The Missouri River

Author : Leon Gray
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Learning Library
ISBN 13 : 9780836837582
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Missouri River written by Leon Gray and published by Gareth Stevens Learning Library. This book was released on 2003-07-03 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missouri River takes the prize as the longest river in North America. Starting life in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, the river cuts through the Great Plains before emptying into the Mississippi River. It used to flood so often and wash away so much soil that it was nicknamed "Big Muddy." Once dams had tamed the river's power, the farms and cities along its banks began to benefit from irrigation water and inexpensive electricity. Book jacket.

Author : Meriwether Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels to the source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 1804 to 1806 written by Meriwether Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dan & Connie Burkhardt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692691441
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up with the River written by Dan & Connie Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel A. Burkhardt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Missouri River Country written by Daniel A. Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Elpel
Publisher : HOPS Press
ISBN 13 : 9781892784506
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Months on the Missouri River written by Thomas Elpel and published by HOPS Press. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This archetypal story of adventure in Montana involved carving and paddling a dugout canoe along the Missouri River like the famed explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Author Tom Elpel was privileged to live out this long-time dream when he connected with Churchill Clark, the great-great-great-great grandson of Captain Clark. Together they whittled a 10,000 lb. Douglas fir log down to a 500+ lb. canoe. Tom led a five-month "Missouri River Corps of Rediscovery" expedition, paddling this 2,341-mile segment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from Three Forks, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri. Tom and friends paddled the Missouri River as a conduit for exploring the land and meeting its inhabitants. Every campsite offered a new opportunity to hike and explore the geographical landscape and geology, identify plants, and forage for wild foods. They enjoyed a leisurely pace paddling through the heart of America while diving into Lewis and Clark history and the history of Native American tribes along the route. They were assisted by many River Angels along the way, meeting some of the nicest people on the planet. Throughout the journey, Tom wrote a weekly column that was published in newspapers along the Missouri River corridor. He fleshed out the story for the book, filling in additional details and whole new essays, accompanied by seven hundred stunning color photos from the adventure. "Five Months on the Missouri River" is tantalizing in its imagery, and anyone who picks up the book to look at the pictures will quickly be captivated by the story following the expedition from the beginning until its conclusion.

Author : Vicki Berger Erwin & James Erwin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467143251
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River written by Vicki Berger Erwin & James Erwin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century, more than three hundred boats met their end in the steamboat graveyard that was the Lower Missouri River, from Omaha to its mouth. Although derided as little more than an "orderly pile of kindling," steamboats were, in fact, technological marvels superbly adapted to the river's conditions. Their light superstructure and long, wide, flat hulls powered by high-pressure engines drew so little water that they could cruise on "a heavy dew" even when fully loaded. But these same characteristics made them susceptible to fires, explosions and snags--tree trunks ripped from the banks, hiding under the water's surface. Authors Vicki and James Erwin detail the perils that steamboats, their passengers and crews faced on every voyage.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309170036
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Missouri River Ecosystem written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-07-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery resulted from a study conducted at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The nation's longest river, the Missouri River and its floodplain ecosystem experienced substantial environmental and hydrologic changes during the twentieth century. The context of Missouri River dam and reservoir system management is marked by sharp differences between stakeholders regarding the river's proper management regime. The management agencies have been challenged to determine the appropriate balance between these competing interests. This Water Science and Technology Board report reviews the ecological state of the river and floodplain ecosystem, scientific research of the ecosystem, and the prospects for implementing an adaptive management approach, all with a view toward helping move beyond ongoing scientific and other differences. The report notes that continued ecological degradation of the ecosystem is certain unless some portion of pre-settlement river flows and processes were restored. The report also includes recommendations to enhance scientific knowledge through carefully planned and monitored river management actions and the enactment of a Missouri River Protection and Recovery Act.

Author : Jacob Vradenberg Brower
Publisher : St. Paul, Minn. : [Pioneer Press]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.B3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Missouri River and Its Utmost Source written by Jacob Vradenberg Brower and published by St. Paul, Minn. : [Pioneer Press]. This book was released on 1896 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Melvin Randolph Gilmore
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803270343
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region written by Melvin Randolph Gilmore and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of ethnobotany,Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Regionhas been enlarged for this Bison Book edition with thirty drawings, by Bellamy Parks Jansen, of plants discussed by Gilmore. The taxonomic glossary has been updated as well. Readers will find here, conveniently described, the uses that Plains Indians made of the wild plants they collected and of those plants they cultivated for food, clothing, medicine, and ornamentation. This fascinating book, originally published in 1919, reveals cultures that evolved in close harmony with their environment. ø

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1560372494
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fly Fishing Montana's Missouri River written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your own personal fishing guide for some of the best fishing on the Missouri River. Badovinac, a professional guide who has worked on this stretch of the river for seven years, shares techniques, humor, his laid-back philosophy of angling, color photographs, dry fly patterns, and advice on clothing and gear. He covers "how, when, where, and with what to fish the Missouri River in western Montana...fly fishing for trout on the Blue Ribbon section between Holter Dam and the town of Cascade. [The book is] about patterns that work and it's about how to fish those patterns. It's about leaving your troubles behind and enjoying the sport of fly fishing."