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Type of riverboat
A flatboat (or broadboat) was a rectangular flat-bottomed boat with square ends used to transport freight and passengers on inland waterways in the United
Flatboat
Invention to lift boats, by the President
his autobiography and recounted that while in his late teens he took a flatboat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from his home in Indiana to New Orleans
Abraham_Lincoln's_patent
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
somewhat older, Lincoln and some friends took a job carrying goods by flatboat to New Orleans, Louisiana, where the slave markets, according to the historian
Abraham_Lincoln
Consolidated city-parish in Louisiana, US
the Mississippi River watershed. The river was filled with steamboats, flatboats and sailing ships. Despite its role in the slave trade, New Orleans at
New_Orleans
Building in Kentucky, United States
building is a replica of a 1700s flatboat used by the early settlers wanting to travel further west down the river. This flatboat is available for any visitor
Jane's_Saddlebag
U.S. state
issued out of Cincinnati were sparse. Settler migration was chiefly via flatboat on the Ohio River westerly, and by wagon trails up the Wabash/White River
Indiana
U.S. state
shipping goods eastward. The easiest way to ship produce was to use a flatboat to float it down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the port of New Orleans
Louisiana
American pioneer nurseryman (1774–1845)
page 4 Milburn, William Henry (1892). The Lance, Cross and Canoe: The Flatboat, Rifle and Plough in the Valley of the Mississippi. N.D. Thompson Publishing
Johnny_Appleseed
families, set out from Round Lick, Wilson County, Tennessee in 1818, in flatboats. Probably, they used the Mississippi River to travel to the mouth of the
Hugh Bradley (Arkansas settler)
Hugh_Bradley_(Arkansas_settler)
City and county seat of Cocke County, Tennessee, United States
lived just northeast of New Port, managed to reach New Orleans with a flatboat shipment and return safely. In early 19th-century East Tennessee, which
Newport,_Tennessee
Distilled spirits and liquors brand
Moore Bourbons Go the Extended Cask Finishing Route". 10 December 2020. "Flatboat Bourbon – Liquor Barn". "El Toro Tequila". El Toro Tequila official web
Barton_Brands
their possessions down the Ohio River by flatboat to settle in Breckinridge County. The Bruner and McDaniels flatboat was tied up just below the Falls of Sinking
William_McDaniels
Ship or sea vessel intended for use on a single voyage
and pigs) could be transported on a flatboat. The farmer Jacob Yoder of Pennsylvania built the first flatboat at Old Redstone Fort on the Monongahela
Disposable_ship
American politician
with the tale of his flatboat cruise down the Ohio River in 1785. The story relates how Ward navigated a 45-foot long flatboat laden with horses and
James_Ward_(frontiersman)
Small watercraft
around the world. Abora Barge Boat club Cabin cruiser Car float Dinghy Dory Flatboat Halkett boat Inflatable boat Launch (boat) Log canoe Narrowboat Naval architecture
Boat
Violent F4+ tornado in Mississippi, US
Landing, located below the bluff from Natchez. This windstorm tossed 116 flatboats (of the 120 docked at Natchez that day) into the river, drowning their
Great_Natchez_Tornado
Census region of the United States
experimentation, and agricultural wealth transported on the Ohio River riverboats, flatboats, canal boats, and railroads.[citation needed] The first violent conflicts
Midwestern_United_States
City in Tennessee, United States
at the confluence of three major rivers in the Tennessee Valley brought flatboat and later steamboat traffic to its waterfront in the first half of the
Knoxville,_Tennessee
Louisiana folklore character
Annie Christmas or flatboat Annie is a character in the folklore and tall tales of Louisiana, described as a 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, supernaturally strong
Annie_Christmas
United States historic place
About 1844, Amos Brown, of Rochester, constructed and launched a log flatboat, and collecting a party of his friends, they proceeded to celebrate the
Clinton–Kalamazoo_Canal
Nickname for the Southern United States
Commerce in the Early 1800s" (PDF). Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828–1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History. University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Dixie
