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Helen Elizabeth Lightle
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Inscription on back reads: Helen Elizabeth Lightle about two years old; brown eyes and brown curly hair. Now Mrs. Dody Mead, Rapid City, South Dakota. Picture taken in Kansas City, MO., Phares Studio, 549 1/2 Walnut. Reproduced by Western Blueprint Co. from a photograph loaned by Mrs. Louise Davis. Granddaughter of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann and Albert Wachsmann; daughter of Edward Jackson Lightle and Louise Catherine Wachsmann; sister of Louise Marie Edna Lightle; now Mrs. Louise Davis of Riverside, Missouri.
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Photograph
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James Bridger
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Extensive information on Jim Bridger (1804-1881), one of the greatest Western guides from the early 1820s to the Civil War, including the founding of Fort Bridger and the site selection for the first railroad across the Rocky Mountains, buried in Mount Washington Cemetery in Kansas City. Description of his life, including plotting one of the first trails across the Great Plains called the Overland Trail and later the Oregon Trail, killing of thousands of Indians, business location in mid-1800s Westport, and farm residence near 103rd and State Line in Kansas City, with illustrations, maps, articles, etc.
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Vertical File
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Bridger Family
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Information about the Bridger family, including the ancestry of Western explorer Jim Bridger, starting with Colonel Joseph Bridger (1628-1688), an emigrant to Virginia.
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Vertical File
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An Old Frontiersman: Jim Bridger, Hunter, Guide and Scout, Dies Near New Santa Fe
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Obituary for Jim Bridger (1804-1881), "known as old frontiersman, plainsman and guide for over a quarter of a century" before dying "near New Santa Fe, in this county." Native of Virginia traveling to the Rocky Mountains in the 1820s as a fur trader, mountain man, and western guide before retiring to south of Westport after the Civil War in New Santa Fe, Missouri.
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1881-07-19
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Newspaper Article
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Surveying the History of the American West
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Captioned picture of the bronze statue of frontier scout Jim Bridger placed at the National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence, Missouri. The sculpture was done by Tom Beard and an official dedication is to be held Sunday, March 14, 2004.
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2004-03-12
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Newspaper Article
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The Jim Bridger Bridge Opens, Replacing Treacherous Causeway
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The former Lydia Bridge which passes over Indian Creek and connects Bannister Road to the Linden Hills neighborhood to the south is now known as the Jim Bridger Bridge. The bridge spans 272 feet and stands 15 feet higher thean the original structure. The project was paid for by the Jackson County Urban Road System and cost $3.3 million. Ceremonies for the opening were held on July 22, 2004, with Dr. Bill Worley impersonating Jim Bridger.
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2004-07-28
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Newspaper Article
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Jim Bridger
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Sseated portrait of Jim Bridger. Description on the reverse side of the image reads: "James Bridger, father of Mrs. Wachsman. Taken for sons in 1857. Granddaughter, Mrs. Louise C. Lightle."
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1857
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Photograph
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A Friend of ''Jim'' Bridger
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Article describes a man's encounter with legendary explorer Jim Bridger in the Spring of 1850. William Walker, of Scandia, Kansas, was welcomed by Bridger in a small Indian village in Utah while travelling West to California.
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2005-11-21
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Newspaper Article
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Louise Marie Edna Lightle
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Inscription on back of photo: Blue eyes and blond hair, about two months old; now Mrs. Louise Davis, Riverside, Missouri. Granddaughter of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann and Albert Wachsmann, daughter of Edward Jackson Lightle and Louise Catherine Wachsmann.
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Photograph
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Inscription on back of photograph: July 1927, To James Bridger Zane from Aunt Virginia Brown eyes, grey hair
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1927-07
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Photograph
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Photograph of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann. Picture taken in 1875. Was living on farm near Dallas, Missouri, Jackson County. Daughter of Jim Bridger and his Indian wife from Ute tribe
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1875
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Photograph
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Edward Jackson Lightle
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Inscription on back: Edward Jackson Lightle married Louise Catherine Wachsmann, daughter of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann and Albert Wachsmann. Father of Helen Elizabeth Lightle and Louise Marie Edna Lightle.
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Photograph
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Wachsmann Marker at Union Cemetery
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Louise Davis, great granddaughter of Jim Bridger (right), and Adrienne Christopher at Wachsmann marker, Union Cemetery.
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1968
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Photograph
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Photograph of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann with Mr. Charles W. Hel?
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Photograph
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Louise Catherine Wachsmann
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Louise Catherine Wachsmann, daughter of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann and Albert Wachsmann, when she was five years old. "The picture was taken by Williams and Thomson Studio, Kansas City, Missouri. This copy was made by Western Blueprint from a picture loaned to the Missouri Valley Room by Mrs. Louise Davis, Riverside, Missouri."
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Photograph
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Photograph of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann by photographer Gilliland at S. W. Cor. 11th and Walnut.
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Photograph
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Louise Catherine Wachsmann
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Louise Wachsmann, daughter of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann and Albert Wachsmann. Photo taken at 1042 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri. She was seven years old.
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Photograph
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Mr. and Mrs. Lightle
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Inscription on back: Photographer - Carpenter, 615 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Father and mother of Edward J. Lightle; Father - Perry Lightle; Mother - Mary Jane Hampton Lightle. Their children were Edward J., Luella, and William. Edward's twin brother (never named, died at birth).
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Photograph
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Karst
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Inscription on back of picture: ""Louise, this is my mother's father. His name is Karst.""
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Photograph
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