Steamboats Rise on the Missouri in 1819 Record
In 1819 five steamboats ascended the Missouri, the Western Engineer leading Yellowstone Expedition efforts under Major Stephen H. Long. The voyage included stern river tests, cannon salutes, and entertainments in St Louis and Franklin as vessels pushed toward Council Bluffs, with Osage and Chariton sites noted along the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Missouri River
Glasgow
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Stephen H. Long
United States
St. Louis Enquirer
Independence
John Nelson
Franklin
Chariton
Western Engineer
Western
Col
James Johnson
Kentucky
Thomas Jefferson
R. M. Johnson
Cow Island
Atchin
Fort Osage
Kansas City
Lisa
Dr Martin Visits Purdin And Green City Friends
Dr R L Martin and family visited Purdin Friday evening at the Joe Creason home and with friends in surrounding areas. They plan to visit Mrs Martin’s parents near Green City and he will attend a Post Graduate course in Kirksville while here. They are based in Pittsburg Texas where he runs an extended practice specializing in tonsil work and other surgery. J M Fishback, recently thrown from a buggy, was in town Monday slowly recovering with a stiff neck and limited energy.
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Martin
Purdin
R. L. Martin
Joe Creason
Foreman named for Deer Run State Park
John Barker of Webb's Creek Reynolds County is appointed foreman of Deer Run State Park. The Game and Fish Department ruling bans personal checks for licenses from game farms fur dealers ornithologists and tannerist permits. Money orders or cash will be accepted. Attention Fish Dynamiters editorials note a youth died near Gideon Missouri from dynamite he carried to sabotage local fish habitats. the state stocking program is cited in the fatal incident.
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Fish and Game News
John Barker
Webb’s Creek
Reynolds County
Deer Run State Park
The
Game and Fish Department
Columbia Tribune
Gideon
Misouri
State Game and Fish Department
Warning For Fish Dynamiters From Young Man’S Death
A newspaper excerpt condemns illegal fish dynamiting after a young man’s death. It calls the incident a warning to malefactors and stresses enforcing the law to protect streams and wildlife. Reform rhetoric targets those who destroy fish habitats.
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Browning
Sid
Kingdon Players
U Browning
the Man
Texas
Toby
Farmers Exchange Bank of
O. H. Moberly
State of
Farmers Exchange Bank
C. A. Johnson
Dearborn, Mick
J. M. Fishback
Varias
Oxfords
Purdin Merc. Go
Purdin Missouri
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