This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Josephine and Far West Steamboats Chase Yellowstone History
The Josephine led by Captain Grant Marsh reached Pompeys Pillar in 1875 and a 40 mile Yellowstone ascent in 1876. The Far West served as supply, ferry, and patrol vessel for Custer era campaigns, delivering troops and cargo and aiding general movements on the Yellowstone frontier.
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Missouri
Yellowstone
Joséphine
Far West
Billings
Custer
Reno
Benteen
Bismarck
Big Horn
F. D. Grant
Musselhell
Fort Ellis
United States
Bozeman
Josephine
Joseph Mills Hangon
The
William Clark
Clark
Captain Marsh
Pryor
Hell Roaring Rapids
Sheridan
Marsh
Coulson Packet Company
Fort Lincoln
Yankton
Grant Marsh
Dave Campbell
Ben Thompson
George Foulk
John Hardy
Walter Burleigh
Fort Buford
6Th Infantry
Stephen Baker
John A. Carlin
Leutenant
Major Moore
Theent Bank
the Yellowstone
Stanley
Gibbon
Terry
Old Stanley Trail
Little Missouri
Beaver Creek
Powder
Moore
Brisbin
Clifford
Little Big Horn
Dakota
John J. Roe
Mark Twain
Madrid Bend
Mississippi