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Title: Q.: Where Was Camp Union Located in Kansas City?
Description: 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.
Date: 1996-09-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fort Union
Description: Distant view of fort with troops in foreground; located at 10th and Central.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Distant view of hotel foundation of first building and the Old Fort next door; located on southeast corner of 10th and Broadway.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rudolph Friedrich Kurz: Artist and Journalist on the Upper Missouri
Description: Biographical article focused upon Swiss artist Rudolph Friedrich Kurz and his experiences with the Missouri River fur trade. Topics covered include his early life in Switzerland, his early travels in America, his time at Fort Berthold, and his time at Fort Union.
Date: 2007
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company
Description: 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.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Book

Title: In Memoriam: Sarah Walter Chandler Coates
Description: Illustration of "The Old Fort," Fort Union or Camp Union, the foundation for the Coates House, at 10th and Central Streets in Kansas City.
Date: 1898~
Object Type: Book

Title: An Unknown Factor?: The Role of African-Americans in the Fur Trade at Fort Union
Description: 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.
Date: 2007
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Weston's Guide to the Kansas Pacific Railway
Description: 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.
Date: 1872
Object Type: Book

Title: Fighting the Smallpox Epidemic of 1837-38: The Response of the American Fur Company Traders
Description: 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.
Date: 1983
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bad Medicine: Medical Knowledge and Practice of the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
Description: The article begins with a summary of various medicines and medical practices used by fur traders on the North American frontier. The next section is a transcription of various portions of Robert Thomas' Modern Domestic Medicine, published in 1829. The transcribed sections contain lists of drugs, herbs, and chemicals in use at the time and their various effects. The following section are transcribed portions of supply inventories from Fort Union from 1831-1834. The inventories describe medicines and their definitions. The next section is a list of patent medicines and their definitions taken from the same Fort Union inventories. The final section is a transcribed portion of a letter written by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Fort Union in 1859. The transcribed portion is a list of so-called Indian medicines and brief descriptions of their use at Fort Union during the period.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Robert Van Horn Letters
Description: 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.
Object Type: Archival Material

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