History of early steamboat navigation on the Missouri River : life and adventures of Joseph La Barge (1903)
Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1917 · New York : F.P. Harper · leaf 21
lly didand the motives by which they were actuated. To this XJV SOURCES OF INFORMATION. end, biography, and even fiction, possess distinct ad-vantages over the ordinary method of historicalwriting. In the preparation of this work valuable personalaid has been received from many sources,… … CAPTAIN JOSEPH LA BARGE(When a young man ) HISTORY OF EARLY STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION ON THE MISSOURI RIVER CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY. In the far-reaching operations of the French Gov-ernment upon the continent of America, by which itswestern empire at one time embraced fully half ofwhat is now the United…
