The Journal of a Voyage up the River Missouri is a fascinating account of an 1811 journey up the Missouri River. The journal was written by Henry Marie Brackenridge, but includes contributions from Jedediah Vincent Huntington and Reuben Gold Thwaites. The journal offers a unique insight into life on the river and the landscape of the American West in the early 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...