Big Muddy Speaker Series

March 9, 2021

Steamboat Landscape

Presentation by amateur historian and steamboat modeler Eric Reuter

In this fascinating and in-depth presentation, Eric Reuter used hand-made scale models of Missouri River steamboats to discuss the linked history of steamboat development and environmental changes in the Missouri basin, drawing on his professional and personal interests in the links between geology, ecology, history, and land management.

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March 14, 2012

Taming the Wild Muddy: A History of Change on the Missouri River

Original Presentation- March 14, 2012 Big Muddy Speaker Series in Kansas City “Taming the Wild Muddy A History of Change on the Missouri River”- by author and historian Jim Denny (painting by Gary Lucy of Washington, MO. Check out more of Gary’s historical river art at his gallery website: www.garylucy.com) As America explored, settled and learned […]

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