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Title
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The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West
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Description
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Portrait and chapter of the book about Louis Robidoux (1796-1868), a fur trader in New Mexico (starting in 1823) and brother of Joseph Robidoux III. Native of the Saint Louis area, namesake of "Mount Robidoux, near Riverside, California," and prominent New Mexican dealing with his brothers and other figures such as Kit Carson and Mexican "Governor Manuel Armijo," etc.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Comprehensive Plan: Westport Planning Area, 1971 Preliminary Draft, Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Preliminary report by the Kansas City Development (or Planning) Department on the projected land use for the Westport area, bounded by 31st, Troost, Ward, and State Line Road. Comprehensive discussion of the diverse area of the city, covering trends in population, housing, transportation, etc., and needs for redevelopment and zoning changes, with numerous maps and illustrations.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Study of Criminal Justice
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Description
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Research paper on criminal justice in the Kansas City area, undertaken by the Study Group on Criminal Justice at 1125 Grand Avenue in 1971. Discussion on issues of the courts, the Police Department, corrections and prosecution, and "victimless crimes," etc.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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A Boone County Album, 1820-1971
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Description
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Photos (of the musician, his sheet music, and possessions, etc.) and bio of John William Boone, or Blind Boone (1864-1927), "a blind Negro pianist" and "the most widely known citizen of Boone County, and perhaps of Missouri in the [eighteen] eighties and early nineties." Native of Miami, Missouri, becoming a musician as a youth in Columbia and then Warrensburg, performing and composing rags and classical music starting in the late 1800s.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Overland from Missouri to Washington Territory in 1854
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Description
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Article recounts the journey of the Jacob Ebey family of Plum Grove Place, Adair County, Missouri, to Whidbey Island, Washington Territory, in 1854 (based on the diary Winfield Scott Ebey kept during the trip). The party included fourteen: Jacob Ebey, his wife Sarah Ebey, his grown children Winfield Scott Ebey, Ruth Ebey, and Mary Wright and her two children, and friends Jack Lesley (with family), George Beam, and James J. Wood. Leaving April 27, they traveled on the Mormon Trace to Council Bluffs, then on the Mormon Trail. Includes discussion of the customs of such overland journies (organizing companies, methods of security, burial, daily routines, etc.). Includes a map of the route.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
