https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=STEAMBOATING 2026-05-06T18:07:17Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=STEAMBOATING&diff=180015&oldid=prev 2024-02-11T21:26:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:26, 11 February 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l77">Line 77:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 77:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:snagboat1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Snag boats operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were sometimes called “Uncle Sam’s Tooth Pullers,” referring to how the vessels extracted whole trees and logs that hindered navigation. U.S. Snag Boat No. 2 is shown pulling stumps from the river bottom. Photo courtesy: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/4_6.html]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:snagboat1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Snag boats operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were sometimes called “Uncle Sam’s Tooth Pullers,” referring to how the vessels extracted whole trees and logs that hindered navigation. U.S. Snag Boat No. 2 is shown pulling stumps from the river bottom. Photo courtesy: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/4_6.html]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:fireex.png|right|thumb|250px|Efforts to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">extinquish </del>fires aboard steamboats included these "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fire </del>grenades." Photo courtesy; National Mississippi River Museum and and Aquarium.]]Efforts to increase speed often led to hazardous conditions. Snags, a constant problem, were able to rip the hull of a boat so that the stricken vessel would sink in minutes. Somewhat related to snags were 'dead head logs.' These were normally water-soaked Norway pine logs---one end on the river bottom and the other end floating just at the surface making them difficult to see and avoid. (41) Low water led to the danger of sandbars that often shifted position. Hazards also came from the equipment on the boats. High-pressure boilers capable of getting more power with less weight were commonly used on western steamboats. Metal used in the construction of the boilers was occasionally poor and burst from the high pressure or lack of water. Steamboat captains, interested in winning races, occasionally ordered [[AFRICAN AMERICANS]] to sit on the safety valve. (42) This created an abnormal amount of pressure that led to increased speed but also the chance of explosion. Wooden boats were highly susceptible to fire. Sparks that led to fires increased when substances such as oil, pitch, or lard were added to the boilers for more steam. (43) The use of additives to the fires was most obvious at night when showers of sparks could be seen against the dark sky.  Europeans were often enthralled by races. In 1903 Sir Thomas Lipton offered a prize of $20,000 for an old-fashioned steamboat race on the Mississippi River. (44)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:fireex.png|right|thumb|250px|Efforts to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">extinguish </ins>fires aboard steamboats included these <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fire extinguisher </ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hand </ins>grenades." Photo courtesy; National Mississippi River Museum and and Aquarium.]]Efforts to increase speed often led to hazardous conditions. Snags, a constant problem, were able to rip the hull of a boat so that the stricken vessel would sink in minutes. Somewhat related to snags were 'dead head logs.' These were normally water-soaked Norway pine logs---one end on the river bottom and the other end floating just at the surface making them difficult to see and avoid. (41) Low water led to the danger of sandbars that often shifted position. Hazards also came from the equipment on the boats. High-pressure boilers capable of getting more power with less weight were commonly used on western steamboats. Metal used in the construction of the boilers was occasionally poor and burst from the high pressure or lack of water. Steamboat captains, interested in winning races, occasionally ordered [[AFRICAN AMERICANS]] to sit on the safety valve. (42) This created an abnormal amount of pressure that led to increased speed but also the chance of explosion. Wooden boats were highly susceptible to fire. Sparks that led to fires increased when substances such as oil, pitch, or lard were added to the boilers for more steam. (43) The use of additives to the fires was most obvious at night when showers of sparks could be seen against the dark sky.  Europeans were often enthralled by races. In 1903 Sir Thomas Lipton offered a prize of $20,000 for an old-fashioned steamboat race on the Mississippi River. (44)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Steamboat owners and packet companies generally agreed that insurance was a waste of money. The loss of one steamer a year to a packet company was less than the cost of insurance on the entire fleet. (45)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Steamboat owners and packet companies generally agreed that insurance was a waste of money. The loss of one steamer a year to a packet company was less than the cost of insurance on the entire fleet. (45)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:23, 11 February 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l77">Line 77:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 77:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:snagboat1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Snag boats operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were sometimes called “Uncle Sam’s Tooth Pullers,” referring to how the vessels