The life and times of the steamboat Red Cloud, or, How merchants, mounties, and the Missouri transformed the West
By: Annalies Corbin ; foreword by William E. Lass.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Red Cloud (Steamboat) -- History.; I.G. Baker and Company -- History.; North West Mounted Police (Canada) -- History -- 19th century.; Inland water transportation -- Missouri River -- History -- 19th century.; River steamers -- Missouri River -- History -- 19th century.; Business enterprises -- Montana -- Fort Benton -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri River Region.; Prairie Provinces -- History -- 19th century.
Other titles: Life and times of the steamboat Red Cloud; How merchants, mounties, and the Missouri transformed the West
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Manifest destiny and the Missouri River West; title: Claiming the Missouri River : the evolution of the steamboat eras; title: Fort Benton on the eve of economic upturn : renewed business opportunities; title: A new whistle on the wind : the Red Cloud on the Missouri, 1877; title: Fortune building on the high plains; title: Freight, freight, and more freight, 1879-81; title: Big business on the Missouri River, 1882; title: The loss of the Red Cloud and the end of an era : Fort Benton in decline, 1882-85.