Bent's Old Fort Years Later on the Santa Fe Trail
On the Santa Fe trail near Bent's Old Fort in July 1846 war looms as Doniphan's regiment camps by Pawnee Fork. Decades later a Kansas City rail era trip brings Daisy Robinet and her mother to visit the fort and find a long-lost grave, meeting Captain Otthe, a cavalry officer connected to their past.
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Westport
Missouri
New Spain
Great Muddy River
Council Grove
Pawne Fork
Cimarron Crossing
Las Vegas
Mexico
Arkansas
West
Stephen Kearney
Fort Leavenworth
Missouri Cavalry
Pawree Fork
Timpas River
Bent
Doniphan
Walla
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Union
Plains
Snowy Range
Sancre de Christo
Seirra Nevada
Denver
San Francisco
Paso del Norte
Monteztmas
Pueblo
Wahatoya
Dick Ruxton
Springs
Daisy Robinet
St. Louis
Old Flandreau
Hamlin
Froe
Raton Mountains
Daisy
Mrs. Robinot
Mrs. Robinet
Chance
God’s Acre
Uncle Dick
Arousing the Boy's Ambition After Illness
A doctor tells a father to talk with his recovering son Micky to spark ambition and plan a future outing. The boy smiles faintly as the father encourages him to “fetch him” and play again, while the medical advice centers on motivating a return to activities.
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Micky
Boston
Grant Relics Packed and Family Remembered by Harrison
In a Washington interview Harrison, General Grant's old body servant, details packing relics for shipment to Washington and the family living in New York and San Francisco. He recalls Grant's calm demeanor through illness, his love for Mrs. Grant, and the general’s concern that relics remain together.
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Washington Cor
Cleveland
Harrison
Grant & Ward
Grant
General Grant
Europe
Washington
Dr. Douglas
New York
Douglas
Drug Clerk Recalls Harrowing Night with Teen Patient
In Chicago a drug clerk recounts a near disaster after a boy with a prescription enters his Randolph street store. Believing a fatal error poisoned by aconite could have occurred, he frantically rereads the script, fears a deadly dose, and then discovers the boy is a long lost child he embraces before calming.
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The
Chicago Herald
Randolph Street
Washington Boulevard
Stedaeeks
Nightlife of Fashion at the Casino Parade
The account describes a single night of elite activity with nocturnal parades, casino visits, and club gatherings. Gentlemen in formal dress, ladies in finery, and a social scene of flirtations, jealousy, and exclusion contrast with the lack of real love or joy among participants.
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Mother Hubbard
Bellevue Avenue
Belmont
Regent
Govnor
Burgundy
Betrothal intrigue and Napoleon's suprising marriage move
In 1809 1810 a web of royal marriages and state needs shaped Marie Louise's fate. Napoleon sought Archduchess Marie Louise as wife while Paris St Petersburg Vienna and the Tuileries weighed empires risks. Metternich pressed for her consent with duty over personal will and the emperor sought national healing through a future alliance.
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Duc de Cadore
Paris
Duc de Vicence
St. Petersburg
Napoleon
Alexander
Anne
Joshepine
Tuileries
M. de Lemonville
M. de Floret
Marie Louise
Emr
St.Petersburg
Prince Schwarzenberg
Vienna
Count Metternich
Metternich
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