bigpigeon.us webarea Pott. Co. > More History, updated by RAC 24 Jun '19.
Links to More History Subordinate Webpages:
My More History webarea will address geographic regions outside of Pottawattamie County.
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Links to More History Subordinate Webpages:
- Iowa History - nothing here yet.
- American History - nothing here yet
- World History - may add later.
My More History webarea will address geographic regions outside of Pottawattamie County.
About the More History header image above:
- This sketch depicts the Western Engineer, which in 1819 was the first steamboat to ascend the Missouri River as far as the Council Bluffs area. Carrying the Stephen Long party, the Western Engineer reached a point west of the Missouri River from the Big Pigeon vicinity, where the Long party established a temporary winter camp called Engineer Cantonment.
- Archeologists located the Engineer Cantonment site a few years ago. Interested readers can view http://www.nebraskahistory.org/archeo/pubs/Engineer%20Cantonment.pdf.
- The header sketch is attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale, a member of the Long party. The original is located in Philadelphia. I used a version found at http://steamboattimes.com/steamboats_1811~61_p1.html.