Majestic Riverboat Reigned on the Mississippi
Steamboats reigned on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in the early to mid-19th century. But steamboat travel ended as the lumber industry diminished and railroads came to dominate transportation.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
Pathways
What was it like to come to Iowa in the 1830s? Would you be as determined as the Duffields?
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