Here the river is deep as it flows along the north shore. Steamboats could get in close to shore to offload their cargos. Cargos were dropped at the Cow Island Landing during the steamboat era on the Missouri (1860 to mid 1880's), during the summer and fall when the river got too low for steamboats to get all the way up to Ft. Benton, 120 mile upstream. There was another lower landing site below the mouth of Cow Creek, downriver at the location of Cow island.
The site of the pictured upper landing is on the river bank just in front of the Kipp Homestead buildings. Reportedly a snubbing post (to tie up steamboats) was embedded in the bank at this site for many years.
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