17. Northern Pacific & Red River

For nearly ten years after the Northern Pacific Railroad reached Fargo, fifteen different steamboats traveled the Red River… carrying lumber, livestock, threshing machinery, farm equipment and general supplies. Commercial steamboating on the Red River came to a close in 1877, as the gasoline engine took the place of steam power on the Red River.

Story of the Peace Garden State
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Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud