Fort Osage Receives Fabric Donation
William Clark was appointed as US Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Saint Louis after the famous Lewis & Clark expedition. In a letter written in 1810, he requested cloth similar to the five fabric samples he had enclosed to be used as gifts for the tribes of Upper Missouri. The original fabrics now reside at the Museum of the Fur Trade, but two reprints of this fabric have just been donated to Fort Osage! Be…
McKenny-Hall Exhibit at Fort Osage
The curator and site administrator just finished installing a new temporary exhibit on Native Americans with ties to Fort Osage. Featured are original prints from the McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery, one of the original “coffee table books,” that brought western tribes to east coast parlors. The exhibit is up now through November 2014! Be sure to check it out!