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Title
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Pike's Column
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Description
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Excerpts from Zebulon Montgomery Pike's journal of his Southwestern Expedition of 1806-1807. This material, dating from January 6-February 1, 1807, describes the events of the journey near the area of present day Canon City, Colorado.
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Date
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2004-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fraeb's Last Fight and How Battle Creek Got Its Name
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Description
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Historical article about Henry Fraeb, "partner in the famous Rocky Mountain Fur Company and subsequently proprietor on the South Platte River." Fraeb was a mountain man in northern Colorado and a German from Saint Louis who worked with Thomas Fitzpatrick, Jim Bridger, Milton Sublette, and Old Bill Williams, from 1829 through the 1830s. He co-founded the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, which dissolved in 1834, and was killed in a battle with Indians in 1841 on the Snake River while a partner of Jim Bridger at a Green River trading post.
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Date
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1930-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Healy House - Leadville, Colorado
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Description
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Postcard of Healy House in Leadville, Colorado. Referenced, but not published in the 10 April 1971 Kansas City Star article.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Description of Kansas City and Westport in 1859
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Description
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Book includes diary accounts from individuals who took various routes to the gold fields in Colorado in 1859. Charles C. Post took the Arkansas Route. He describes coming up the Missouri River from St. Louis. On May 9, 1859 he arrived in Kansas City. He says, "This is a beautiful city, situated on a number of hills or bluffs, has about nine thousand souls, is only three years old, does a heavy business for New Mexico and all southwest country. It is a point that suits me much, and had I not determined on Pike's Peak, I'd have Ann Laura and little Charley here shortly and locate."
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Spanish Expeditions into Colorado
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Description
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Article provides a chronological history of Spanish expeditions into or through Colorado that are not often cited in such histories or lists. The first part covers expeditions taking place in the period from 1540 to 1600, and the second part covers the 17th and 18th centuries. Many expeditions are named and classified, including Coronado, Rodriguez, Espejo, Sosa, Onate, Archuleta, Uribarri, Valverde, Villasur, Bustamente, Tagle, Rivera, Dominguez, Escalante, and Anza.
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Date
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1924-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
