Water traffic Transportation in Omaha



in 1804, fifty years before city of omaha founded, lewis , clark expedition first arrived via missouri river. 1806 fort lisa , 1820 cabanne s trading post important fur trading outposts located in proximity river, along earlier fontenelle s post in bellevue. engineer cantonment built captain stephen watts kearny s yellowstone expedition in 1819. expedition s craft, western engineer, first steamboat venture missouri river omaha-council bluffs area.


the missouri reason omaha founded, , continued important city s growth many years. in 1853 william d. brown had first vision city, leading him found lone tree ferry crossing missouri river council bluffs, iowa. later council bluffs , nebraska ferry company hired alfred d. jones plat omaha city, among first settlements in nebraska territory. along lone tree ferry landing in downtown omaha, other ferries established in omaha area @ florence, saratoga , bellevue. large steamboats carry provisions missouri st. louis, stocking warehouses in jobbers canyon , loading trains of union pacific , @ omaha quartermaster depot, in turn supplied u.s. army s department of platte.


the banner state first steamboat land materials building city in 1854, before city formally founded. until 1879 captain joseph la barge principal figure among missouri steamboat captains in years of city. according j. sterling morton, golden era steamboating on missouri 1855 1860, before advent of railroads. in 1857, 174 steamboats carrying 13,000 tons of freight tied @ omaha wharves. when omaha became outfitting center colorado gold seekers headed pikes peak in 1859, 268 steamboats arrived @ omaha between march , november.


with railroads becoming dominant form of long-range shipping , passenger travel in 1870s, riverboats in omaha became obsolete. however, late @ 1949 steamship avalon letting passengers in omaha, before becoming 1 of famous st. louis steamboats in 1960s.








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