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 191
ort in 1890. The victory of therailroads was complete, and every year since theyhave extended their lines still further into the valleyand along the shores of the river, gradually cuttingoflf the small local trade to points not yet reached byrail. The boat was never able to compete with… … IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. ,r 421 dred! Nothing but the absolute exclusion of rail-roads could save the steamboat, and the developmentof the country made this as undesirable as it was im-possible. In this long and hopeless struggle the steamboatsfound a strenuous ally in the government of…
