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Gould, E. W. Fifty Years on the Mississippi . Saint Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing, 1889. [format: book], [genre: autobiography; biography; history]. Permission: Northern Illinois University
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Pictures and Illustrations.
Dedication.
Preface.
Gould's History of River Navigation. Chapter I. Introductory Remarks.
Chapter II. Different Modes of Navigation.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V. John Fitch.
Chapter VI. Robert Fulton.
Chapter VII. Discovery of the Upper Mississippi, by Father Hennepin, in 1680.
Chapter VIII. First United States Mail Service on the Ohio by Boat.
Chapter IX. The First Vessel to Enter the Mississippi River from the Sea.
Chapter X. Col. Plug, Mike Fink and Others.
Chapter XI.
Chapter XII.
Chapter XIII. [From Sharf's History of St. Louis and County.]
Chapter XIV.
Chapter XV.
Chapter XVI. "The West." Published in Cincinnati, 1848, by James Hall.
Chapter XVII.
Chapter XVIII. The First Passenger Boats on the Ohio.
Chapter XIX.
Chapter XX.
Chapter XXI. Steamboat Buffalo.
Chapter XXII. Ohio Falls Pilot.
Chapter XXIII.
Chapter XXIV. From Sharfs' History of St. Louis.
Chapter XXV.
Chapter XXVI.
Chapter XXVII.
Chapter XXVIII. The First War Steamboat.
Chapter XXIX. First Towns on the Ohio and Mississippi. Reminiscences of Manuel White, Esq., of New Orleans.
Chapter XXX. Embargo on the Navigation of the Mississippi.
Chapter XXXI. The Watt Bolton Engine.
Chapter XXXII.
Chapter XXXIII.
Chapter XXXIV.
Chapter XXXV. The Steamboat.
Chapter XXXVI. Immigration into the Mississippi Valley.
Chapter XXXVII. How Levees are Built.
Chapter XXXVIII. First Steamboat Company Formed in New Orleans.
Chapter XXXIX. Old Time Steamboats — Wharfage Dues, Etc., at the Port of New Orleans.
Chapter XL. Oliver Evans Credited by British Authority. Steam Coaches.
Chapter XLI. Partial Accounts of the Floods in the Mississippi and Ohio.
Chapter XLII. Tragic Events in the Mississippi Valley. "Murrel" and his Gang.
Chapter XLIII. Tragic Events on Kentucky and Ohio, — Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton.
Chapter XLIV. Early Navigation of the Arkansas.
Chapter XLV. First Steamboat to Ascend the Alleghany.
Chapter XLVI. The Purchase and Settlement of Louisiana.
Chapter XLVII. First Improvement on the Mississippi.
Chapter XLVIII. Improvement of Mississippi Above St. Louis, or Upper Mississippi.
Chapter XLIX. Improvement of the Ohio River.
Chapter L. The Steam Whistle.
Chapter LI. The Wanton Destruction of Vessels.
Chapter LII. Iron Steam Vessels.
Chapter LIII. Tornado in Natchez, Miss., 1840.
Chapter LIV. Steamboats and Packet Companies.
Chapter LV. St. Louis and New Orleans Packet Company — "Railroad Line," 1858.
Chapter LVI. Memphis Steamboat Organizations.
Chapter LVII. National Board of Steam Navigation, its Origin and its Purposes.
Chapter LVIII. Missouri River Packet Companies.
Chapter LIX. The Second Yellowstone Expedition.
Chapter LX. Condensed List of Casualties on Steamboats.
Chapter LXI. Terrific Explosion and Loss of Life on Board the Steamboat Washington.
Chapter LXII. Burning of the Erie.
Chapter LXIII. Sinking of the John L. Avery.
Chapter LXIV. Western River Improvement and Wrecking Company.
Chapter LXV. Western River Pilots.
Chapter LXVI. Pittsburgh Coal Trade in 1835.
Chapter LXVII. Beacon Light Service on Western Rivers.
Chapter LXVIII. Upper Mississippi Packet Companies.
Chapter LXIX. Early Steamboats on the Illinois River.
Chapter LXX. A Fast Age — Passion for Racing.
Chapter LXXI.
Chapter LXXII.
Chapter LXXIII.
Chapter LXXIV. Mississippi Valley Transportation Co.
Chapter LXXV. The War Record of Steamboats.
Chapter LXXVI. Steamboat vs. Railroad.
Chapter LXXVII. Steamboating on Western Waters — Causes of Failure to Become Profitable.
Chapter LXXVIII. Low Water Traveling on the Ohio.
Biographical. Old Steamboatmen.
Captain Jacob Strader.
Captain "Alex" Scott.
Captain Isaiah Sellers.
Captain John W. Keiser.
Captain Joseph Throckmorton.
Captain George W. Atcherson.
Captain C. K. Garrison and Wm. C. Ralston.
The Venerable "Davy Hiner."
Capt. Henry W. Smith.
Capt. John Klinfelter.
Captain D. Smith Harris.
Captain St. Clair Thomasson.
Captain Charles S. Rogers.
Captain Owen Finnegan.
Capt. Henry A. Jones, Cincinnati.
The Three J. M. Whites.
Captain James Good.
Captain William Dean of Pittsburgh.
Captain James Howard
Ewd. F. Howard.
Captain Samuel Rider.
Commodore W. J. Kountz.
Captain R. C. Gray.
L. T. Belt.
Claiborne Greene Wolff.
Captain James Dozier.
Henry A. Ealer.
Captain James Ward.
Burris D. Wood.
Captain T. P. Leathers.
Captain Joseph Brown.
Captain John N. Bofinger.
Capt. Russel Blakely.
Captain Isaac L. Fisher.
Captain Isaac M. Mason.
Captain Morgan Mason.
Charles C. Keener.
Captain Joseph S. Nanson.
John W. Bryant.
Captain B. R. Pegram.
Henry C. Haarstick.
John G. Prather.
Capt. O. P. Shinkle.
Captain John P. Keiser.
L. M. Chipley.
Captain William F. Davidson.
Captain C. W. Batchelor.
Captain Z. M. Sherley.
Captain Joseph Swagar.
Capt. John W. Cannon.
Conclusion. Evidence of Progression.
Notes.
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