Early Transportation
Mississippi River From Pike's Peak
Riverboat in Muscatine, 1883
Riverboat Passes Through Dubuque, 1959
Historic Re-enactors on Stagecoaches and Covered Wagons
Majestic Riverboat Reigned on the Mississippi
Steamboats
Keelboats
Steamboats Carry Supplies
Steamboats Travel Inland Rivers of Iowa
Steamboat Accidents
Stagecoach Travel
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Steamboat Accidents
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Time Frame: Early to Late 1800's
Steamboat travel in the 1800s could be very dangerous. Trees just under the river's surface, exploding boilers, and unpredictable rivers caused problems and even deaths.
“From Here to There,” The Iowa Heritage: Program # 6, Iowa Public Television, 1978.
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They still talk about the explosion of The Dubuque in 1837. Sprayed scalding water all over the deck passengers: a lot of people hurt, 20 some killed.
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