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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Photos, illustrations, maps, and article about early Spanish explorations and Indian implements in Kansas. Depiction of the routes of Francisco Coronado (in 1541) from New Mexico to "Quivira…

One paragraph about the grave of James Bridger, commonly known as Jim Bridger.

Chapter of the book about William Gordon, "a surveyor, a clerk, a trader, a trapper, and an Indian affairs officer," supposedly a native of Virginia and War of 1812 veteran, in Saint Louis…

Photo and biographical sketch of William Gilpin, "[e]xplorer and statesman," featuring his exploring and military career, incluidng the Seminole War in the 1830s, expedition to Oregon with…

Photo (of Dr. Waldo) and biographical article (written by Waldo's grandson) about Dr. David Waldo (1802-1878), a "physician, soldier, wealthy landowner, and early day Santa Fe trader"…

Article discusses the importance of the fur trade before, during, and after the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Includes a full-page chart of "Beaver Caught and Killed by the Corps of Discovery…

Extensive article about Captain Nathan Boone (1781-1856), the youngest son of pioneer Daniel Boone. Article discusses Nathan's career of trapping, exploring, and military surveying of territory…

Well documented article with illustrations about fur trade entrepreneur Robert Campbell. Lead in to the article states: "Between 1825 and 1835 Robert Campbell emerged as a fur trade entrepreneur…

Reprint of a portion of Zebulon Pike's 1806-1807 Southwest Expedition journal. Entries cover the period of April 28-May 11, 1807, when the expedition departed from Chihuahua, Mexico.

Book review of A Journey through Kansas, by Boynton and Mason, about their voyage in 1854 from Weston, Missouri, through the Kansas Territory to the Rocky Mountains (then the western limit of the…

View of Mr. Putsch's Restaurant and Lounge at 333 W. 47th Street. An individual is posed outside of the building and a pedestrian is passing.

Article tells what little is known about French Canadian fur trader Charles Courtin. Courtin was one of the first European Americans to go as far as Montana in his explorations. References to…

First in a series of biographical articles about John Evans, a surveyor, trader, and native of Wales on the upper Missouri River in the 1790s as a member of the "Missouri Company," based in…