Wiliam Bent
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Wiliam Bent
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Description
Photo (of William Bent) and entry about the Bent brothers and their fur trading operations partially under Bent, St. Vrain & Company, the "[l]argest United States business firm in the Southwest." Descriptions of William Bent (1809-1869), a fur trapper and trader born in Saint Louis and operating in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains before retiring to Westport, Missouri, "where the famed mountain men James Bridger and Louis Vasquez were his neighbors." Also description of Charles Bent (1799-1847), the oldest of the brothers born in Virginia and forming a partnership with Ceran Saint Vrain (or Ceran St. Vrain) in 1830. Younger brothers George Bent (1814-1847) and Robert Bent (1816-1841) also described.
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Creator Name
Creator: Lamar, Howard R.
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Date(s)
1905-06-20
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Related Item
The New Encyclopedia of the American West
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Note(s)
This entry mistakenly refers to "Westport, Kansas," a town that was actually in Missouri.
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Shelf Locator
MVSC q978.003 N532
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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