As we celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Apollo 11, we should take a moment to honor the people who contributed to the expansion of our nation west.  One hundred years earlier in 1869, four sternwheel steamers from Georgetown were transporting settlers, miners, and supplies to the farthest reaches of the northwest – Ft Benton in the Montana Territory.  Nancy Ann Poe with her husband Capt George Washington Ebert in command of the str Mollie Ebert  penned her journal of the trip.  Fellow Georgetown man, Capt Thomas Stevenson Calhoon in command of the str Sallie  maintained a diary of his journey that same season.

Nancy Ann Poe Ebert Journal Segment 1 Front

Both of these historical documents are preserved in the museum collections of The Heinz History Center.

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