & Kavanaugh") and farm home near the later Uptown Theater (later the home of Allen McGee) and then moving to Oregon and California in 1838.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The New Encyclopedia of the American West
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Description
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Entry about Louis Vasquez (1798-1868), "[f]ur trapper and trader" of the West starting in the 1820s, native of Saint Louis, and retired resident of Westport, Missouri.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Book
