North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State

by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota

TRANSPORTATION

Briggs, Harold E. Early Freight and Stage Lines in Dakota. North Dakota Historical Quarterly, July 1929, v. 3: pp. 229-261.

Briggs, Harold E. Pioneer River Transportation in Dakota. North Dakota Historical Quarterly, Apr. 1929, v. 3: pp. 159-181.

Chittenden, Captain Hiram Martin. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River. New York, Harpers, n. d. o. p. 461 p. 2 v. An accurate account of early navigation on the Missouri.

Hanson, Joseph M. The Conquest of the Missouri. Chicago, A. C. McClurg Company, 1909. o. p. 436 p. il. Navigation on the Missouri River as Capt. Grant Marsh lived it.

Stevens, I. I. Narrative and Final Report of Explorations for a Route for a Pacific Railroad from St. Paul to Puget Sound. Government report on survey of 1885. Contains much interesting information on early North Dakota.