Excerpt from Zebulon Pike's journal of his Southwestern Expedition of 1806-1807. This portion of the journal covers April 16-27, 1807, a time during which Pike was with Spanish officials in…

Portrait (of Pike) and article about the origins and opening of the Santa Fe Trail, starting with the French voyageurs trading with the Spanish there in the 1700s and becoming gradually more well…

Unidentified bridge.

Portrait and information on Joseph Reddeford Walker, or Joseph Walker (1798-1876), an early fur trader and pioneer resident of Jackson County. Native of Tennessee coming to Fort Osage about 1818…

Many stories and pictures of the flood's effects, occupying most of the issue.

Description of the first Fremont expedition of 1842 mentions Chouteau's Landing and the trading post of Cyprien Chouteau. While here, Fremont hired Kit Carson to be his guide.

Unidentified man and woman surveying damage after refinery fire as a result of the flood. Location not given.

Distant view, looking west, of Intercity Viaduct.

Biographical sketch of Andrew Drips (1790-1860), a native of Pennsylvania and resident of Kansas City starting in about 1840, engaging in the fur trade starting in about 1820 and west of the Rocky…

West Bottoms looking northeast, showing 23rd Street Viaduct and American Royal Building.

Unidentified street.

Photos and description of the Convention Hall before and after the 1903 flood damage.

Elevated view of a number of gasoline trucks damaged in the 1951 Flood; shows John Deere Plow Co. in background.

View of an unidentified woman sitting near a home damaged by the 1951 Flood, location unknown.

File contains information about various explorers of the Kansas City and Missouri areas, including early Spanish, French, and English explorations back to the 1500s through the fur traders and…

Excerpts from Zebulon Montgomery Pike's journal of his Southwestern Expedition of 1806-1807. This material dates from March 2, 1807 through March 4, 1807, and recounts a portion of Pike's…

Portrait and chapter in the book about Kit Carson (1809-1868), an explorer and fur trapper of the Far West, perhaps the most famous of the mountain men. He was born as Christopher Houston Carson…

Damage at 4th Street and Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas, after the 1903 flood.

As the title indicates, this article is about the life of John Colter, a member of the Corps of Discovery or the Lewis and Clark Expdition. Colter, though, was better known for his exploits in the…

Men working on an unidentified brick building, digging near its foundation.

File containing material pertaining to the Kansas River as it relates to Kansas City.

7th Street Trafficway and Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas.

Biographical chapter in the book about Dick Wootton (1816-1893), a Southwestern trader and long-time resident of the Bent's Fort vicinity. He was a native of Virginia moving to Independence,…

Illustrations, portrait, and biographical article about Judge Lewis Keplinger, a lawyer of Kansas City, Kansas and former member of the first party to climb Long's Peak in the Colorado Rocky…