Voyages of the Steamboat Yellow Stone
Voyages of the Steamboat Yellow Stone by Donald Jackson
The stories of the steamboat Yellow Stone is a fascinating part of John Jacob Astor’s fur (and whiskey) trade empire. The 120 foot Steamboat Yellow Stone came up the Missouri Rivers from St. Louis to Fort Union as early as 1832. This book compiles the many adventures of the steamboat.
Just halfway through the book, you will find where government liquor laws and the cholera epidemic intersect. The transport and distribution of “ardent spirits” to Indian tribes was regulated in 1832 because it appeared to harm the Indians (perhaps the least hazardous treatment of cholera available). While some traders were resorting to overland transport of the whiskey, a young and ambitious Kenneth McKenzie decided to distill corn liquor at Fort Union. Like any well-intentioned law, there were ways around it. A trip to Pittsburgh gave him the opportunity to purchase copper vats and tubings needed to distill corn grown by the Mandans and Arikaras. Thus he could get around the law by not transporting the spirits and, well, he called it “wine”. It took about a year for the regulators to revise the law.
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Voyages of the Steamboat Yellow Stone by Donald Jackson
The stories of the steamboat Yellow Stone is a fascinating part of John Jacob Astor’s fur (and whiskey) trade empire. The 120 foot Steamboat Yellow Stone came up the Missouri Rivers from St. Louis to Fort Union as early as 1832. This book compiles the many adventures of the steamboat.
Just halfway through the book, you will find where government liquor laws and the cholera epidemic intersect. The transport and distribution of “ardent spirits” to Indian tribes was regulated in 1832 because it appeared to harm the Indians (perhaps the least hazardous treatment of cholera available). While some traders were resorting to overland transport of the whiskey, a young and ambitious Kenneth McKenzie decided to distill corn liquor at Fort Union. Like any well-intentioned law, there were ways around it. A trip to Pittsburgh gave him the opportunity to purchase copper vats and tubings needed to distill corn grown by the Mandans and Arikaras. Thus he could get around the law by not transporting the spirits and, well, he called it “wine”. It took about a year for the regulators to revise the law.
Paperback - Like new
Voyages of the Steamboat Yellow Stone by Donald Jackson
The stories of the steamboat Yellow Stone is a fascinating part of John Jacob Astor’s fur (and whiskey) trade empire. The 120 foot Steamboat Yellow Stone came up the Missouri Rivers from St. Louis to Fort Union as early as 1832. This book compiles the many adventures of the steamboat.
Just halfway through the book, you will find where government liquor laws and the cholera epidemic intersect. The transport and distribution of “ardent spirits” to Indian tribes was regulated in 1832 because it appeared to harm the Indians (perhaps the least hazardous treatment of cholera available). While some traders were resorting to overland transport of the whiskey, a young and ambitious Kenneth McKenzie decided to distill corn liquor at Fort Union. Like any well-intentioned law, there were ways around it. A trip to Pittsburgh gave him the opportunity to purchase copper vats and tubings needed to distill corn grown by the Mandans and Arikaras. Thus he could get around the law by not transporting the spirits and, well, he called it “wine”. It took about a year for the regulators to revise the law.
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press, 1987
Language : English
Paperback : 182 pages
ISBN: 0-8061-2036-3
Dimensions: 5 x .5 x 9 inches