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Steamboats on the Red [videorecording] / produced by Prairie Public Broadcasting.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: [Fargo, N.D.] : Prairie Public Broadcasting, c2011.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Steamboats on the Red : a story of buccaneers and robber barons [Other title]
  • Story of buccaneers and robber barons [Other title]
Subject(s): Production credits:
  • Executive producer, Bob Dambach ; producer, Kim Stenehjem ; editor, Ben Stommes ; theme song composed by Elisa Korene.
Awards:
  • Production funding provided by: Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the voters on November 4, 2008 ; North Dakota Humanities Council ; The Winnipeg Foundation ; Members of Prairie Public.
Summary: Looking at the shallow twists and turns of the Red River, it's hard to imagine that steam-powered paddlewheel boats were once the most important transportation link between St. Paul and Winnipeg. From the first in 1859 to the last that sank in 1909, Red River steamboats hauled thousands of settlers and millions of pounds of freight across the border. Although it lasted barely 50 years, the age of the steamboat forged a commercial network between the United States and Canada that exists to this day in the I-29 corridor. To shine a spotlight on this important piece of prairie history, Steamboats on the Red examines the history of steamboat transportation on the Red River and the impact this important trade route had on the development of the region.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 386.2243 S799 Available 33111007026673
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Executive producer, Bob Dambach ; producer, Kim Stenehjem ; editor, Ben Stommes ; theme song composed by Elisa Korene.

Looking at the shallow twists and turns of the Red River, it's hard to imagine that steam-powered paddlewheel boats were once the most important transportation link between St. Paul and Winnipeg. From the first in 1859 to the last that sank in 1909, Red River steamboats hauled thousands of settlers and millions of pounds of freight across the border. Although it lasted barely 50 years, the age of the steamboat forged a commercial network between the United States and Canada that exists to this day in the I-29 corridor. To shine a spotlight on this important piece of prairie history, Steamboats on the Red examines the history of steamboat transportation on the Red River and the impact this important trade route had on the development of the region.

DVD.

Production funding provided by: Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the voters on November 4, 2008 ; North Dakota Humanities Council ; The Winnipeg Foundation ; Members of Prairie Public.

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