City in Mississippi, United States
unloading their cargoes in Natchez or New Orleans, many pilots and crew of flatboats and keelboats traveled by the Trace overland to their homes in the Ohio
Natchez,_Mississippi
Ethnic group of Louisiana, USA
especially the Kentucky boatmen (Kaintucks) who regularly visited, steering flatboats down the Mississippi River filled with goods for market. Realizing that
Louisiana_Creole_people
and interior lands remained on water, by canoe, boat (e.g. keelboat or flatboat) and ship, or over land on foot and by pack animal. Recognizing the success
History of turnpikes and canals in the United States
History_of_turnpikes_and_canals_in_the_United_States
American colonial era husbandman, businessman, and land speculator
built the first flatboats in 1782. Even after steamboats came on the scene on inland rivers in 1811, river men continued using flatboats because of their
Thomas_Brown_(businessman)
Ship type
in the Anjou region as far as Les Ponts-de-Cé. Periagua Chaika (boat) Flatboat Warship Carse (1959). Jonas (1990), pp. 38–39. Winfield and Roberts (2015)
Galiot
1st and 7th president of Liberia (1848–56, 1872–76)
Joseph began to work in his stepfather's business, handling goods on a flatboat that transported materials from Petersburg to Norfolk, Virginia on the
Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts
American slave trader (1789–1846)
Franklin was hired by his older brothers, James and John Franklin, to sail by flatboat from Gallatin to market at New Orleans via the Cumberland, Ohio, and Mississippi
Isaac_Franklin
killed by the 75 or so slaves who were being taken down river aboard a flatboat. Edward Stone had kept his slaves in Bourbon County, chained and shackled
History of slavery in Kentucky
History_of_slavery_in_Kentucky
American judge (c. 1825 – 1903)
The family was extremely poor; at age sixteen Bean left home to ride a flatboat to New Orleans, hoping to find work. After getting into trouble in New
Roy_Bean
American explorer and territorial governor (1770–1838)
Brownsville, Pennsylvania. They completed the journey down the Ohio River by flatboat. The Clark family settled at "Mulberry Hill", a plantation along Beargrass
William_Clark
Boat with a flat bottom
Bateau Bull boat Car float Coracle Currach Dory Durham boat Dutch barge Flatboat Gondola Johnboat Keelboat Landing Ship, Tank Norfolk punt Pirogue Pontoon
Flat-bottomed_boat
Mountainous region in eastern North America
cities in the region were connected via wagon roads to lowland areas, and flatboats provided an important means for transporting goods out of the region.
Appalachia
American song
time. Blackface singers would often perform "Gumbo Chaff" with a mock flatboat on stage. The song's melody seems to be at least partially based on an
Gumbo_Chaff
to Philadelphia or Baltimore requiring a round trip of several months. Flatboats were in use as early as 1795 to carry goods from Knoxville to New Orleans
History of Knoxville, Tennessee
History_of_Knoxville,_Tennessee
19th- and 20th-century American form of musical theater
DARKY LIFE IN THE CORNFIELD, Canebrake, BARNYARD, AND ON THE LEVEE AND FLATBOAT." Keeping with convention, black minstrels still corked the faces of at
Minstrel_show
United States historic place
those passing through the area to have the best conditions for a river flatboat crossing. Ross operated a swing ferry across the river that was anchored
Ross's_Landing
American actor (1938–2009)
Midway Lt. Cmdr. Charles Fenton Uncredited 1976 Treasure of Matecumbe Flatboat Leader 1977 Poco... Little Dog Lost Mr. McKinna 1979 A Force of One Melrose
Clint_Ritchie
Mississippi and Ohio River steamboat (1811–1814)
1809. Roosevelt and his pregnant wife began a six-month journey in a flatboat (built on the Monongahela River above Pittsburgh) to explore the steamboat's
New_Orleans_(steamboat)
2010 fiction novel
Lincoln and a friend travel down the Mississippi River to New Orleans on a flatboat to sell some goods. Here, Lincoln befriends Edgar Allan Poe, who is also
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (novel)
Abraham_Lincoln,_Vampire_Hunter_(novel)
Former town in Tennessee, United States
Maryville. During its heyday in the 19th century, Morganton thrived as a flatboat port and regional business center. An important ferry operated at Morganton
