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Missouri River as a Historic Trade Highway and Frontier
The article traces the Missouri River's role from early river craft to keel boats and steamers, naming Trudeau and Manuel Lisa as pivotal figures. It covers exploration by Lewis and Clark, Marquette and Joliet, the rise of steamboats, and the river’s impact on westward expansion and US power, ending with hopes for renewed navigation under a congressional bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Jean Baptiste Trudeau
Big Muddy
Dan R. Conway
West
Sierre de la Verendrye
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Missouri
Yellowstone
Mississippi
Ohio
Three Forks
Montana
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri-Mississippi
Marquette
Joliet
United States
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Lewis and Clark
Zebulon Pike
St. Louis
Fort Leavenworth
Yellowstone River
America
Oregon Country
Northwest
Mexico
Pacific
Peli Tamps
Panama Canal
trans-Mississippi
Upper
David Thompson
Cordelle
Coureurs Des Bois
M. Clamorgan
Poncas
Manuel Lisa
Lisa
Gregoire B. Sarpy
Big Ilora
Pittsburgh
Stephen H. Long
Rocky Mountains