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
Majestic Riverboat Reigned on the Mississippi
Time Frame: early to mid-19th century
Steamboats reigned on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in the early to mid-19th century. But steamboat travel ended as the lumber industry diminished and railroads came to dominate transportation.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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