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    Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: A Heritage Revisited
    Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: A Heritage Revisited
    Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: A Heritage Revisited
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    Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: A Heritage Revisited

    By Duane Huddleston

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    From the time the Waverly first steamed up the White River to Batesville from the Mississippi River in 1831, the haunting blast of river whistles signaled service, comfort, and delight for residents along this major Arkansas waterway. In a terrain that lacked good roads, steamboats contributed significantly to new economic development and settlement of the region. They carried animal hides, cotton, and rendered bear oil downriver to market and transported settlers, food staples, and manufactured goods upriver. For a hundred years these elegant boats were used for mail delivery, excursion parties, and freight hauling, eventually bringing about their own demise when they hauled in the material to build the railroads.

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Arkansas Press
    Release dateJul 1, 1998
    ISBN9781610754002
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