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Title
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Q.: Where Was Camp Union Located in Kansas City?
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Description
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Description of the earthen camp walls at 10th and Central Streets in Kansas City in 1861, a Civil War encampment also known as Fort Union.
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Date
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1996-09-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Fort Union
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Description
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Distant view of fort complex; located at 10th and Central.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Union
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Description
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Distant view of fort with troops in foreground; located at 10th and Central.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coates House Hotel
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Description
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Distant view of hotel foundation of first building and the Old Fort next door; located on southeast corner of 10th and Broadway.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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
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Title
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In Memoriam: Sarah Walter Chandler Coates
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Description
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Illustration of "The Old Fort," Fort Union or Camp Union, the foundation for the Coates House, at 10th and Central Streets in Kansas City.
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Date
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1898~
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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An Unknown Factor?: The Role of African-Americans in the Fur Trade at Fort Union
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Description
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Article that summarizes the activities of African-Americans involved with the upper-Missouri River fur trade at Fort Union. The author asserts that the proportion of African-Americans involved with the fur trade was likely equal to that of their proportion of the total population at that time.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Weston's Guide to the Kansas Pacific Railway
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Description
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Description of the unnamed fort on the site of the later Broadway Hotel, "thrown up" to guard against the capture of the city during the border warfare leading up to the Civil War.
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Date
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1872
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Fighting the Smallpox Epidemic of 1837-38: The Response of the American Fur Company Traders
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Description
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Article describes the varied responses of traders working for the American Fur Company at Forts Clark and Union on the upper Missouri River during the smallpox outbreak of 1837 and 1838. A map is provided that displays the locations of the forts as well as other fur trading posts and U.S. Indian agencies.
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Date
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1983
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Robert Van Horn Letters
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Description
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Folder contains several letters written by Robert T. Van Horn. In them he discusses his involvement in the Civil War including where Fort Union was located in downtown Kansas City, as well has his reminiscences of Westport, Santa Fe Trail, and other things.
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Object Type
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Archival Material