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Title: Bighorn, Montana, Cora
Date: 1865-12-16
Description: Steamers BIGHORN, MONTANA, CORA. Breaking of the ice, St. Louis, 1865 (Dec. 16). Sam G. Smith.

Title: Montana
Date: 1884-06-22
Description: "Montana's bell is on J. W. Hubbard (washed on shore near Jeffersonville, Ind.) 1934." - Ruth Ferris

Title: MONTANA
Date: 1879
Description: Photograph of the steamer MONTANA. "Carried 1000 tons Pittsburgh to St. Louis on maiden trip. Could have easily carried 500 tons more. Greats carrier on shallow water." "Built at California, Pennsylvania in 1879 of finest Pennsylvania oak. Some of the fine boards were 60 feet long. She was extreme shallow draft - 7" forward - 11" amid ship and 14" on the stern when light. On her maiden trip

Title: Dakotah, Montana, and Wyoming
Description: Three separate photographs of the steamboats DAKOTAH, MONTANA, and WYOMING. “Designed by Capt. John Todd, these three great boats were the supreme achievements as big carriers on shallow water. They arrived on the Missouri about 12 years to late to reap the golden harvest in the “Mountain Trade”. On a favorable trip they could have made easily $100,000 on the trip to Fort Benton, Montana. But the

Title: MONTANA and T.F. ECKERT
Date: 1884
Description: Photograph of the wreck of the MONTANA. Steamer T.F. ECKERT and wreck of MONTANA at St. Charles, MO.

Title: MONTANA
Date: 1864-08-30
Description: Photograph of bill of lading for a shipment of hemp on the MONTANA in 1864.

Title: Montana and Penguin
Description: Omaha, Nebraska. She had four boilers (2 flues each) 42 inches in diameter and 26 feet long. Her two cylinders were 18 inches in diameter with 7-foot stroke. Her wheel was 22-1/2 feet in diameter with 29 foot buckets. In mover her from the ship yards to the Missouri River she had to be jumped sideways over the Monongahela River dams to get her out. The Penguin was built at Burlington, Iowa in 1877

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