TSHA | Yellow Stone
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Mar 20, 2014 · The steamboat Yellow Stone ( Yellowstone) was already well known in the West as the first steamboat to navigate the upper Missouri River when it came to Texas to play a major role in the Texas Revolution. Contracted by Pierre Chateau, Jr., by permission of John Jacob Astor, the sidewheeler was built in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1831 for the fur ...