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| Title | Evening Star discharging cargo at Yankton, Dakota Territory |
| Date of Original | between 1864 and 1867 |
| Creator | Morrow, Stanley J.
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | The steamboat Evening Star stops at Yankton, Dakota Territory to offload cargo. Many sacks are visible on the deck. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | People
Transportation
Water
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Stereographs
Steamboats
Rivers
Shipping
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| Organization Name | Evening Star (Steamboat)
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| Location | Yankton (S.D.)
Dakota Territory
Missouri River
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| Decade | 1860-1869
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| Item Number | 00670-015 |
| Format of Original | Stereographs
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| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | The Evening Star was built in Freedom, Pa. in 1864 and completed in Wellsville Ohio, where the cabin was built and machinery placed. She then wen to St. Louis to enter the Missouri River trade. She assisted the W.R. Carter when it exploded near Vicksburg in January 1866, and rescued many survivors. She returned to running on the Missouri in 1867 and was burned and lost at St. Louis on August 24, 1869. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Way, Frederick. Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, p. 156. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, 1983. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | S.J. Morrow Photograph Collection 00670
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00670-015) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh00670015 |
