Water transport increased through the 1850s with multiple craft ferrying pioneers, emigrants and miners; many of these runs were from St. Louis or Independence to near Omaha.
O transporte fluvial aumentou na década de 1850 co múltiple transporte en barcas artesanais dos pioneiros, emigrantes e mineiros; moitas destas viaxes eran desde St. Louis ou Independence ata preto de Omaha.