The Great American Steamboat Race (34 page)

Álvarez de Piñeda, Alonso 19
Clermont
64
barbers 118, 127 Clermont, N.Y. 49, 64
Barlow, Joel 54, 58, 61 Coca-Cola 30
Barlow, Ruth 54–55, 61
Comet
78, 82, 84
bars 127, 131 construction improvements 95–96 bartenders 127 cooks 124–126
Baton Rouge, La. 28, 41–43, 69, 76, 102 crew, meals 119–121; racial and ethnic comBayou Sara, La. 28, 43 position 118–119; racial violence 119; segBeidenharm, J.A. 30 regation 119–120; slaves 117–119, 126
Ben Sherrod
128, 147–149 cuisine 106
Berry, Tom 36, 39
Daily Picayune
3–4, 45–47, 119, 151, 169, Bofinger, John N. 134 175, 185
Bonaparte, Napoleon 25, 52
Daily States
196
British invasion 80–82 deckhands 118, 121, 123–124, 137 Brown, William Wells 117–118, 127 description, steamboat 83, 96, 102–108 Buchanan, Thomas C. 118 de Soto, Hernando 19–20 Burnham, Mort 45, 180 Devil’s Country 179
Cabeza de Vaca, A.N. 19 Devol, George H. 46, 114–115 Cairo, Ill. 16, 32, 160, 163, 173, 175–180, Dickens, Charles 90, 109

1 89 Donaldsonville, La. 28, 38 calliope 110 Eads, James B. 186
Cannon, John W. 7–8, 10–18, 35–42, 44,
Eclipse
104

1 46–147, 167–168, 170–171, 174–177, 179–
Effie Afton
156–158
182, 185–186, 189–192, 194–195 engineers 131, 139–140, 144 Cannon, William 194–195
Enterprise
78–83, 85–86 Cape Girardeau, Mo. 32, 179–180, 189 firemen 123–124
captains 129–137, 140, 144, 151 first mates 137–138, 144
cargo 97–99
Frank Pargoud
167–168, 176, 188 Cass, Lewis 23 freight rates 96, 132
Cass Lake 23 French, Augustus Byron 136 chambermaids 126 French, Callie Leach 136 Chapman family 197 French, Daniel 77–79, 83–84 Chevalier, Michael 151 Fulton, Robert 27, 52–65, 69, 75, 77–78, Cincinnati, Ohio 66–67, 70–71, 85, 87, 82, 84, 89, 91
94, 150, 153, 159, 175, 189, 195 gambling 112–116
Cincinnati Gazette
189
George Washington
87
Clayton, Frank 45, 180
Goldenrod
197
Clayton, George 176, 181, 192 Gould, E.W. 1, 195, 197
Clemens, Samuel L. 5, 28, 30, 101–102,
Grampus
145–146
122–123, 144, 198 Grand Tower 181–182
clerks 131, 138, 144 Greene, Mary Becker (Ma) 136

Helena, Ark. 3 1, 47, 168–170
Hopkins, Arthur E. 102
Hudson River 49, 58–59, 62, 89–90, 129 ice 155
Idlewild
175–176
Jackson, Andrew 80–81
Jameson, Jesse 176, 180
Jefferson, Thomas 25, 52
J.M. White
10, 191–192
Joliet, Louis 20–21
King, Enoch 176, 180
Lake Itasca 24
Lake Providence, La. 30
LaSalle, R.R. Cavelier 21–23
Leathers, Blanche Douglass 135–136 Leathers, Bowling 135, 196
Leathers, Thomas P. 8–10, 42–47, 135–136,

1 67–169, 174, 178–182, 187–192, 195–
196
Lincoln, Abraham 157–158, 160
Livingston, Edward 80, 82, 85–87 Livingston, John 75
Livingston, Robert R. 25, 49, 51–52, 54–
62, 64, 69, 75, 77, 80, 89
Louisiana
11, 38, 146
Louisville, Ky. 67–68, 71–72, 77, 82, 85,
104, 175
Marquette, Père Jacques 20–21
Marshall, Chief Justice John 89
meals, service 120–121
Memphis, Tenn. 31, 149, 160, 163, 170–174,
194
Merrick, George Byron 110, 112–113, 124–
125, 127, 132–133, 137–138, 144
Miller, Mary 136
Monroe, James 25
music, on steamboats 109–110
names, for steamboats 134–135
Napoleon, Ark. 30–31, 169
Natchez
1, 2, 4, 6–10, 12–18, 35, 38, 41–47,
135, 167–182, 185–191, 193–196
Natchez, Miss. 28–29, 44, 68, 74–75, 77,
126, 128, 147, 194, 196
New Madrid, Mo. 31, 68, 74, 174
New Orleans
27, 69–77, 79
New Orleans, La. 3–11, 13–16, 18, 25, 27,
35–36, 38, 42–43, 45, 47, 65–66, 68–
69, 75, 77–82, 84–87, 98–99, 101–102,
104, 109, 115–117, 126, 128–131, 145–147,
160, 176, 184, 188, 190, 193–194, 196 Newcomen engine 50–51
North River Steam Boat
64, 89

Olmsted, Frederick Law 103
Pakenham, Edward 81
passenger rates 97, 109, 132
Perkins, William 36, 39
Perrier, Jacques 57–58
pilots 121–122, 133, 140, 142–144
Pittsburgh, Pa. 65–67, 70, 77–80, 83, 94,

11 5, 129
Plaquemine, La. 40–41
population growth 99
porters 126–127
Quick, Herbert and Edward 6, 140, 142–

1 43
rate wars 132
receipts, steamboat 97–98
Reelfoot Lake 74
Robert E. Lee
1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11, 13–18, 35–47,

11 5, 167–194
Roosevelt, Lydia Latrobe 65–76
Roosevelt, Nicholas J. 51, 56, 65–76, 79 roustabouts 120–121, 124, 168
St. Genevieve, Mo. 32, 182
St. Louis, Mo. 4, 6–7, 13, 15, 32–34, 74–

79, 101–102, 104, 117, 129, 154, 161, 176–
178, 180–181, 183, 185–192, 194–195
St. Louis Democrat
183, 185–186, 188
St. Louis Republican
3, 41–43, 88, 168,
174–175, 178–179, 181, 187
St. Mary’s Market 18, 35, 47, 174
Schoolcraft, Henry R. 23–24
Scott, Alex 129
Shreve, Henry Miller 78–87, 147
slaves 109, 117–118
Smyth, A.W. 109, 117–118
snags 154
soundings 121–123
statistics, steamboat 93–97
Stevens, John 51, 65, 91
stewards 125–127, 140–142
Sultana
159–166, 173
Teche
145
Thompson Dean
171
Tobin, John W. 10, 168
Trollope, Frances 29
Vicksburg, Miss. 30, 46–47, 148, 160–161,
167
waiters 127
Warmoth, Henry C. 16, 35–38, 168
Washington
83–87, 147
water, drinking 106
Watt, James 50–51, 54, 60
Wiest, John 39–40, 176, 180–181