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Nineteenth-century American travel literature provides fascinating glimpses into the lives of ordinary people and into the history of the nations settlement. Reuben Gold Thwaitess Afloat on the Ohio is a fine example of the genre, rich in Ohio River personalities, legends, and history as seen through Thwaitess eyes. His six-week journey by skiff covered a thousand miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi. Thwaitess voyage echoes those taken by early explorers, pioneers, and settlers who opened up the West through river travel from the East.This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition.
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Afloat On the Ohio : An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo Shawnee Classics
author
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Thwaites, Reuben Gold.
publisher
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Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0809322684
print isbn13
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9780809322688
ebook isbn13
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9780585316871
language
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English
subject
Ohio River--Description and travel, Ohio River Region--Social life and customs, Thwaites, Reuben Gold,--1853-1913--Journeys--Ohio River, Skiffs--Ohio River--History--19th century.
publication date
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1999
lcc
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F519.T54 1999eb
ddc
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917.704/31
subject
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Ohio River--Description and travel, Ohio River Region--Social life and customs, Thwaites, Reuben Gold,--1853-1913--Journeys--Ohio River, Skiffs--Ohio River--History--19th century.
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Afloat on the Ohio
Shawnee Classics A Series of Classic Regional Reprints for the Midwest
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Afloat on the Ohio
An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo
By Reuben Gold Thwaites
Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Editor of "The Jesuit Rela tions," Author of "The Colonies, 14921750," "Historic Water ways," "The Story of Wis consin," "Our Cycling Tour in England,'' etc., etc.
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First published 1897 by Way & Williams New edition published 1999 by Southern Illinois University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 02 01 00 99 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 18531913. Afloat on the Ohio: an historical pilgrimage of a thousand miles in a skiff, from Redstone to Cairo / by Reuben Gold Thwaites.
p. cm. (Shawnee classics) Originally published: Way & Williams, 1897. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Ohio RiverDescription and travel. 2. Ohio River RegionSocial life and customs. 3. Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 18531913JourneysOhio River. 4. SkiffsOhio RiverHistory19th century. I. Title. II. Series. F519.T54 1999 917.704'31dc21 98-51306 ISBN 0-8093-2268-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
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To FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, Ph. D., Professor of American History in the University of Wisconsin, who loves his native West and with rare insight and gift of phrase interprets her story, this Log of the "Pilgrim" is cordially inscribed,
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Contents.
Preface.
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Chapter I. On the MonongahelaThe Over-Mountain PathRedstone Old FortThe YoughioghenyBraddock's Defeat.
1
Chapter II. First Day on the OhioAt Logstown.
22
Chapter III. Shingis Old TownThe DynamiterYellow Creek.
29
Chapter IV. An Industrial RegionSteubenvilleMingo ButtoinIn a Steel MillIndian Character.
39
Chapter V. House-Boat LifeDecadence of Steamboat TrafficWheeling, and Wheeling Creek.
50
Chapter VI. The Big GraveWashington and Round BottomA Lazy Man's ParadiseCaptina CreekGeorge Rogers Clark at Fish CreekSouthern Types.
64
Chapter VII. In DixieOil and Natural Gas, at Witten's BottomThe Long ReachPhotographing CrackersVisitors in Camp.
77
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Chapter VIII. Life Ashore and AfloatMarietta, "the Plymouth Rock of the West"The Little KanawhaThe Story of Blennerhassett's Island.
87
Chapter IX. Poor WhitesFirst Library in the WestArt Hour at HockingportA Hermit Fisher.
99
Chapter X. Cliff-Dwellers, on Long BottomPomeroy BendLetart's Island, and RapidsGame, in the Early dayRainy WeatherIn a "Cracker" Home.
109
Chapter XI. Battle of Point PleasantThe Story of Gallipolis-RosebudHuntington The Genesis of a Houseboater.
125
Chapter XII. In a FogThe Big SandyRainy WeatherOperatic GypsiesAn Ancient Tavern.
139
Chapter XIII. The Scioto, and the ShawaneseA Night at RomeLimestoneReels, Flats, and Boatmen of the Olden time.
150
Chapter XIV. Produce-BoatsA Dead TownOn the Great BendGrant's BirthplaceThe Little MiamiThe Genesis of Cincinnati.
168
Chapter XV. The Story of North BendThe "Shakes"DriftwoodRabbit HashA Side-Trip to Big Bone Lick.
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