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Steamboating on the Missouri above Great Falls before the railway came
long article recounts the Rose of Helena first steamboat to navigate from Townsend to Great Falls in 1887, its crew, trip log, and reception by Helena citizens. It notes Hilger family ownership, later Holter dam era boats, and the Gate of the Mountains transportation venture with Canyon Maid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Great Falls
Warren W. Moses
Holter
Missouri River
Helena
Hist. Soc
Mont
Hilger
Montana
Nicholas Hilger
Charles Reece
William Hilger
0. M. Foster
John C. Major
Henry Pflaume
Stickney’s Ferry
Ferry
Dearborn
Half Breed Rapids
Bishop Brandel
Paris Gibson
Judge Hilger
Gate of the Mountains
Grand Canyon
Rose
Dubuque
Iowa
Reese
Fergus County
David Hilger
Montana Historical Society
Great Northern
Fern
Horace Clark
Clark
Malcolm Clark
Silver
Edgerton Country
Lewis and Clark Counts
John H Ming
Holter Lake
Hauser
Iowa Iron Works
Northern Pacific Railway
Townsend
State Historical Library
Historical Society of Montana
William F. Wheeler
Gorham
Bozeman
Great Falle
Half Breed
Stickney
Craig
Cascade
Vestel
Nate Vestel
H. J. Herrin
Holterdam
Bay
Mark Twain
Col. Broadwater
Harrison
Montana Central
Havre
Butte
River Service
Gate of the Mountains Service
United States
J. K. Graves
Pres
Wolf Creek Station
Transportation Company
N. D. Hilger
Holter Dam
Willow Creek
Bear Tooth Mountain
Lewis
Mr. Hilger
Picnic Canyon
Gates of the Mountains
Minnesota
Davey
Hel