Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi

aboard American Fur Company Anthony April arrived bank barge barrels Beltrami Black Hawk Bluff boat Burlington Post cabin Captain Harris cargo carried Chippewa City craft Daniel Smith Harris Davenport deck Dousman downstream Dubuque excursion Falls of St feet Fever River Fort Crawford Fort Snelling Franklin freight Fulton Galena Advertiser Gazette and Galena Grey Eagle Herald Dubuque hundred Illinois immigrants Indians Iowa Itasca July June keelboat Keokuk Lake Pepin land later lead mines levee Louis Louisville miles Minnesota Historical Collections Minnesota River Mississippi River Missouri Republican St mouth Muscatine navigation Northern Northern Belle Northwestern Gazette Ohio Orleans passengers Paul pilot Pittsburgh port Prairie du Chien railroad reached Red River Red Wing Rock Island Roosevelt Sauk season shipped Shreve Sibley Sioux sippi sissippi Snelling steam steamboat captains steamer Throckmorton tons trade transportation treaty trip troops Upper Mississippi steamboats upstream Virginia voyage Warrior West western waters Winnebago Winona Wisconsin