On November 10, 1808, the American militia and the chiefs from the Little Osage and Big Osage nations celebrated. Fort Osage, built on a Missouri River bluff 250 miles west...
Edwin James, who wrote an account of Major Long's Yellowstone Expedition,recounted that when the Western Engineerleft Fort Osage after a ten-day visit, it had as passengers for the first ten miles “Mr. Sibley and his lady, ...
This is a co-publication of the University of Missouri Press and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
With 57 illustrations and a lively and engaging text, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art tells the story of how a group of dedicated people turned the dreams of independent benefactors into a world-renowned museum of art.
Acknowledged as a significant figure in the history of women on the early western frontier, Mary Easton Sibley may be little known to many modern readers. Yet she was involved...