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reflections on the impact of the first steamboat on the Ohio River, 1811-2011

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Indiana Historical Society Press
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects
New Orleans (Steamboat), Steamboats, River steamers, HIstory, Navigation, History
Places
Ohio River, Ohio River Valley

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Cover of: Full steam ahead
Full steam ahead: reflections on the impact of the first steamboat on the Ohio River, 1811-2011
2011, Indiana Historical Society Press
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Table of Contents

Foreword / Sue Dewine
Preface / Charles E. Parrish
Acknowledgments / Rita Kohn
Introduction / Rita Kohn
Harbinger of revolution / Leland R. Johnson
Structural evolution of the western rivers steamboat / Captain Alan L. Bates
A synoptic history of towboating and its origins / Jack E. Custer
The era of town building below the falls: whatever will benefit a part will benefit the whole / Rick Bell
Omen of evil: steamboats and the colonization of the Ohio River Valley / Thomas C. Buchanan
The steamboat and black urban life in the Ohio Valley / Joe William Trotter Jr.
Steamboat music / Sandra M. Custer
The steamboat New Orleans and its impact on navigation on Ohio River tributaries / Gerald W. Sutphin
The Ohio River: a world-class inland waterway / Robert Willis
Afterword: The river today and tomorrow / Kenneth A. Wheeler
Appendix 1: Belle of Louisville: sole survivor of the pioneering New Orleans
Linda Harris and Kadie Engstrom
Appendix 2: The Rivers Institute at Hanover College:
A list of materials on river people, steamboats, and the Ohio
Mississippi River system in the Agnes Brown Duggan Library / Douglas Denné and Katherine McCardwell.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Indianapolis

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
977
Library of Congress
F518 .F85 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 240 p. :
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

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OL25138713M
ISBN 10
0871952939
ISBN 13
9780871952936
LCCN
2011024036
OCLC/WorldCat
729863301

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