Post by Diane Merkel on Aug 15, 2008 9:35:52 GMT -6
I don't often read blogs but this is one by the Historian at the Overholser Historical Research Center in Fort Benton deserves some attention by those who are interested in Marsh. It gives a nice summary of the steamers he served during his career. For example:
Article: fortbenton.blogspot.com/2008/08/captain-grant-marsh-king-of-montana.html
1876 Far West Under Army contract, Capt. Marsh departed Bismarck in support of Generals Terry and Custer expedition against the Sioux. During the season, Far West remained between the Powder and Big Horn Rivers. Capt. Marsh steamed and warped the Far West up the uncharted Big Horn River to re-supply and rescue the survivors of the battle of the Little Big Horn. In a navigation feat never equaled on Western waters, Capt. Marsh brought more than 50 wounded survivors from Major Reno's command 700 miles down the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers to Fort Abraham Lincoln in just 54 hours, arriving at 11 PM July 5, 1876. This was one of the most remarkable exploits in Missouri River steamboating annals. It was Capt. Marsh and those he brought with him who relayed the fate of the Seventh Cavalry to the rest of the nation then celebrating its centennial year.
Article: fortbenton.blogspot.com/2008/08/captain-grant-marsh-king-of-montana.html