What happened in the 1800s?
🚢 1810 - The first steamboats ply the waters of the Mississippi River.
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Transcript
...
Read More
Further Reading
The History of Mississippi Riverboats (visitmississippi.org)
Steamboat | History, Uses & Facts | Britannica (britannica.com)
The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters (il.us)
Latrobe. "The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters." (louisiana-anthology.org)
Robert Fulton - National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (rivermuseum.org)
Steamboats - Postal History - Who we are - About USPS home (usps.com)
Steamboats - Encyclopedia of Arkansas (encyclopediaofarkansas.net)
A Brief History of Steamboats - NEWS | Clermont Parks (clermontparks.org)
Steamboats of the Mississippi - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Evolution of Craft From the Raft to the Steamboat on the Mississippi ... (hrmm.org)