The
name index for this book was created by
Special Collections volunteer, Carole
Meltzer Goggin, to enable a search for
surnames. The 700+ entries are listed
alphabetically by surname, then by given
name.
Indexed
Source:
Gould, Emerson W. Fifty Years on the
Mississippi: or Gould's History of
River Navigation. 1889. Columbus,
Ohio: Long's College Book Co., 1951.
[R386.2/G696]
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Emerson W. Gould,
the author of this book, was a renowned
steamboat captain who had an
overwhelming interest in the industry of
boat building, piloting and river
navigation. He devoted over 120 pages of
this book to biographies of prominent
captains during the era of the
steamboats. These biographies were
written by the retired captain, a
relative or close friend, or by the
author.
Many of the
seventy-eight chapters include letters
written by Captain Gould that were
printed in large newspapers during the
mid to late 1800's regarding the
enhancement of the river ways and the
use of steamboats in transportation.
| Beyond
information about people, this is
a comprehensive book regarding the
rise and fall of steamboat
transportation. It is an
informative source for |
- types of early
watercrafts and their limited river
access
- discovery of
steam as a propelling power which
broadened travel ability for people
and goods in the growing U. S.
territory
- demise of the
steamboat as the railroad grew in
popularity
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| The
author discusses in detail |
- descriptions
of steamboats, when and where built,
and the captains who piloted them
- character and
speed of boats during different
periods
- effect of
steamboats upon the settlement of the
Mississippi Valley
- floods in the
valley for 150 years
- Mississippi
River Commission and its work as well
as appropriations by Congress for the
improvement of western waterways
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