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Author:

Corbin, Annalies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99259957

Title:

The life and times of the steamboat Red Cloud, or, How merchants, mounties, and the Missouri transformed the West / Annalies Corbin ; foreword by William E. Lass.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvii, 145 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Inland water transportation--Missouri River--History--19th century.
River steamers--Missouri River--History--19th century.
Red Cloud (Steamboat)--History.
Business enterprises--Fort Benton--Fort Benton--History--19th century.
I.G. Baker and Company--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri River Region.
North West Mounted Police (Canada)--History--19th century.
Prairie Provinces--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-139) and index.

Contents:

Manifest destiny and the Missouri River West -- Claiming the Missouri River : the evolution of the steamboat eras -- Fort Benton on the eve of economic upturn : renewed business opportunities -- A new whistle on the wind : the Red Cloud on the Missouri, 1877 -- Fortune building on the high plains -- Freight, freight, and more freight, 1879-81 -- Big business on the Missouri River, 1882 -- The loss of the Red Cloud and the end of an era : Fort Benton in decline, 1882-85.

Series:

Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series

ISBN:

9781585445165
1585445169
9781585444847
1585444847

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61228568

LCCN:

2005020767

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)