Frontier and Pioneer Life
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Vinita, Oklahoma, Article, no date (C3431)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
"Downingville, Vinita or The Junction." Excerpt from the book, VINITA, I.T., THE STORY OF A FRONTIER TOWN OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, 1871-1907. Contains references to Vinita Ream.
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John Warnock Papers, 1846-1850 (C0420)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to John Warnock, Columbia, MO, from his brother, describing New York City. Two letters from Warnock to his wife in Columbia while en route to California in 1850 describing conditions of road, water, grain, number of miles traveled, and Indians.
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Beverly S. Watkins Collection, 1934-1983 (K0246)
0.25 c.f.
Scrapbook of news clippings and historical research compiled by James Anderson, historian for the Native Sons of Greater Kansas City, concerning the French Settlement and Community in Kansas City, MO and other people, places and events of Kansas City history.
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John J. Watts Papers, 1874-1912 (R0038)
2 cubic feet (38 volumes, 6 rolls of microfilm)
The John J. Watts Papers are notebooks of genealogical records kept by a circuit-riding Baptist minister in the northern Ozarks. The records cover Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, and parts of Maries, and Dent counties in south-central Missouri.
Jeremiah Wayland Accounts, 1837-1851 (C2937)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains household accounts, 1837-1839; medical expenses, 1849-1851; and accounts for outfitting a covered wagon trip to California, 1849.
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Welch Family Papers, 1839-1854 (R0391)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
These are typescripts of letters to and from members of the Welch family in Pulaski and Dade Counties in Missouri, and Scott County, Illinois. Topics include family news, acquaintances, health, crops, and the weather.
WESTERN CENSOR AND EMIGRANTS GUIDE (Indianapolis, Ind.), 1823 (C3202)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Issue for 7 March 1823 giving speech by Thomas M. Allen and national and local news.
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Wild West Postcards, no date (P0044)
1 folder
Postcards depicting legends of the western frontier.
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Walter Williams Santa Fe Trail Scrapbook, 1911 (C1443)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Series of newspaper articles on the Santa Fe Trail, written by Walter Williams.
Willis Family Papers, 1843-1908 (C0419)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Correspondence between A.F. Willis on a trip to the West and his wife in Fayette, MO. He spent several years in California, working in the gold fields and other jobs. Also letters from A.J.'s brother, W.F. Willis, from Alabama and miscellaneous letters and papers.
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Samuel S. Wilson Letters, 1849-1852 (C2692)
1 volume
The collection contains six letters written from a steamboat on the Missouri River, a camp on Blue River, and Sacramento, California, to family describing overland travel, gold mining, and camp life. Also included are resolutions by friends to the memory of Wilson, who died enroute home, and a copy of "The California News," 14 February 1852, with letter from George B. [ ].
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Wisconsin Company of Gold Seekers Roster, 1849 (C3512)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of 26 men who left St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 19, 1849, to seek gold in California.
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Theodore H. Wolff Papers, 1865-1979 (C3057)
0.8 cubic feet
Manuscripts, correspondence, and research materials used by Reverend Theodore Wolff in his writings. Also information on the Methodist movement in Missouri and other religious sectors.
Grace Wood Papers, 1859-1895 (C0441)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Land patents and other documents.
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Woods-Holman Family Papers, 1805-1906 (C0191)
0.25 cubic feet
Letters, documents, notebooks, accounts, and receipts of two southeast Missouri families. Papers concern family news, business, farming, livestock, religion, teaching, Native Americans, fur trade, economics, politics, Gold Rush and Civil War and descriptions of California, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas.
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William Yates Diary, 1859-1860 (C0460)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of a trip to Pike's Peak, 18 April to 6 July 1859; and a trip to the Cherokee country, 25 February to 12 March 1860.
Original in the possession of Mr. Yates.