But in 1823, the first steamboat ascended the Mississippi to Fort ... built in the late 1800s, conveyed untreated waste directly into the river. The river’s banks were also crowded with ...

When the Wabash River was high the steamboats took advantage of it. For almost nine months of each year the 512 miles of the Wabash was navigable northward to Lafayette and south to Vincennes.

T he new LEGO River Steamboat is a beautiful set and an engaging experience. A set's quality is defined by its build process ...

More than 1800 people died that day ... Many prisoners traveled home by way of the Mississippi River, on large steamboats. The Sultana was one such steamboat. On April 24, 1865, it set a course ...