Distant View of the Blacksnake Hills

Description

Steaming past the Blacksnake Hills on April 24, Maximilian recorded in his journal that the surrounding scenery was "very picturesque.... Mr. Bodmer made a sketch of the chain of hills and of the white trading house.... In the house dwell a few men who are in the service of the Fur Company. We stopped here for a while." This house belonged to Joseph Roubidoux and stood near the riverbank on a site now within the city limits of St. Joseph, Missouri.