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Title
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Robidoux Family
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Description
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Information on Louis Robidoux, a Santa Fe trader starting in 1821 moving to California in 1844 and becoming an early government official there. Brother of Antoine Robidoux and Joseph Robidoux born in Saint Louis about 1794 (according to this source).
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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A French Canadian Family among Western Pathfinders
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Description
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Illustrations and biographical article about the Robidoux family of fur traders in Missouri and the far west including Louis Robidoux and especially his brother Joseph Robidoux III (1763-1868), founder of Saint Joseph, Missouri. "Joseph, the eldest. ..was perhaps one of the earliest white settlers on the site of Kansas City. While yet a boy he had gone up the river with Captain Ashley on a trapping expedition in 1799. A few years later he established a trading post at the junction of the Kaw and Missouri rivers and remained there six months. Reports and maps in the Astor Library, New York, bear out this statement, it is said."
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Date
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1924-10-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 80 with Kansas City Businesses
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 11 advertising cards including four for businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. The cards show the following:1. A woman's face over a field of cows. Card says: "The Great American Drama. Only a Farmers Daughter." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."2. A woman and child sitting looking at a piano labeled: "Packard Grand."3. Three horses drinking at a trough. Card says: "$1,000 reward for the proof of the existence of a better liniment for human and animal flesh than 'Merchant's Gargling Oil' or a better worm remedy than 'Merchant's Worm Tablets' Manufactured by Merchant's Gargling Oil Co., Lockport, N.Y. John Hodge, Secy." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."4. A geisha wearing collar and cuffs and using an umbrella and shoes made of cuffs. Card says: "Celluloid Waterproof Collars, Cuffs, and Shirt Bosoms." Bottom of card says: "Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y."5. A woman with a man in a bathrobe holding a bottle. Card says: "Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The Deacon: 'Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man.' Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract-the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine."6. A woman wearing a fancy collar. Card says: "Yours for Health, Lydia E. Pinkham. Put this in your album." Handwriting on card says: "Something New."7. A smiling cat. Caption says: "Ha! Ha! Ha! I've eaten the canary!"8. A small image of a sewing machine and two scenes with a woman speaking to a man entitled "A Painful Alternative." One says: "I will have a 'New Home' Machine!" and the other says: "A 'New Home' or a divorce, Take your choice, Sir!" Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1030 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. F. M. Weaver and Co. Wholesale Dealers."9. Price list for purveyor of alcohol, "Louis Robidoux, Kansas City, Mo." Card includes prices for "W. H. McBrayer, Breckenridge, Golden Wedding Rye, J. W. Dant, Old Crow, Maple Leaf, Anderson County, Howard County Bourbon, Duncan County Bourbon, Jim Crow."10. "Columbus presenting to the King and Queen of Spain Trophies secured in the New World 1492." Native Americans are huddled in the corner and a carriage is displayed. Card says: "Columbus Buggy Co., Columbus, Ohio. Branch House, 806 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo." Bottom of card says: "The Krebs Co., Cin.O."11. A cat playing with yarn on knitting needles. Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., No. 101 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo."
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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The Robidoux Family
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Ester Maria Robidoux, or Ester Robidoux ("great grand-daughter of Louis Robidoux ("founder of Riverside, California") and Felipe Alejandro Banks, or Felipe Banks (great-grandson of Louis Robidoux).
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Louis Robidoux: Two Letters from California, 1848
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Description
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Biographical article about Louis Robidoux, a western trader based in Saint Joseph writing "two letters to an old friend in New Mexico, Manual Alvarez" in 1848. Brother of Antoine Robidoux (1794-1860) and Joseph Robidoux (1783-1868) traveling from his native Missouri to New Mexico in 1823 (at the age of about 27) as a fur trader and blacksmith, becoming a miller and mayor of Santa Fe by 1839, and leaving for California by 1844.
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Date
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1973-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
