02151nam 2200553 a 450 991046228050332120200520144314.00-8262-7291-6(CKB)2670000000276861(EBL)3440819(SSID)ssj0000798398(PQKBManifestationID)12341355(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798398(PQKBWorkID)10742329(PQKB)10882089(MiAaPQ)EBC3440819(OCoLC)868217548(MdBmJHUP)muse26128(Au-PeEL)EBL3440819(CaPaEBR)ebr10626934(OCoLC)932311625(EXLCZ)99267000000027686120121129d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West[electronic resource] /Robert J. WilloughbyColumbia University of Missouri Press20121 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8262-1991-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.The business of the father -- Emerging sons -- Working the Missouri -- Into the mountains -- Trouble at Council Bluffs -- The Blacksnake Hills Post -- Brothers in New Mexico -- Joseph builds his own town -- Dwindling prospects in the mountains -- War and finding home -- Queen City of the west -- The end of their era -- Epilogue.Story of the six brothers who came from Canada to Saint Louis, creating fur trading and Indian trading businesses, founding towns, exploring Missouri, and dealing in land.French-CanadiansMissouriWest (U.S.)HistoryElectronic books.French-Canadians978.02Willoughby Robert J982187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462280503321The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West2241587UNINA