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A History of the Missouri River
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| Title | A History of the Missouri River |
| Abstract | Lengthy article on the history of the Missouri River since its first encounter with European explorers, starting with Coronado in 1540-1542 and observations by Marquette and Joliet in 1673. Description of the development of navigation of the river for fur trade and steamboats that were eventually phased out by railroads in the late 1800s. Includes illustrations of steamboats and descriptions of many explorers, Indian tribes, etc., including the author, Philip Chappell, a steamboat captain with a boat named for him until 1860. He later became mayor of Jefferson City, Missouri, state treasurer, and in Kansas City president of Citizens' National Bank and a "member of the first board of public works in Kansas City" in 1889. |
| Notes | Under the title appears this statement: "A paper read by Phil. E. Chappell, of Kansas City, Mo., before the Kansas State Historical Society, at its twenty-ninth annual meeting, December 6, 1904." |
| Author | Philip Edward Chappell
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| Date | March 20, 1905 |
| Source | Kansas Historical Collections |
| Location | Periodical |
| Volume | 9 |
| Chapter Title | 4 |
| Page | 236-316 |
| See Also | MVSC 977 C46 |
| Local Subject | Missouri River
Explorers
Steamboats
Chappell, Philip E.
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 108137 |
| CONTENTdm number | 15130 |
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