Sec. B Pg 12 Missoulian Centennial Woodworth Gets Thrilling Boat Ride
Woodworth Gets Thrilling Boat Ride
C. E. Woodworth in August of 1892 traveled about 100 miles down the Blackfoot River from its headwaters to its mouth in a skiff. He described the experience as “a most thrilling one and one which I do not care to try again.” The trip took him two days. He said that at one point he was thrown out when the boat struck a rock, stopping the boat while he continued downstream. He said he was constantly busy dodging rocks and whirlpools, and that the river, rather than he, decided his stops along the shore.