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Title
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Carrie Westlake Whitney
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Description
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Transcript of a presentation given at The Kansas City Public Library sponsored by the Women's City Club. Carrie Westlake Whitney was the first librarian of The Kansas City Public Library and the author of a three-volume history of Kansas City.
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Date
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2010-05-26
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty That Ruled America's Frontier
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Description
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This book traces some of the early generations of the Chouteau family starting with Auguste, son of René Augustin Chouteau and Marie Thérèse Bourgeois and the descendants of Marie and Pierre Laclède Liguest who was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri. Chapter 14 covers the life of François Gesseau Chouteau and Thérèse Bérénice Menard who settled in the area that became Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book
