The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh (1909)
Hanson, Joseph Mills, b. 1876 · Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. · leaf 50
he metropolis of the Gulf,certain of making a modest fortune on each trip. During the winter of 1858-1859, the Missouri Riverboat of which Marsh was then mate, the A. B. Cham-bers No. 2, commanded by Captain George W. Bowman,thus became engaged in the New Orleans trade. Beforesetting out from St.… … PhotiiKriiph liv S. J. Mori-. Steamer Nellie Peck at the Fort Benton I^evee, 1872 The piles of freight on the bank give some idea of thecommercial importance of Fort Benton in its steam-boating days.
