OPINION | Curtis Varnell: Steamboats opened Arkansas up to the world
For much of the early history of Arkansas, roads were abysmal. Travelers found roads that consisted of no more than wagon ...
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The River: A chance meeting with music star Conway Twitty and learning of his connection to riverboats
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and ...
Smithsonian Magazine22d
The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush
With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier ...
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An old captain, a young lover, and an angry deckhand: Meet the Belle of Louisville ghosts
Millions of people have boarded the Belle of Louisville in its 110 years. But perhaps four of them never truly left. The iconic Louisville steamboat has lived a colorful life and welcomed ...
2 Local historical sites nominated to National Register of Historic Places
Two historic sites in our region were among 24 nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. Wayne County The ...
The New York Times16d
FROM MISSISSIPPI SOUND.; Destruction of Rebel Salt Works.
The party, on landing, found an establishment where three men were engaged in boiling salt, in an old steamboat boiler, set up on bricks. About ten bushels, only, of salt was on hand, the rest ...
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The W. And A. Fletcher Company
Of those who have had an effective share in the development, in type and mechanism, of marine engines, boilers and machinery ... and finest day passenger steamboat in existence, undisputed ...
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The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush
When miners bet Mulrooney $5,000 that she couldn’t keep the three-story building warm, she bought an old steamboat boiler, ...
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The Early History of Ocean Steam Navigation
The boiler, which was made of copper ... The Clermont may be regarded as the world's first successful steamboat. The first trip was made on August .7, 1807, from New York to Albany.