the State Historical Society of Missouri
Born on July 9, 1808, in Mason County, Kentucky, Alexander William Doniphan was the son of…
Established in 1808 under the superintendence of William Clark, Fort Osage served as a US military outpost and a…
![Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-06/Francis-White-Cloud.jpg?h=46afd397&itok=EItLaSEK "Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]")
The Ioways did not live in what is now Missouri for much of the historical era.…