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Title: Old Westport
Description: Descriptions of the two of Westport's oldest buildings, the Chouteau-Bridger Building, now Stanford & Son's, and the "Ewing-Boone Building" or Boone's Trading Post, now Kelly's, both built in the mid-1800s, with descriptions of their histories and need for architectural preservation.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Book

Title: The Westport Antiquity Sweepstakes, or Who Really Has the Oldest Building in Westport?
Description: Present-day Kelly's was Boone's Trading Post in Westport, built in 1850 by the Ewing brothers, William Ewing and George Ewing.
Date: 1977-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Jim Bridger's Store Still Stands?
Description: Article about the store building used for Jim Bridger's business in Westport in the mid-1800s, bought from Cyprien Chouteau, still standing at 504 Westport Road next to Boone's Trading Post, with speculations of the date of its construction.
Date: 1974-12
Object Type: Magazine Article