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The Mighty Missouri River and Its Powdered Past
This historical sketch details the Missouri river’s shifting channels and bends, the great wrecks and costs of early steamboat navigation, and Captain Grant Marsh’s era feats as pilots faced with snags, sandbars, and ferocious currents. It recalls Fort Benton’s rise, notable wrecks like the Saluda and Kate Swinney, and the Yellowstone voyage of the Josephine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Sieur Hubert
Platte River
Mississippi
Missouri
Phil E. Chappell
Kansas City
Kansas
Chappell
Fort Manuel
Manuel Lisa
South Dakota
Charbonneau
Sacajawea
Cressing
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis
Fort Benton
Montana
Gulf of Mexico
Yellowstone
Osceola
Yellowstone River
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
American Fur Company
Council Bluffs
Assinnaboine
Bismarck
N. D
Sibley Island
Pontiac
Dauphin's Bend
St. Joseph
Dauphin’s Bend
Louisville
Kate Swinney
Sioux City
Disaster Bend
Manas River
Fort Brule
Poplar River
Roosevelt County
Transportation Company
Fort Union
Old Fort Peck
Texas
Amaga
Philpell
Lexington
Francis T. Belt
Belt
Christian Church
Savannah
House of God
Souri River
Northwestern Fur Company
Fort Benton Levee
Fort Randall
Yankton
S. C
Fort Thompson
Crow Creek
Fort Sully
Fort Rice
Fort Stevenson
Fort Berthold
Fort Buford
Fort Hawley
Camp Cooke
Judith River
Grant Marsh
Grant March
West
Far West
Reno
Marsh
Cow Island
Kissell
Helena
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Munsoum
Yellowstone Park
Dasephine
United States
J. W. Forsyth
Phil Sheridan
Big Horn River
F. D. Grant
Mostana
Bozeman
Musselshell
Ophir
Marinas
Fort Pease
Upper
Fort Pearse
Fort ElNs
Park
Big Horn
Josephine
Joseph Mills Hangon
The
Poinat
William Clark
Clark