Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-06
YELLOWSTONE NAvIGATION.
noo1 News for Eastern and Southern
Montana.

Some time since we referred TO the CRANE
cientific and pleasure excursion trip con
emp1ated by DR.. W. A. Burleigh mex
eaoon. BY a circular just handed to us
" leGrn that all necessary arrangements
rebing perfected to make it success.
"a 6ew and ell CANT Yellowstone river
te1neer. General Terry now at fank.
d, %. r.. is being fitted up for tic
rip. The boat will proceed to the Great
1nDf the Missouri. thence back TO Blu
ord, thence up the Yellowstone to the
NofDf navigation. where the boat will
on for the excursiOnists to visit the
49, Fails and Canyon of the Yellow
l19nnd ,.se National Park. The steam
rNrD start from Yankton about the 18th
k1ny. 1t will stop at every place OF in
HeoooO the trip, and will give ample time
,s3iM.
uGt cur object in referring to Yellow
oaD navigation is to call attention more
Qs1hlty to the subject matter of a letter
ne94ly received by our townsman. Mr..
3ha GOewey, tscm lh. Burleigh. and in
Nh every business o,an ia Eastern Mon
- rhOuld feel a deep interest. DR.. Bur-
lGhis an old and thoroughly experienced
man. aud understands fisssy tin. s.-
1eof the proposi,ion Ire na:,Aes. he
NP1ees TO transport freight by boat rs
- the Yellowstone river as Ire can
u BoUErEEN INCHES OF WATER. Thus
opfediciion mace by Us Il year ago. that
yellowstone would eventually be nav
o6r1 within % miles OF EnZe.nan is in :;
u Wny to meet spce,lier fuitilihent than
ourselves had anticipated. But we
er TO let DIR. Burleiyi, state his own
opaeition, and in his own language, us
Is:
4 IANKToN, January 10. 1879.
oe,ceg. ESQ.
0hR SRI wrote you yesterday. and
01ntled TO write again To-day. Ii your
- are in earnest and can offer suffi-
~ business at living rates. | would
UW make arrangements 10 carry their
e. \. If | 60 into it do not want to
\ nnoyed with business elsewhere -
- linz your business will amount to
lo D. To give ME employment. I will
NJ Of the DoZeman and Virginia City
at fair rates, and lay it down as tar
y river as 1 can find fourteen 14)
of water.
cuf people will send a man here to
W vent your interests and authorized to
Dn1Goct, will enter into an agreement to
~ all your freight J have never been
3 Yellowstone higher than Terry's
a1D hg. [ left there the 18th of Sept.
II buad thirty inches of wafer.
intention is to put four or six keel
on the upper river to carry thirty
- each, on fourteen inches Of water. to
odn~n by six or eight mules each. We
1roaly carried all our freight on the
llel1hany and Red rivers in this way. OF
,uqe, ! cen tell nothing Of the state of
- f1ger above Terry's Landing. but from
D til can learn believe can run keel
po1fup nearly opposite to Bozeman. Ii
- sAy will build much smaller boat |
- the Terry to run from Fort Keogh |
IL me know about the amount of
e1E4t to he carried, and the probable
,oc0f getting it from Benton, from Bis
D !, from Yankton and from Chicago.
N&@, if your people mean business,
o1an agent here or to Omaha, and
i beet him, and, if possible, conclude a
,G yet for your transportation.
fe me at once-fulIy upon this sub
4 X
Truly yours,
a## w. A. BURLEIGH,