The Keelboat Age on Western Waters
Title | The Keelboat Age on Western Waters PDF eBook |
Author | Leland D. Baldwin |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 1941-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0822974223 |
This book tells the story of river boating in the West before the invention of the steamboat. In a deft combination of thorough research and interesting narrative, Baldwin recreates life on the keelboats and flatboats that plied the Ohio, Mississippi, and other rivers from revolutionary days until about 1820. No one knows who put the first keel along the bottom of one big, clumsy river craft used by the pioneers. but the change made the boats far easier to manage, and travel in both directions became practical all the way to New Orleans.Baldwin examines the many types of craft in use, the different methods of locomotion, and the art of navigation on uncharted rivers full of hidden obstacles. But he never loses sight of the picturesque aspects of his subject, especially the boatmen themselves-a tribe of rugged and fearless men whose colorful lives are described in great detail.The Keelboat Age is a segment cut from the history of the frontier, showing the overwhelming importance of river transportation in the development of the West. The rivers were great arteries, carrying a restless people into a new land. The keelboatman and his craft did much to build a nation.
The Keelboat Age on Western Waters
Title | The Keelboat Age on Western Waters PDF eBook |
Author | Leland Dewitt Baldwin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Boats and boating |
ISBN |
The Keelboat Age on Western Waters. [By] Leland D. Baldwin, Etc. [With Plates and a Bibliography.].
Title | The Keelboat Age on Western Waters. [By] Leland D. Baldwin, Etc. [With Plates and a Bibliography.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey (Pa.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Whiskey Rebels
Title | Whiskey Rebels PDF eBook |
Author | Leland D. Baldwin |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1968-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780822951513 |
A succinct account of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 in Western Pennsylvania.
The Keelboat Age on Western Waters
Title | The Keelboat Age on Western Waters PDF eBook |
Author | Leland D. Baldwin |
Publisher | Library of Western Pennsylvani |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This book tells the story of river boating in the west before the invention of the steamboat. Recreates life on the keelboats and flatboats that ran the Ohio, Mississippi, and other rivers from revolutionary days until about 1820.
Steamboats on the Western Rivers
Title | Steamboats on the Western Rivers PDF eBook |
Author | Louis C. Hunter |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 721 |
Release | 2012-04-30 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0486157784 |
Richly detailed definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development — from construction, equipment, and operation to races, collisions, rise of competition, and ultimate decline of steamboat transportation.
Indiana 1816-1850
Title | Indiana 1816-1850 PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Francis Carmony |
Publisher | Indiana Historical Society |
Pages | 939 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0871951258 |
In Indiana 1816–1850: The Pioneer Era (vol. 2, History of Indiana Series), author Donald F. Carmony explores the political, economic, agricultural, and educational developments in the early years of the nineteenth state. Carmony's book also describes how and why Indiana developed as it did during its formative years and its role as a member of the United States. The book includes a bibliography, notes, and index.