Way’s Steam Towboat Directory
By Frederick Way Jr. and Joseph W. Rutter
After the initial release in 1983 of Way’s Packet Directory, 1848–1983, the demand was enormous for a similar treatment of the steam towboats that once populated the Mississippi River System. Captain Frederick Way, Jr.,
Ohio Canal Era
A Case Study of Government and the Economy, 1820–1861
By Harry N. Scheiber
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Foreword by Lawrence M. Friedman
Explores how Ohiou2009—u2009as a “public enterprise state,” creating state agencies and mobilizing public resources for transport innovation and controlu2009—u2009led in the process of economic change before the Civil War.
Ohio Canal Era
A Case Study of Government and the Economy, 1820–1861
By Harry N. Scheiber
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Foreword by Lawrence M. Friedman
Explores how Ohiou2009—u2009as a “public enterprise state,” creating state agencies and mobilizing public resources for transport innovation and controlu2009—u2009led in the process of economic change before the Civil War.
Ohio on the Move
Transportation in the Buckeye State
By H. Roger Grant
Few American states can match the rich and diverse transportation heritage of Ohio. Every major form of public conveyance eventually served the Buckeye state. From the “Canal Age” to the “Interurban Era,” Ohio emerged as a national leader. The state’s central location, abundant natural resources, impressive wealth, shrewd business leadership, and episodes of good fortune explain the dynamic nature of its transport past.Ohio
Upper Mississippi River Rafting Steamboats
By Edward A. Mueller
As a Wisconsin historical marker explains:“After 1837 the vast timber resources of northern Wisconsin were eagerly sought by settlers moving into the mid-Mississippi valley. By 1847 there were more than thirty saw-mills on the Wisconsin, Chippewa, and St. Croix river systems, cutting largely Wisconsin white pine.During long winter months, logging crews felled and stacked logs on the frozen rivers. Spring thaws flushed the logs down the streams toward the Mississippi River.
Way’s Packet Directory, 1848–1994
Passenger Steamboats of the Mississippi River System since the Advent of Photography in Mid-Continent America
By Frederick Way Jr.
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Foreword by Joseph W. Rutter
The first Mississippi steamboat was a packet, the New Orleans, a sidewheeler built at Pittsburgh in 1811, designed for the New Orleans-Natchez trade. Packets dominated during the first forty years of steam, providing the quickest passenger transportation throughout mid-continent America. The packets remained fairly numerous even into the first two decades of the twentieth century when old age or calamity overtook them.
Way’s Steam Towboat Directory
By Frederick Way Jr. and Joseph W. Rutter
After the initial release in 1983 of Way’s Packet Directory, 1848–1983, the demand was enormous for a similar treatment of the steam towboats that once populated the Mississippi River System. Captain Frederick Way, Jr.,
