Steamboats West: The 1859 American Fur Company Missouri River Expedition

by Barbara J. Cottrell Larson and Lawrence H. Larsen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870623850
• ISBN13: 9780870623851
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"