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1 Introduction: Rediscovering a Local Legend 1
2 The Wild West: Historical Setting 7
3 "A Most Cantankerous River": Taming the Missouri 28
4 Excavating the Montana 52
5 Construction and Engineering 86
6 Epilogue 112
Notes 119
Bibliography 127
Index 133
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Potvin Patrick
reviewed Steamboat Montana and the Opening of the West: History, Excavation, and Architecture on September 09, 2018
Steamboat Montana and the Opening of the West: History, Excavation, and Architecture
I was disappointed in this book. I had highly anticipated reading this book for several years. I had the impression it was about a journey from Missouri to Oregon or California on the Oregon Trail.
The author only traveled perhaps half of the trail and did not comment or even mention the iconic landmarks like Chimney Rock. Or what it felt like to ride in a Conestoga Wagon.
Rather the author regaled us with reasons why the "white" man was so superior. Indeed he ranked in order men of the prairie thusly: 1. Whites 2. Indians. 3. Mexicans. Gave a biased snap shot of life on the prairie and demonstrated why there are no buffalo left: they were all shot- some for sport and trophies; some for food. The Native Americans depended in them to live. The book shows the beginning of the destruction of the prairie and the beginning of the displacement if the Native American.
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