The life and times of the steamboat Red Cloud : or How merchants, mounties, and the Missouri transformed the West /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Corbin, Annalies
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2006]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Subjects:	Inland water transportation > Missouri River > History > 19th century. River steamers > Missouri River > History > 19th century. Red Cloud (Steamboat) > History. Business enterprises > Montana > 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.

Table of 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.