steamboat
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The steamboat reversed this flow, reshaping the antebellum economy decades before the railroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The famous Delta Queen steamboat that now plies the Mississippi was built in Stockton to move passengers and freight in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
So did Jean Sherrard and I. Indirectly, the needs and wants of us and our collective forebears are why this section of the Snoqualmie River hasn’t seen a paddle-driven steamboat in well over a century.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Four years after completing her studies, Flora married Edwin Patterson of Ripley, Ohio, and they settled in nearby Cincinnati where he was a steamboat pilot.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
My favorite is the picture of a steamboat churning up the Mississippi.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The number of steamboats on Western U.S. rivers grew to 740 by 1850 from 17 in 1817.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
But oh, for the days of steamboats, yearn childhood pals Steve Barker and Jack Russell.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Bucky would tell you that the hotel was built in 1847 and guests originally traveled by steamboats to enjoy their holiday by the bay.
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
In the mid-1800s, as white settlers moved west, steamboats chugged up the lower Colorado River, paddlewheels turning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
A fish market was coming to life along the avenue, and the shouts of merchants mixed with the caws of seagulls and rumble of steamboats coming in to port.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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