The life and times of the steamboat Red Cloud, or, How merchants, mounties, and the Missouri transformed the West / Annalies Corbin ; foreword by William E. Lass.

Author: Corbin, Annalies.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006.

Descriptionxvii, 145 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-139) and index.

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