07/28/1863
In Dakota Territory, at Stony Lake, Lakota and Santee Sioux fight covering action to protect retreat of their families Battles/Soldiers
07/31/1863
In Dakota Territory, General Sibley declines to cross the Missouri and ends his campaign to punish the Sioux Battles/Soldiers
09/24/1860
St. Louis bound river steamer sinks near the mouth of the Missouri River Crime/Disasters
12/23/1852
The first railroad west of the Mississippi makes its inaugural run Business/Industry
07/02/1860
The sternwheeler "Chippewa" reaches Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri Business/Industry
07/17/1859
The sternwheeler "Chippewa" reaches to within twelve miles of Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri Business/Industry
