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Hiram Martin Chittenden

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Description:No less authority than Hiram Chittenden wrote this marvelous history of the early days of one of America's most important waterways. A West Point engineer, namesake of the Hiram Chittenden locks in Seattle, Chittenden was a respected historian of early western America. There was no railroad system in the United States whose importance to its tributary country was relatively greater than was that of the Missouri River to the trans-Mississippi territory in the first seventy-five years of the nineteenth century. Through the earliest days of navigation on the great Missouri, through its use in the Civil War, the Indian Wars, Custer's Last Stand, and its eventual demise as a major highway due to the development of the railroads, this history tells of an America that depended on rivers for expansion. Though Grant Marsh captained the steamer Far West, which took the wounded Little Bighorn survivors to Ft. Lincoln, La Barge also saw service as a captain on Custer's Yellowstone Expedition. The life of Joseph La Barge exemplifies the 19th century life of the river. The author met La Barge shortly before his death and found him to be an extraordinary wealth of information about early steamboat travel, as La Barge had owned and operated boats on the river for many years. He was on the first boat that went to the far upper river, and he made the last through voyage from St. Louis to Fort Benton. CHAPTER I. Ancestry Of Captain La Barge CHAPTER II. Childhood And Youth CHAPTER III. Enters The Fur Trade CHAPTER IV. Cholera On The Yellowstone CHAPTER V. Further Service At Cabanne's CHAPTER VI. Last Year At Cabanne's CHAPTER VII. Captain La Barge In opposition CHAPTER VIII. The Missouri River CHAPTER IX. Kinds Of Boats Used On The Missouri CHAPTER X. Steamboat Navigation On The Missouri River CHAPTER XI. The Steamboat In The Fur Trade CHAPTER XII. Voyage Of 1843 CHAPTER XIII. Voyage Of 1844 CHAPTER XIV. Changed Conditions CHAPTER XV. Incidents On The River (1845-50) CHAPTER XVI. Incidents On The River (1851-53) CHAPTER XVII. Ice Break-up or 1856 CHAPTER XVIII. The Head Of Navigation Reached CHAPTER XIX. Fort Benton CHAPTER XX. Abraham Lincoln On The Missouri CHAPTER XXI. The Civil War CHAPTER XXII. Gold In Montana CHAPTER XXIII. Incidents On The River (1862-67) CHAPTER XXIV. La Barge Again In Opposition CHAPTER XXV. Voyage Of 1863—The Tobacco Garden Massacre CHAPTER XXVI. The Blackfoot Annuities CHAPTER XXVII. Collapse Of The La Barge-harkness Opposition CHAPTER XXVIII. Captain La Barge In Montana CHAPTER XXIX. Captain La Barge In Washington CHAPTER XXX. The Indian Of The Missouri Valley CHAPTER XXXI. The Army On The Missouri CHAPTER XXXII. The Steamboat In The Indian Wars CHAPTER XXXIII. The Peace Commission Of 1856 CHAPTER XXXIV. The Murder Of Captain Speak CHAPTER XXXV. The Battle With The Railroads CHAPTER XXXVI. Last Voyages To Benton CHAPTER XXXVII. Declining Years CHAPTER XXXVIII Destiny Of The Missouri River This book published in 1903 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge. To get started finding History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: No less authority than Hiram Chittenden wrote this marvelous history of the early days of one of America's most important waterways. A West Point engineer, namesake of the Hiram Chittenden locks in Seattle, Chittenden was a respected historian of early western America. There was no railroad system in the United States whose importance to its tributary country was relatively greater than was that of the Missouri River to the trans-Mississippi territory in the first seventy-five years of the nineteenth century. Through the earliest days of navigation on the great Missouri, through its use in the Civil War, the Indian Wars, Custer's Last Stand, and its eventual demise as a major highway due to the development of the railroads, this history tells of an America that depended on rivers for expansion. Though Grant Marsh captained the steamer Far West, which took the wounded Little Bighorn survivors to Ft. Lincoln, La Barge also saw service as a captain on Custer's Yellowstone Expedition. The life of Joseph La Barge exemplifies the 19th century life of the river. The author met La Barge shortly before his death and found him to be an extraordinary wealth of information about early steamboat travel, as La Barge had owned and operated boats on the river for many years. He was on the first boat that went to the far upper river, and he made the last through voyage from St. Louis to Fort Benton. CHAPTER I. Ancestry Of Captain La Barge CHAPTER II. Childhood And Youth CHAPTER III. Enters The Fur Trade CHAPTER IV. Cholera On The Yellowstone CHAPTER V. Further Service At Cabanne's CHAPTER VI. Last Year At Cabanne's CHAPTER VII. Captain La Barge In opposition CHAPTER VIII. The Missouri River CHAPTER IX. Kinds Of Boats Used On The Missouri CHAPTER X. Steamboat Navigation On The Missouri River CHAPTER XI. The Steamboat In The Fur Trade CHAPTER XII. Voyage Of 1843 CHAPTER XIII. Voyage Of 1844 CHAPTER XIV. Changed Conditions CHAPTER XV. Incidents On The River (1845-50) CHAPTER XVI. Incidents On The River (1851-53) CHAPTER XVII. Ice Break-up or 1856 CHAPTER XVIII. The Head Of Navigation Reached CHAPTER XIX. Fort Benton CHAPTER XX. Abraham Lincoln On The Missouri CHAPTER XXI. The Civil War CHAPTER XXII. Gold In Montana CHAPTER XXIII. Incidents On The River (1862-67) CHAPTER XXIV. La Barge Again In Opposition CHAPTER XXV. Voyage Of 1863—The Tobacco Garden Massacre CHAPTER XXVI. The Blackfoot Annuities CHAPTER XXVII. Collapse Of The La Barge-harkness Opposition CHAPTER XXVIII. Captain La Barge In Montana CHAPTER XXIX. Captain La Barge In Washington CHAPTER XXX. The Indian Of The Missouri Valley CHAPTER XXXI. The Army On The Missouri CHAPTER XXXII. The Steamboat In The Indian Wars CHAPTER XXXIII. The Peace Commission Of 1856 CHAPTER XXXIV. The Murder Of Captain Speak CHAPTER XXXV. The Battle With The Railroads CHAPTER XXXVI. Last Voyages To Benton CHAPTER XXXVII. Declining Years CHAPTER XXXVIII Destiny Of The Missouri River This book published in 1903 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge. To get started finding History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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