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Title
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Dr. Benoist Troost
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Description
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Information on Dr. Benoist Troost (1786-1859), the first physician in Kansas City (or one of the first without a medical degree). Native of The Netherlands, emigrating to Westport in 1847 and building the first brick hotel here called the Gillis House hotel. Troost Avenue was named for Dr. Benoist Troost.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Dr. Benoist Troost
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Description
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Illustrations and information on Dr. Benoist Troost (1786-1859), the "first resident physician of Kansas City." Native of Holland (also known as the Netherlands) emigrating to Saint Louis in 1845 before moving to Independence, Missouri about 1846 and then Kansas City about 1847, building the Troost Hotel (later called the Gillis House hotel) with William Gillis on the Levee. Namesake of Troost Avenue and brother of noted geologist Gerard Troost (1776-1850) of Philadelphia.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biography of Benoist Troost (1786-1859), "[c]onsidered the first physician to reside in Kansas City," a Dutch immigrant and wealthy Kansas City real estate developer, including the Gillis House hotel.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Early History of the Lumber Trade of Kansas City
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Description
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From the booklet's dedication page: "This little booklet is issued at the request pf Jay Coatsworth and Frank P. Strickland life-long friends, and is dedicated to the memory of the Kansas City Lumberman of the Eighties who have 'Crossed the Bar,' and to all others interested in the upbuilding of Kansas City, making it truly The Prophetic City. the future Metropolis of the Mississippi Valley. - C. P. D. This booklet is a compilation of a series of articles written by C. P. Deatherage, and published in various issues of the Retail Lumberman, of Kansas City, beginning October 15, 1922, and ending August 1, 1923."
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Date
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1924
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Doctor and Mrs. Benoist
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Description
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A 12-page typewritten paper originally written for the Art Gallery Studies class at the University of Kansas City. Includes information on Benoist and Mary Ann Troost as well as the Troost portraits done by George Caleb Bingham.
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Date
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1953
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Dr. Benoist Troost
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Description
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George Caleb Bingham painted a portrait of Dr. Benoist Troost in 1859. Book contains a picture of the portrait and biographical information on Dr. Troost. "Some admirers of this likeness insist that it is Bingham's most endearing portrait."
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Date
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2005~
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Marriage of Benoist Troost to Mary Ann (Kennerly) Barkley
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Description
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Footnote about the marriage of "Dr. Benoist Troost [1786-1859], the City's first resident physician" to "Mrs. Mary Ann (Kennerly) Troost" or Mary Troost in the Saint Francis Regis Catholic Church in 1845.
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Date
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1923-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Historical Overview of the Ethnic Communities in Kansas City
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Description
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Not numerous as an ethnic group in Kansas City but notable for their individual contributions, arriving mainly after 1840, including Dr. Benoist Troost, Kansas City's first doctor and the namesake of Troost Avenue.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Book
