On July 12, 1879, Captain Charles Howell of the Corps of Engineers boarded the steamboat Miner at Sioux City. He…
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A Note from Cottonwood Corners
In 1832, Joseph La Barge, then only seventeen years old, was working on steamboats on the Mississippi River and was…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During the boating season of 1869, there were one hundred and forty-three landings made by steamboats at the Yankton Landing. …
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Late in the afternoon as the sun sent its last slanting rays over the broad prairie of Dakota Territory, travelers…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Steamboats on the Missouri River were constantly zigging and zagging between the two shores because of the ever-changing sandbars which…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
Steamboat service for passengers and freight began working its way up the Missouri in the 1820s, reached the mouth of…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
During April and May of 1866, thirty-six steamboats passed Yankton, all heavily loaded with equipment and supplies which were needed…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
At the bottom of the Missouri River and in the old channels of that treacherous stream lie cargoes of sunken…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
An examination of the records shows that a large portion of the business of the Missouri River steamboats pertained to…
A Note from Cottonwood Corners
For a long time the Missouri River was South Dakota’s main highway. During the 1800s, it was our Interstate 90. …