Missouri River Shaped U S Growth and Westward Power
The Missouri River fueled exploration and steam navigation expanding U S influence from Fort Benton to the Pacific. It enabled Lewis and Clark and Pike expeditions, opened freight and passenger routes, and spurred massive westward settlement between 1829 and 1850.
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Dan R. Conway
Missouri River
United States
Northwest
Fort Benton
Montana
Gallatin
Jefferson
Madison
Three Forks
Mississippi
Pacific Ocean
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Zebulon Pike
Major Long
Missouri
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Fort Leavenworth
Yellowstone
Yellowstone River
Oregon Country
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Pacific
Panama Canal
Western Engineer
Pittsburg
Stephen H. Long
A Steamboat Journey on the Missouri Retrospective
A memoir by MRS. M. E. PLASSMANN recalls the Missouri river steamboat era before railroads, detailing river travel's social and economic role, the pilot’s skill, Fort Benton lore, and the rise of steam power amid changing transport, with reflections on native and settler encounters along the river.
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Missouri
Manuel Lisa
Yellowstone
Montana
Redmen
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Portage
Atlantic
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Hudson's Bay Company
American Fur Company
Northwest
Mackinaw
Fort Benton
America
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