extracted whole trees and logs that hindered navigation. U.S. Snag Boat No. 2 is shown pulling stumps from the river bottom. Photo courtesy: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/4_6.html]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:snagboat1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Snag boats operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were sometimes called “Uncle Sam’s Tooth Pullers,” referring to how the vessels extracted whole trees and logs that hindered navigation. U.S. Snag Boat No. 2 is shown pulling stumps from the river bottom. Photo courtesy: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/4_6.html]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Efforts to increase speed often led to hazardous conditions. Snags, a constant problem, were able to rip the hull of a boat so that the stricken vessel would sink in minutes. Somewhat related to snags were 'dead head logs.' These were normally water-soaked Norway pine logs---one end on the river bottom and the other end floating just at the surface making them difficult to see and avoid. (41) Low water led to the danger of sandbars that often shifted position. Hazards also came from the equipment on the boats. High-pressure boilers capable of getting more power with less weight were commonly used on western steamboats. Metal used in the construction of the boilers was occasionally poor and burst from the high pressure or lack of water. Steamboat captains, interested in winning races, occasionally ordered [[AFRICAN AMERICANS]] to sit on the safety valve. (42) This created an abnormal amount of pressure that led to increased speed but also the chance of explosion. Wooden boats were highly susceptible to fire. Sparks that led to fires increased when substances such as oil, pitch, or lard were added to the boilers for more steam. (43) The use of additives to the fires was most obvious at night when showers of sparks could be seen against the dark sky.  Europeans were often enthralled by races. In 1903 Sir Thomas Lipton offered a prize of $20,000 for an old-fashioned steamboat race on the Mississippi River. (44)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:fireex.png|right|thumb|250px|Efforts to extinquish fires aboard steamboats included these "fire grenades." Photo courtesy; National Mississippi River Museum and and Aquarium.]]</ins>Efforts to increase speed often led to hazardous conditions. Snags, a constant problem, were able to rip the hull of a boat so that the stricken vessel would sink in minutes. Somewhat related to snags were 'dead head logs.' These were normally water-soaked Norway pine logs---one end on the river bottom and the other end floating just at the surface making them difficult to see and avoid. (41) Low water led to the danger of sandbars that often shifted position. Hazards also came from the equipment on the boats. High-pressure boilers capable of getting more power with less weight were commonly used on western steamboats. Metal used in the construction of the boilers was occasionally poor and burst from the high pressure or lack of water. Steamboat captains, interested in winning races, occasionally ordered [[AFRICAN AMERICANS]] to sit on the safety valve. (42) This created an abnormal amount of pressure that led to increased speed but also the chance of explosion. Wooden boats were highly susceptible to fire. Sparks that led to fires increased when substances such as oil, pitch, or lard were added to the boilers for more steam. (43) The use of additives to the fires was most obvious at night when showers of sparks could be seen against the dark sky.  Europeans were often enthralled by races. In 1903 Sir Thomas Lipton offered a prize of $20,000 for an old-fashioned steamboat race on the Mississippi River. (44)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Steamboat owners and packet companies generally agreed that insurance was a waste of money. The loss of one steamer a year to a packet company was less than the cost of insurance on the entire fleet. (45)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Steamboat owners and packet companies generally agreed that insurance was a waste of money. The loss of one steamer a year to a packet company was less than the cost of insurance on the entire fleet. (45)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:24, 20 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By ordinance, in 1837, there was a port physician. This person&#039;s duty was to board every steamboat or vessel from any port known to be infected with any disease and examine the passengers and crew previous to their landing. All such persons were to be prevented from landing. (8) In April, 1849, the steamer &#039;&#039;Josiah Lawrence&#039;&#039; reached Galena with 450 passengers and thirty cases of cholera on board; eleven passengers died.  (9) When the disease broke out at Galena, Dubuque residents became alarmed. Lime was scattered over streets and alleys; everybody was ordered to &quot;clean up.&quot; (10)  Cures for the disease included a little nutmeg or essence of peppermint and water added to some burnt cork in a teaspoonful of brandy mashed with loaf sugar. (11)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By ordinance, in 1837, there was a port physician. This person&#039;s duty was to board every steamboat or vessel from any port known to be infected with any disease and examine the passengers and crew previous to their landing. All such persons were to be prevented from landing. (8) In April, 1849, the steamer &#039;&#039;Josiah Lawrence&#039;&#039; reached Galena with 450 passengers and thirty cases of cholera on board; eleven passengers died.  (9) When the disease broke out at Galena, Dubuque residents became alarmed. Lime was scattered over streets and alleys; everybody was ordered to &quot;clean up.