On Sunday last Key West No. 2 passed up the river heavily freighted for the Upper Missouri.
Thursday the Spread Eagle arrived on her way to Fort Benton. She had large quantities of freight for the American Fur Company, and about one hundred passengers for the Gold Mines.
Friday morning the Emilie stopped for some time at the landing – on her way up to the head waters of the Missouri. She had about 200 passengers on board for the Gold Mines. Among the passengers who are taking a mountain trip for their health were Prof. Hoyt, G. F. Filley, Esq., and E. Jaccard, Esq., of St. Louis. – Sioux City Register.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 31, 1862, p. 3
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