In 1859, the American Fur Company set out on what would then be the
longest steamboat trip in North American history--a
headline-making, 6,200-mile trek along the Missouri River from St.
Louis to Fort Benton in present-day Montana, and back again.
Steamboats West is an adventure story that navigates the rocky
rapids of the upper Missouri to offer a fascinating account of
travel to the raw frontier past the pale of settlement. It was a
venture that extended trade deep into the Northwest and made an
enormous stride in transportation.
Drawing on the journals of Dr. Elias Marsh and Charles Henry
Weber and the official accounts of Charles P. Chouteau and Capt.
William Franklin Raynolds, who traveled aboard the steamboats
"Spread Eagle "and "Chippewa," authors Lawrence H. Larsen and
Barbara J. Cottrell weave together firsthand accounts of the river
journey with helpful commentary. Along the way, they interject the
river's environmental history and portraits of the Native peoples
who lived along the upper Missouri. Marsh and Weber remark on
everything from the Montana landscape to mosquitoes to Mandan
villages, and Weber's never-before-published journal illustrates
the recent technological changes that made their voyage
possible.
In the years after the Lewis and Clark expedition and before the
Civil War, steamboats were crucial in establishing commercial water
routes in the inland West. Larsen and Cottrell's depiction of this
one celebrated ride brings steamboat transport back to life as
modern, fast, and imposing--an apt symbol of the westward expansion
that spawned it.
General
Imprint: |
Arthur H. Clark Co
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Western Lands and Waters Series |
Release date: |
December 2010 |
First published: |
December 2010 |
Authors: |
Lawrence H. Larsen
• Barbara J. Cottrell
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-87062-385-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-87062-385-0 |
Barcode: |
9780870623851 |
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