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The Upper Missouri Smallpox Epidemic of 1837 By 1837 the fur trade along the Upper Missouri had settled in to a comfortable routine. The advent of the annual steamboat had done more to enhance the trade than any other factor. Crews no longer had to endure the months-long, backbreaking journey up the river. No moreContinue reading “The Deadly Cargo of the St Peters”