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Pony Express and Various Stagecoach Lines
Title
Pony Express and Various Stagecoach Lines
Description
Information on the Pony Express and other stagecoach lines, the Old Plainsmen and Settlers Association and their meetings from 1909-1917, and the paintings of A. J. Miller.
Object Type
Archival Material
An Old Plainsman's Story
Title
An Old Plainsman's Story
Description
Letter from William Querry, a member of the Old Plainsmen and Settlers Association, after the club's meeting in the Hotel Muehlebach, recalling his days as a former employee of the Russell, Majors & Waddell Freighting Company leading up to the Civil War.
Date
1913-09-08
Object Type
Newspaper Article
Independence & 20th Century Pioneers: The Years from 1900 to 1928
Title
Independence & 20th Century Pioneers: The Years from 1900 to 1928
Description
Stories and recollections by members of the Old Plainsmen and Settlers Association meeting at a fairgrounds in Independence, intended "to show how they opened the way of western commerce and civilization," largely dealing with the Santa Fe Trail, mail, Indians, and the like starting in the 1840s.
Date
1979
Object Type
Book
John R. Kerr: An Old Plainsmen
Title
John R. Kerr: An Old Plainsmen
Description
Biographical article about John Roland Kerr (1834-1929), a Santa Fe Trail guide and member of the Old Plainsmen Association. Kerr settled in Independence, Missouri, in 1856 and served under General Sterling Price during the Civil War. Throughout the 1860s, Kerr and his partner, Preston "Pete" Parker, led wagon trains westward through hostile Indian territory. His and Parker's plains adventures were published in the June 7, 1929, issue of the Independence Examiner newspaper.
Date
2007-08
Object Type
Magazine Article