Morganton,_Tennessee
American politician (1767–1852)
Louisville, Kentucky, where it was dismantled and shipped back to Cincinnati by flatboat. Years later, the bridge was again destroyed by fire. Stone belonged to
Ethan_Stone
American outlaw (died 1804)
Peter Alston joined Samuel Mason and his gang of river pirates, chose flatboats, keelboats, and rafts, as profitable targets, to attack, because of the
Peter_Alston
American politician and businessman (1804–1891)
trade his salt to the Indians for furs. After selling out he traded the flatboat for ponies and packed his pelts back to Shawneetown on their backs." In
Edmund_Dick_Taylor
Finnish war against the Soviet Union (1941–44)
operations in August 1942 and sank numerous smaller Soviet watercraft and flatboats and assaulted enemy bases and beach fronts until it was dissolved in the
Continuation_War
Armed conflict between the United States and four bands of the eastern Dakota
citizen soldiers and "The Northern Rangers". In the meantime, steamboat and flatboat traffic on the Red River came to a halt. Mail carriers, stage drivers and
Dakota_War_of_1862
Forced removal by militia in 1838 of Potawatomi people from Indiana
the caravan spent 9 hours ferrying the Illinois River on keelboats and flatboats. The Potawatomi also had time to wash clothing and blankets, make moccasins
Potawatomi_Trail_of_Death
Territorial council (1763–1816)
participated in the 1799 Kentucky constitutional convention. By 1800 he was a flatboat man and slave trader, toting goods, livestock, and people down the Mississippi
Joshua Baker (Mississippi politician)
Joshua_Baker_(Mississippi_politician)
Marshland in western France
"The Green Venice": an inner canal seen from a flatboat.
Marais_Poitevin
Historic house in West Virginia, United States
built prior to 1810, and is believed to have arrived in Guyandotte by flatboat from Gallipolis, Ohio. The property was purchased by Thomas Carroll in
Thomas_Carroll_House
Shawnee Native American military leader (1768-1813)
who emerged as a noted war chief. Tecumseh participated in attacks on flatboats traveling down the Ohio River, carrying waves of immigrants into lands
Tecumseh
Lake in Austria
Fishermen would navigate with a flatboat to a specific point where the alignment of the Granzling, the tip of the flatboat, the fisherman's cross, and the
Lake_Altaussee
Species of tree and its edible seeds
Brazil nuts being loaded onto flatboats, early 20th century
Brazil_nut
forces in the northwest territory. He is known for his invention of the flatboat. Beechland, the home in Spencer County, Kentucky which he built in 1804
Jacob_Yoder
List of letters of settlers of Marietta
During the bitterly cold winter, the men built three log canoes, two flatboats, the 45-ton Adventure Galley (also known as the Mayflower, in honor of
List of early settlers of Marietta, Ohio
List_of_early_settlers_of_Marietta,_Ohio
Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
in 2016: Cincinnati In Motion Cincinnati Goes to War Early Settlement Flatboat Gallery Public Landing Machine Tools As of 2024, its exhibits now include:
Cincinnati_History_Museum
River in the American state of Missouri
industrial shipping route, with lead, iron, and timber being sent downstream by flatboat and shallow-draft steamboat. Today, the river is used commercially by tour
Meramec_River
American politician and businessman (1792–1869)
Military Academy in Bardstown. In 1812, young James Guthrie took a job on a flatboat transporting goods (and slaves) down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to
James Guthrie (Kentucky politician)
James_Guthrie_(Kentucky_politician)
Town in Indiana, United States
from Connecticut to Clark County in 1817. The Guernsey family traveled by flatboat from Olean Point to their landing near Utica. After a year's farming in
Utica,_Indiana
City in North Dakota, United States
region. The railroad generated a booming business in flatboat building in both communities. Flatboats could carry freight directly from the railroad downriver
Wahpeton,_North_Dakota
Spanish colonial official in Florida (1774–1836)
oyster shells for their lime kilns. They transported the wood and lime in flatboats sent up the Matanzas River to town, supplying the government with shingles
George_J._F._Clarke
United States historic place
