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
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
In many ways the steamboat was as much a slice of gold rush America as much as it was a slice of the Pacific Northwest.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
It would take the cavalry, alerted by telegraph and traveling by steamboat, just one day to travel that distance.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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
Today, Vicksburg is a destination for faux steamboats and tour buses half-filled with aging Civil War buffs and gamblers drawn to its storied battleground and mildewed casinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Hundreds of clippers, schooners, sloops, barges, ferries, and steamboats raised and lowered their flags to honor the Arctic heroes.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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