The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West - Willoughby, Robert J. (University of Missouri Press, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) 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
Keywords: Robidou family; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX); HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); Fur traders; Fur traders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; USA; Biografie