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for treatment. LaBarge explained that he could not comply because he was "in the service of the government", delivering freight. At that point, though LaBarge happened to know
Marmaduke "well", he was placed under arrest as a matter of routine and his boat was commandeered. LaBarge protested again,
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Missouri side of the river. LaBarge carefully maneuvered the bow of boat up on to the ice until it broke under the weight of the huge vessel, and did this repeatedly until he reached Saint Joseph. The next year ice once again caught LaBarge and the
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that he would have to pay his crew for their extra time, and for additional fuel for the added distance involved, where
Marmaduke agreed to compensate him for his time and trouble. General Price was brought aboard and Marmaduke left the boat in the hands of his officers, and the
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of six feet. Larger than the average riverboat at the time, she could carry 500 tons of cargo. During her extended service on the
Missouri River she also fell into the hands of both Union and Confederate soldiers during the
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of the fur company having learned of LaBarge's prospects sent word to him and offered any assistance he might need in completing the vessel that would soon be widely known as
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was among the most famous boats on the river and was widely considered a first rate and an exceptionally beautiful riverboat. After some nine years of service the
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when he visited points along the
Missouri River in August 1859, stopping at council Bluffs to examine some real estate. In late autumn, river ice prevented the
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752:Elliott Coues: Naturalist and Frontier Historian
257:Joseph LaBarge § Race with the Spread Eagle
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109:Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad
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481:Labarge first signed on with the
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904:Eriksmoen, Curt (2012).
874:Chittenden, Hiram Martin
777:, Volume II, pp. 287–290
425:North American fur trade
232:On October 16, 1862 the
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978:"Joseph Marie LaBarge"
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