She Takes the Horns: Steamboat Racing on the Western Waters1953 - Steam-navigation - 144 pages |
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... ports . Racing Wherein either by formal arrangement or due to circumstances of the moment two boats run in contest — a ... port contests ( listed as Fast Runs above ) are historically important . The reader's attention is invited to 27.
... ports . Racing Wherein either by formal arrangement or due to circumstances of the moment two boats run in contest — a ... port contests ( listed as Fast Runs above ) are historically important . The reader's attention is invited to 27.
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... Port to Port New Orleans - St . Louis New Orleans - Cincinnati New Orleans - Louisville New Orleans - Natchez Louisville - Cincinnati Cincinnati - Pittsburgh St. Louis - St . Paul St. Louis - Alton St. Louis St. Joseph Fastest M.P.H. ...
... Port to Port New Orleans - St . Louis New Orleans - Cincinnati New Orleans - Louisville New Orleans - Natchez Louisville - Cincinnati Cincinnati - Pittsburgh St. Louis - St . Paul St. Louis - Alton St. Louis St. Joseph Fastest M.P.H. ...
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... port to port in less time — let the figures published by the officers of either boat be what they may . There is another point to which I wish to call public at- tention . I allude to the run to Cairo . There was unusual inter- est felt ...
... port to port in less time — let the figures published by the officers of either boat be what they may . There is another point to which I wish to call public at- tention . I allude to the run to Cairo . There was unusual inter- est felt ...
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