The Support System for Riverine Trade in the United States
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
When the Land Meets the Sea
Abstract
Prior to railroads and interstates, ships transported passengers and goods across the country’s interior. In the American Midwest, a variety of ships, including steamboats, bull boats, canoes, pirogues, bateau, flatboats, keelboats, Mackinaws, barges, and rafts, navigated interior waterways and rivers. In addition to the various boats and ships, riverine transportation required the construction and use of ancillary structures on land. Archaeological investigations at four sites along the Missouri, Mississippi, and Meramec rivers in Missouri provide detailed information concerning riverine transportation networks in the nineteenth century and their importance to local communities.
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4939-3563-5_13
Publication Date
4-2016
Recommended Citation
Dasovich, Steve J., "The Support System for Riverine Trade in the United States" (2016). Faculty Scholarship. 568.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/faculty-research-papers/568