Most everyone remembers studying the miraculous invention of the steamboat by Robert Fulton in 1807, but few realize how rapidly this mode of travel became of importance to the U.S. expansion to the ...

The arrival of the first steamboat in Arkansas in 1820 ushered in an era of commerce and travel for the newly created territory. Within a few years, it was possible to make a trip from Little Rock or ...

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

On Aug. 26, 1791, John Fitch and James Rumsey, rivals battling over claims to the invention, were each granted a federal patent for the steamboat. They devised different systems for their steamboats.

The arrival of the first steamboat in Arkansas in 1820 ushered in an era of commerce and travel for the newly created territory. Within a few years, it was possible to make a trip from Little Rock or ...

PHOTOS ON INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK ALL OVER. WE HAVE BEEN ALL OVER, INCLUDING IF YOU GO TO JACKSON SQUARE, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM THERE IS THE STEAMBOAT NOTCHES. IT IS ONE OF THE ICONIC THINGS TO DO. AND WE ...

Steam-powered vessels sailed down North Coast waterways from as early as 1850. Offering long-distance transportation to Sonoma County residents, steam-powered vessels sailed down North Coast waterways ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Sherman R. Poppen, a former Steamboat Springs resident and inventor of an early snowboard called the “Snurfer,” died at the age of 89 on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. On Christmas Day ...

Recently I discovered something new about a Warminster man who invented the steamboat and a workable submarine. He also conceived the first car while strolling through town. John Fitch “just missed ...

The steamboat, an oft forgotten part of our past, became the most important means of transportation for the state. Most everyone remembers studying the miraculous invention of the steamboat by Robert ...