Allen Gentry on flatboat trips to New Orleans. The village replica was built near the boat landing that Lincoln used for his flatboat trips. A wooden
Lincoln_Pioneer_Village
American paleontologist (1873–1963)
Brown and his crew spent the middle 1910s floating down the river on a flatboat, stopping along the way to prospect for fossils at promising-looking sites
Barnum_Brown
Canal boat pulled by a horse on a towpath
United Kingdom portal Transport portal Experiment (horse-powered boat) Flatboat Horseboating Society Narrowboat Team boat Trekschuit (horse-drawn boat
Horse-drawn_boat
1828 U.S. campaign issue
animals, and horses; he promoted cockfights and built racetracks; he sold flatboats and ran a shipping business; he speculated in military land warrants and
Andrew Jackson and the slave trade
Andrew_Jackson_and_the_slave_trade
Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers formed the Ohio River), and thence on flatboats or steamboats to St. Louis, Missouri. Many others from Europe traveled
Routes of the California Trail
Routes_of_the_California_Trail
American politician and soldier (1801–1881)
worked and saved his money, investing it shortly in the purchase of a flatboat, with which he transported freight up and down the Ohio River. Financial
Joseph_Lane
from the mouth of the River Iguazu. There are recent references that flatboats and tugboats transported mate and wood in the short journey between the
Rivers_of_Paraguay
City in Karnataka, India
acres of land. It is in Kolur Grama Panchayat limits. One has to take a flatboat to get across the backwaters to reach the other side where Sigandooru is
Sagara,_Karnataka
Historic district in Mississippi, United States
and immediately at the steamboat landing. There we landed and left our flatboats, and we ourselves remained there a considerable time. The sound of the
Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District
Natchez_Bluffs_and_Under-the-Hill_Historic_District
American inventor (1767–1854)
to New Orleans in 14 days. He had previously descended both rivers in a flatboat to obtain information. In January 1815, Roosevelt applied to the New Jersey
Nicholas_Roosevelt_(inventor)
Mississippi River southwest of Natchez. While moving across the river, 116 flatboats were thrown at the river-port of Natchez Landing. Steamboats were sunk
Tornadoes_in_Mississippi
Waterway in Arkansas and Louisiana, US
bayou. Later, in the 19th century the bayou would carry small steamboats, flatboats and the downstream movement of timber until railroads would later come
Bayou_Bartholomew
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US
Swedish immigrants in 1854, who traveled up the nearby Minnesota River via flatboat. They established King Oscar's Settlement, which later divided into the
East_Union,_Minnesota
American politician (1818–1893)
Breckinridge County, Kentucky, when he was a child. As a young man he operated a flatboat grocery on the Ohio River, then ran a business that cut and sold cord wood
Norvin_Green
German alchemist (1788–1834)
while others followed Müller and his family down the Ohio River on a flatboat. Soon they started a new colony at Grand Ecore, Louisiana, twelve miles
Bernhard_Müller
American steamboat captain (1830–1914)
running a flatboat between Canemah just above Willamette Falls on the Willamette River and Dayton, on the Yamhill River. Miller built a flatboat 65 feet
James_D._Miller
Town in Massachusetts, United States
A flatboat typical of those used in the South Hadley Canal through the early 19th century
South_Hadley,_Massachusetts
United States Navy admiral (1801–1870)
traveled there first and his family followed in a 1,700-mile (2,700 km) flatboat journey guided by hired rivermen. It was four-year-old James's first voyage
David_Farragut
Path allowing a boat to be towed beside a river
Chambly Canal United Kingdom portal Transport portal Horse-drawn boat Flatboat Flyboat Narrowboat The Volunteer (replica canal boat at LaSalle, Illinois)
Towpath
City in Tennessee, United States
situated along the French Broad are connected via waterway to New Orleans, flatboat trade flourished along the river in the early 19th century. In 1793, James
Sevierville,_Tennessee
1848 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker
River, have infiltrated the nearby town of Helena, Arkansas, and rob flatboats passing by. It was published in English by Routledge in 1856. The book
