Explore the Missouri River’s role in American agriculture history, from early settlers and the fur trade to its impact on westward expansion.

VERMILLION, S.D. n The history and science of the Missouri River will be explored during the 2008 Missouri River Institute Research Symposium April 9 at The University of South Dakota. Beginning at ...

Participants faced treacherous weather during this year's MR340 race, forcing organizers to end it early. At one point, paddlers say tree trunks the size of tractor-trailers were floating down the ...

PONCA, Neb. -- "Steamers, Sandbars and Snags: Reflections of the Steamboat Era on the Missouri" will be held Sept. 4-6 at Ponca State Park, Ponca, as part of the second Missouri River History ...

PIERRE, S.D. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should take immediate action to protect graves and other sacred and historic sites along the Missouri River from looting, vandalism and erosion, ...

It had already earned an honored place in Montana and Missouri River history, but the steamboat "Chippewa" could have picked a better time to burn. At what became known as Disaster Rapids near the ...