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Steamboat "New Orleans" - 1812
New Orleans (LA), Continental Chrome PM 1989 Mar-3
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No.89-8. Nicholas J. Roosevelt had a dream: he wanted to build steamboats for use on the Mississippi River. He approached Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton, who had a monopoly on steamboat operation in New York. They were interested in establishing the same control on western rivers, and chose Nicholas Roosevelt as their western representative. Roosevelt built a flatboat and floated down the Mississippi to New Orleans. Along the way, he discussed steamboating with the rivermen, who gave him no encouragement. They believed that swift currents and shifting bottoms would make it impossible to use steamboats on the river. Nevertheless, Roosevelt built a steamboat, the New Orleans, to run the Mississippi. Her maiden voyage was adventurous and filled with near disaster, but after some three-and-a-half months, the boat reached her destination successfully. The New Orleans was immediately put into regular service and became the beginning of a mighty company that carried freight and passengers between New Orleans and Natchez, Mississippi
| Details |  | | State: | LA | | City: | New Orleans | | Publisher: | Maximum Card Collection | | Type: | Continental Chrome | | Stamp: | 25c | | Postmark/Cancel: | 1989 Mar-3
New Orleans, LA | | Size: | 4" x 5.75" (10.25 x 15 cm) | | Other Categories: |
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