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Zenas Leonard Fur Trader in Missouri History
A portrait of Zenas Leonard, fur trader born 1809, detailing his rise from St. Louis clerk to Western trapper, rendezvous battles, Walkers expedition to California, and his later Missouri trading post. Also notes his Narrative rarity and death in 1857. Includes Missouri Tuberculosis Association infant care guidance and a letter about the 1939 World Poultry Congress in Leipzig and the U S invitation.
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Zenas Leonard
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
St. Louis
Pierre Chauteau
Montreal
New York
New Orleans
Pierre Chouteau
Pittsburgh
Far West
Gnatt and Backwell
Smith
Fitzpatrick
Bridger
Robert Campbell
William Sublett
Pierre’s Hale
Idaho
Pierre's Hale
California
Western
America
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Abraham and
Elizabeth Armstrong Leonard
Pittsburg
Leonard
Yellowstone
Gila
Laramie
Santa Fe
Rockies
Columbia
Pierre Hole
Utah
Nevada
High Sierras
Walkers’ Pass
Bonneville
Pennsylania
Sibley
Santa Ti'e
Poultry Raisers
Poultry Journal
Japan
London
Germany
Leipzig
United States
Congress
Washington
The
Hague
Barcelona
Spain
Ottawa
Canada
England
Rome
Italy
Frank Priebe