Presents vignettes featuring four men who contributed to the settling of America by making it possible for steamboats to open the West; Nicholas Roosevelt, Henry Shreve, Joseph LaBarge, and Grant Marsh.
"True stories about real people and the boats that helped them to open up the West. Lewis and Clark keelboat up the Missouri, Nicholas Roosevelt fights the Ohio with steam, Henry Shreve builds one of the first "two-story" riverboats, and Buffalo Bill ride the boat "Far West" down the Yellowstone."
"Presents vignettes featuring four men who contributed to the settling of America by making it possible for steamboats to open the West; Nicholas Roosevelt, Henry Shreve, Joseph LaBarge, and Grant Marsh."@en
"Presents vignettes featuring four men who contributed to the settling of America by making it possible for steamboats to open the West; Nicholas Roosevelt, Henry Shreve, Joseph LaBarge, and Grant Marsh."
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