Season 13: The Frontier Merchant
John Mullanphy
John Mullanphy was born in Northern Ireland in the mid-1700s, and because of the persecution of Catholics in Ireland, he immigrated to the United States with his wife and child just before the turn of the century. John first took his family to Philadelphia and Baltimore, and they eventually settled on the American frontier in Frankfort, Kentucky. An entrepreneur at heart, John opened several stores in Frankfort, and he worked to improve the town’s transportation infrastructure.
After the War of 1812, John met a friend, Charles, who encouraged him to adventure further into the frontier to St. Louis.