Paris Gibson

Paris Gibson

male, deceased (1920)
from Montana, from Maine, hydroelectric power, democratic, United States Senator, United States Democratic Party…MissouriRiver
Paris Gibson (July 1, 1830 -December 16, 1920), was a Minneapolis entrepreneur and Montana politician. Gibson was born in Brownfield, Oxford...
Manuel Lisa

Manuel Lisa

male, deceased (1820)
Andrew Henry, St. Louis Missouri Fur Company, William Clark, Murcia, Spain, Bighorn River, Astor Expedition…Missouri Fur Company, MissouriRiver, mississippi river
Manuel Lisa (September 8, 1772 - August 12, 1820) was a well known fur trader and explorer who founded the Missouri Fur Company. Born in New...
George Caleb Bingham

George Caleb Bingham

male, deceased (1879)
State Treasurer of Missouri, University of Missouri–Columbia faculty, MissouriRiver, From Kansas City, painter, American…from Columbia, Missouri, State Treasurers of Missouri
George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 - July 7, 1879) was an American realist artist, whose work depicts American life in the frontier lands along...
Big Mouth

Big Mouth

male, deceased (1874)
MissouriRiver, Oglala, Treaty of Fort Laramie, Whetstone Agency, Dayton Slater, Brule Sioux
Big Mouth ("Eh-Ton-Kah"/"Dayton Slater") (d. 1874) was an Oglala-born chieftain of the Brule Sioux, highly regarded by the Brule for his bravery...

John Evans

male, deceased (1799)
Indian, spanish, welsh, Explorer of North America, explorer, lewis and clark expedition…MissouriRiver
John Thomas Evans (1770 - 1799) was a Welsh explorer who produced an early map of the Missouri River. John Evans was born in Waunfawr, near...

Andrew Henry

male, deceased (1832)
William Clark, American miner, from Washington County, Missouri, Fur trader, louisiana purchase, Major…MissouriRiver, Yellowstone River, Missouri Fur Company
Major Andrew Henry (c. 1775 - 1832) was an American fur trader who, with William H. Ashley started the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1822. Born...
Pierre Cruzatte

Pierre Cruzatte

male
lewis and clark, Omaha tribe, Blackfeet, from St. Charles County, Missouri, Red Deer, MissouriRiver…platte river
Private Pierre Cruzatte was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He was of French and Omaha tribe Indian extraction. He enlisted with Lewis...
Hugh Glass

Hugh Glass

male, deceased (1833)
Animal attack victim, pawnee, Mountain Man, Fur trader, explorer, grizzly bear…MissouriRiver, Upper Missouri River
Hugh Glass ("c." 1780 - 1833) was an American fur trapper and frontiersman noted for his exploits in the American West during the first third of...
Joseph Robidoux

Joseph Robidoux

male, deceased (1868)
trading post, Fur trader, Cabanne's Trading Post, from St. Joseph, Missouri, MissouriRiver
Joseph Robidoux III (1783 - 1868) established the Blacksnake Hills Trading Post that eventually became St. Joseph, Missouri. Robidoux was one of...
Pierre Chouteau Jr.

Pierre Chouteau Jr.

male, deceased (1865)
Buffalo, war of 1812, thomas hart benton, From St. Louis, osage, From South Dakota…MissouriRiver
Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (January 19, 1789-September 6, 1865) (also referred to as Pierre Cadet Chouteau) was a member of the Chouteau fur trading...