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Title
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Missouri Valley Trust Co.
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Description
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This bank building was built by the Bank of the Stae of Missouri which established itself on this corner in July, 1859. The stockholders who organized the bank were: Joseph Robidoux, R. W. Donnell, John Patee, Judge Solomon, Col. D. M. McDonald, C. B. France, Major J. M. Bassett, John C. Thornton, Armstrong Beattie, John Corby, P. L. McLaughlin, Maj. Frederick W. Smith, Israel Landis, Simeon Kemper, Jules C. Robidoux, M. Jeff Thompson, Henry Nunning, Dr. Silas McDonald, A. P. Goff, John E. Barrow, Joseph C. Hull and others. The Supreme Court of Missouri held its sessions on the second floor in the late 1860s.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Bank of the State of Missouri
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Description
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Sign above building reads Missouri Valley Trust Co. The bank building was built in July 1859. "Steamboat captains, slave owners, overland freighters, confederate and union soldiers have done business here. Pony Express riders, French fur traders and gold miners of Pikes Peak and Virginia City, Montana, have warmed themselves by the old fireplace before starting across the plains."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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SC15-6 Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Abiel Leonard (1797-1863) was a schoolteacher, lawyer, landowner, and politician who lived in Missouri during the early years of statehood. He served in the Missouri state legislature in 1834 and was appointed to a seat on the Missouri Supreme Court in 1855. Odon Guitar (1825-1908) came to Missouri in 1827 and lived in Boone County. He was a lawyer, politician, and a brigadier general in the Civil War serving for the Union forces in Missouri. The collection covers a large span of years and includes a variety of material including correspondence, legal documents, copies of 19th-century newspapers, photographs mostly relating to the Guitar family, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, manuscripts, certificates, invitations, and other items. Of special interest are family letters, a duel contract between Abiel Leonard and Taylor Berry, Guitar's letters concerning his California gold rush venture, Guitar's Civil War dealings, and genealogy information with some written in French.
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Date
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1809/1959
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Abiel Leonard, Yankee Slaveholder, Eminent Jurist, and Passionate Unionist
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Description
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Chapters in the book focus on Leonard's ancestry and early life, his duel with Taylor Berry, his politics, family life, slave holding, lawyer and judgeship responsibilities, federal politics, and the Civil War.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book Section