The Pirates of the Mississippi
The_Pirates_of_the_Mississippi
Stream in Pennsylvania, USA
as New Orleans, and, later, the upper navigable part of the Missouri. Flatboat construction is documented at the site from 1782, and the Braddock Expedition
Redstone_Creek_(Pennsylvania)
farmed, taught school, and served in the militia. In May 1790, he took a flatboat down the Ohio River to Limestone (now Maysville), Kentucky, where he taught
Israel_Donalson
American river pirate (1775–1833)
His men were the river equivalent of highway robbers. They hijacked flatboats and Ford's "own river ferry" for tradable goods from local farms that
James_Ford_(pirate)
1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War
British were compelled to send supplies into Philadelphia via convoys of flatboats. To avoid being sunk by the guns of Fort Mifflin and the Pennsylvania
Siege_of_Fort_Mifflin
City in Missouri, United States
familiarly known as "Sed". Smith remarked that he had previously named a flatboat for her elder sister Martha. He first chose the name Sedville but changed
Sedalia,_Missouri
City in Arkansas, United States
railroads could carry more freight more quickly than had the steamboats and flatboats previously used to ship lumber to markets. Following World War II, Ashdown's
Ashdown,_Arkansas
American planter, merchant, and colonial administrator (1664–1732)
consumption. Other enterprises in which Carter engaged included sloops and flatboats, and he also acted as agent for slave traders. Carter built a large house
Robert_Carter_I
American politician (1811–1889)
worked as a grocer and pork packer in Clinton, Indiana, making trips via flatboat to sell produce along the Mississippi. In 1838, he was elected to the Indiana
William_P._Dole
American pioneer coal miner
regular supply of Pittsburgh coal to New Orleans, transporting the coal on flatboats. His Coal Ridge Mine on Sawmill Run, opened in 1857, was originally served
Abraham_Kirkpatrick_Lewis
American politician
and was elected the company's corporal. After traveling downriver via flatboat to New Orleans, he arrived with his company in Veracruz in January 1848
Richard_M._Edwards
City in Mississippi, United States
from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023. "The Vicksburg Flatboat War of 1838 and its influence on submerged lands law in Mississippi". Masglp
Vicksburg,_Mississippi
American social-political scandal
court. The evidence shows that Jackson and Rachel Donelson Robards took a flatboat to Natchez together via Cumberland River to the Mississippi River, sometime
Robards–Donelson–Jackson relationship controversy
Robards–Donelson–Jackson_relationship_controversy
Hotel and convention center in Tennessee
Cajun-themed Delta Atrium, which incorporated a quarter-mile-long indoor river. Flatboats were introduced to carry guests along the river, and past a water feature
Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
Gaylord_Opryland_Resort_&_Convention_Center
Father of Abraham Lincoln (1778–1851)
Freeman Lake Park in Elizabethtown. In 1806, he ferried merchandise on a flatboat to New Orleans down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers on behalf of the Bleakley
Thomas_Lincoln
Eaton. The overland trip was made in wagons, then down the Ohio River in flatboats.[citation needed] They remained in Ohio only a short time before moving
John_Wesley_McCormick
City in Kentucky, United States
original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023. Berty, Béla K., The Flatboat Project 2003-2005 Archived 2008-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, February
Maysville,_Kentucky
1776 battle of New York and New Jersey campaign
towing thirty flatboats, moved up the East River and anchored in the mouth of Newtown Creek. The next day, more transports and flatboats moved up the East
Landing_at_Kip's_Bay
Former settlement in California, United States
small settlement in Amador County, California, formed as a result of a flatboat ferry crossing across the Mokelumne River. It was founded by Mexican miners
Lancha_Plana,_California
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A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.
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A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.
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A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.