Old books can be great friends. Discover 2 books at helps deliver the context of early river travel. The White River is an amazing artery carrying those native to the Ozarks and the pioneers who immigrated & settled the river bottoms, hills, barrons & prairies.
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The Keelboat Age on Western Waters
Amazon Books: https://amzn.to/3JTSoL2
268 pages: illustrations, maps, & plates Includes bibliographical references & index
Originally submitted as a doctoral dissertation at the University of Michigan. History - Ohio & Mississippi Rivers. KeelboatAge on Western Waters shows the overwhelming importance of river transportation in the development of the West. The keelboatman and his craft did much to build our nation.
Although the Ozarks & the White River are never mentioned in this book, Baldwin examines the many types of craft in use, the different methods of travel, and the art of navigation on uncharted rivers full of hidden obstacles. Baldwin 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.
Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: A Heritage Revisited
Amazon Books: https://amzn.to/3JTSzGc
Over 120 black-and-white photographs, sketches, and maps illustrate the colorful text. Interwoven with the history of steamboats is that of ferries keelboats, flatboats, and Civil War tinclads, all of which plied the White River in the 1800s and early 1900s. A keenly researched regional study, this book is nonetheless representative of conditions and activities on similar river systems in many parts of America during the same period. Steamboats and Ferries on the White River pays lasting tribute to the golden age of steam travel.
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