Record Data Place Unit Type Rivers/Waterways Containing Unit United States of America Events Date Type 07/28/1863 In Dakota Territory, at Stony Lake, Lakota and Santee Sioux fight covering action to protect retreat of their families Battles/Soldiers 07/31/1863 In Dakota Territory, General Sibley declines to cross the Missouri and ends his campaign to punish the Sioux Battles/Soldiers 09/24/1860 St. Louis bound river steamer sinks near the mouth of the Missouri River Crime/Disasters 12/23/1852 The first railroad west of the Mississippi makes its inaugural run Business/Industry 07/02/1860 The sternwheeler "Chippewa" reaches Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri Business/Industry 07/17/1859 The sternwheeler "Chippewa" reaches to within twelve miles of Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri Business/Industry People Documents Date Title 08/19/1857 New York Times, “Slavery in Kansas,” June 22, 1857 11/30/1857 New Orleans (LA) Picayune, “The Recent Explosion of the Missouri,” November 30, 1857 07/13/1861 Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Missouri,” July 13, 1861 08/31/1861 Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Cry of Peace,” August 31, 1861 Images