&quot; (10)  Cures for the disease included a little nutmeg or essence of peppermint and water added to some burnt cork in a teaspoonful of brandy mashed with loaf sugar. (11)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ravenna.png|left|thumb|250px|The steamer "Ravenna" capsized and sank during a tornado on the Mississippi near Dubuque on June 12, 1902. Photo courtesy: Murphy Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.  ]]Throughout its history, steamboating was dangerous and difficult. On August 15, 1837, a few miles below Bloomington, on the upper Mississippi river, the steamer ''Dubuque'' burst one of its flues and scalded sixteen persons to death and dangerously scalded many others, several of whom later died.(12) About September 19, 1837 the steamer ''Dubuque'' hit a snag just above Hannibal, Missouri, tore a large hole in her hull, and sank quickly in twelve feet of water. The principal cargo was groceries and flour. The boat was a total loss. (13) During 1838 on the upper Mississippi the following accidents to boats occurred: ''Ariel'', struck a rock, sank, raised; ''Des Moines'', snagged, raised; ''Irene'', snagged, lost; ''Indian'', snagged, raised; ''Quincy'', damaged, repaired; ''Science'', snagged, lost. (14)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ravenna.png|left|thumb|250px|The steamer "Ravenna" capsized and sank during a tornado on the Mississippi near Dubuque on June 12, 1902. Photo courtesy: Murphy Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.  <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:ravenna2.png|right|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald</ins>]]Throughout its history, steamboating was dangerous and difficult. On August 15, 1837, a few miles below Bloomington, on the upper Mississippi river, the steamer ''Dubuque'' burst one of its flues and scalded sixteen persons to death and dangerously scalded many others, several of whom later died.(12) About September 19, 1837 the steamer ''Dubuque'' hit a snag just above Hannibal, Missouri, tore a large hole in her hull, and sank quickly in twelve feet of water. The principal cargo was groceries and flour. The boat was a total loss. (13) During 1838 on the upper Mississippi the following accidents to boats occurred: ''Ariel'', struck a rock, sank, raised; ''Des Moines'', snagged, raised; ''Irene'', snagged, lost; ''Indian'', snagged, raised; ''Quincy'', damaged, repaired; ''Science'', snagged, lost. (14)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Climate always played an important role in river commerce. Water level determined the schedule of charges applied to cargo. The lower the level of the water, the higher the rate. The river on August 5, 1864, was at its lowest point on record.(15) Large quantities of freight were heaped on the levee. Water in the river was so scarce that it was humorously said that its use even to soften whiskey was forbidden. (16)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Climate always played an important role in river commerce. Water level determined the schedule of charges applied to cargo. The lower the level of the water, the higher the rate. The river on August 5, 1864, was at its lowest point on record.(15) Large quantities of freight were heaped on the levee. Water in the river was so scarce that it was humorously said that its use even to soften whiskey was forbidden. (16)  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:23, 1 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l81">Line 81:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatloads.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatloads.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:buoyweight.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Floating bouys attached to weights like this to keep this in place helped boats stay in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">channel</del>. Photo courtesy: National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:buoyweight.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Floating bouys attached to weights like this to keep this in place helped boats stay in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[CHANNEL]]</ins>. Photo courtesy: National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Until 1852 steamers used on the upper Mississippi were usually small although spoken of as &quot;elegant.&quot; In March, 1852, Dubuque businessmen sent an agent to St. Louis to purchase one or more steamers of a higher, heavier and more refined grade. (46) The St. Paul, a new and very fast steamer, was saluted by artillery upon its arrival here early in 1852; she made the round trip from Galena to St. Paul in two days and sixteen hours, landing en route twenty-one times. (47)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Until 1852 steamers used on the upper Mississippi were usually small although spoken of as &quot;elegant.&quot; In March, 1852, Dubuque businessmen sent an agent to St. Louis to purchase one or more steamers of a higher, heavier and more refined grade. (46) The St. Paul, a new and very fast steamer, was saluted by artillery upon its arrival here early in 1852; she made the round trip from Galena to St. Paul in two days and sixteen hours, landing en route twenty-one times. (47)  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:01, 27 August 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l131">Line 131:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 131:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Union company became known as the &quot;White Collar Line.&quot; There was a strong rivalry between it and the Northern Line. The latter had the following boats and masters in 1869: &#039;&#039;Minneapolis&#039;&#039;, F. B. Rhodes; &#039;&#039;Dubuque&#039;&#039;, J. B. Rhodes; &#039;&#039;Minnesota&#039;&#039;, T. B. Hill; &#039;&#039;Davenport&#039;&#039;, B. A. