The Steamboat evokes images of leisurely travel, genteel gambling, and lively commerce, but behind the romanticized view is an engineering marvel that led the way for the steam locomotive.
Firsthand accounts of Steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reve.
From the steamboat\'s development by Robert Fulton to the dawn of the Civil War, the new mode of transportation opened up America\'s frontiers and created new trade routes and economic centers.
The Steamboat evokes images of leisurely travel, genteel gambling, and lively commerce, but behind the romanticized view is an engineering marvel that led the way for the steam locomotive