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A Snag in the River
1media/Hailing a Steamboat LOC.jpg2016-07-26T07:25:11-07:00Kami Ahrens33725163279d0d2c192ca4833622696c30b8a49b99522About the Steamboat Bertrandimage_header2016-07-26T07:25:23-07:00Kami Ahrens33725163279d0d2c192ca4833622696c30b8a49bAlong the Missouri River, mountain boats, hardy steamboats created to endure northward travel, transported people, goods, and ideas into the untamed West, connecting the frontier both tangibly and intangibly to the rest of the nation. Mountain boats provided an invaluable source of trade and transportation for Western settlers. Throughout the middle of the nineteenth century, these boats serviced forts, settlements, and mining camps (learn more about their journeys here). While over 80 steamboats made the arduous journey between St. Louis, Missouri and Fort Benton, Montana, many never reached their destination and instead sank along the Upper Missouri. One such steamboat was the Bertrand, which sank after hitting a snag on its maiden voyage near DeSoto Landing, less than a month after its departure in March of 1865. The Bertrand was one of several steamboats in the "Mountain Fleet" of the Montana and Idaho Transportation Line (see Corbin 2000). While it was not uncommon for steamoats to wreck along the shallow Missouri, the Bertrand remains a unique specimen in that it was located and fully excavated in 1968-1969. Its contents, now housed at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, provide an invaluable glimpse into life on the American frontier.
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