What happened in the 1810s?
🚢 1810 - The maiden voyage of the steamship New Orleans, which navigated the Mississippi River, heralding a new era in American river transport.
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Further Reading
New Orleans (steamboat) - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
The History of Mississippi Riverboats (visitmississippi.org)
A Brief History of Steamboats - NEWS | Clermont Parks (clermontparks.org)
The Incredible Journey of the Steamboat New Orleans (heinzhistorycenter.org)
Steamboat Adventure: Fall 1811 (hanover.edu)
The Voyage of New Orleans - Illinois State Museum (il.us)
Robert Fulton - National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (rivermuseum.org)
Fifty Years on the Mississippi | Northern Illinois University Digital ... (niu.edu)
Mississippi River Navigation (army.mil)
Lincoln in New Orleans by Richard Campanella Please order on ... (richcampanella.com)