In The Moment … October 19, 2020 Show 923 Hour 2
From 1831 until 1895, steamboats traveled up and down the upper Missouri river hauling supplies and trade goods between the ever-growing number of white settlements along the river and the established towns downstream. The Missouri was unusually dangerous compared to other American rivers, and about 400 boats sank in it during the 60-year steamboat era. Most are buried now in sand and mud, but the wreckage of some of those boats can still be seen at times, including one in the river just south of Vermillion.
In today's second "Images of the Past" segment, SDPB producer Brian Gevik joins Lori with the story of the steamboat North Alabama.
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