[DOC] [TLE] Floating the Missouri River - Wikitravel [PAR] Great Falls until just above Fort Benton white water conditions apply and it is 
generally only ... at Fort Benton, Montana to where it joins the Mississippi River at 
Saint Louis is ... The Missouri is navigable by canoe and/or powerboat from 
Headwaters State ... Legal access to campsites is possible in the entire Montana 
portion. [DOC] [TLE] Steamboats 1830-39 - Steamboat Times [PAR] Steamboats on the Western Rivers from 1811 to 1861. ... Their passage of the 
Missouri began in April 1833, and ended a year later, after a winter of severe 
hardship at Fort Clark. ... Yellow Stone at St. Louis by George Catlin .... Two 
annual periods of high water allowed easier navigation up the river to Fort 
Benton, Montana. [DOC] [TLE] STEAMBOATING ON THE MISSOURI RIVER [PAR] But from St. Louis to Fort Benton and backclose on to five thousand miles, son, 
... And the Missouri has more history stored up in any one of her ten thousand 
bends ... the banks along the river, most of them fearing to appear too near the 
water. ... but the river is not navigable above the Great Falls in Montana because 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Benton - Birthplace of Montana - Legends of America [PAR] Getting its start as a trading post, the town of Fort Benton, Montana boomed when 
... Connecting the blockhouses and surrounding the post, was a 14 foot high ... 
Fort Benton in July, 1860, proving that theMissouri River was navigable to that 
point. ... Most made the trip on steamboats from St. Louis, Missouri, as it was 
much... [DOC] [TLE] Cultural History - Bureau of Land Management [PAR] The Missouri River landscape, though sparse in appearance, provided many 
resources ... Native Americans traded with one another for resources that were 
not readily ... arrival of steamboats to Fort Benton was the discovery of gold in 
Montana. ... They reached St. Louis in March 1833 and traveled into the 
American frontier... [DOC] [TLE] Missouri River facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Below Fort Benton the Missouri follows a meandering course east through the ... 
the Great Plains of the W central United States, crossing Montana, North Dakota, 
... Missouri and entering the Mississippi River 17 mi (27 km) N of St. Louis. ... river 
in 1819, and hundreds more later navigated the uncertain waters to Fort Benton. [DOC] [TLE] 1800s River Transportation - Fort Union Trading Post National ... [PAR] Fort Union was located 2,200 river miles upriver from St. Louis, Missouri. ... 
mountain streams of the Rocky Mountains in Montana joined to form the Missouri 
River. ... The June rise occurred when the river water levels' rose because of the 
... The drawback was stern-wheelers were somewhat difficult to steer in high 
winds. [DOC] [TLE] missouri river from great falls to three forks, montana - USGS ... [PAR] Missouri Eiver proper is formed in southwestern Montana by the union of three ... 
Thirty-five miles above Fort Benton the river pours over Great. Falls, and from that 
point onward it is navigable. For miles below ... The high-water width of the river, 
which in ... and empties into the Mississippi 16 miles ^bove St. Louis, 189 miles. [DOC] [TLE] Steamboating on the Missouri River - Montana Kids [PAR] For nearly one hundred years traveling by boat up and down the Missouri River 
was how ... In 1819, steamboats left St. Louis bound for the mouth of the 
Yellowstone River. The waters of the Missouri River, however, proved to be too 
rough. ... Fort Benton was a significant western outpost during the roaring days of 
river trade... [DOC] [TLE] The Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in Montana and the Northern ... [PAR] Missouri River from St. Louis to Fort Benton, effec- tively the head of ... snow and 
water up to our hips and dig the 'outfit' out. Farther south at ... The discomforts of 
stage travel were one thing the dangers quite another. ... narrow, with high walls 
and shrubbery along the ..... separated the navigable waters of the Missouri and. [DOC] [TLE] The Mullan Project - Steamboats [PAR]

Question: During high water, this river was once navigable from Fort Benton, Montana to St. Louis
Answer: Missouri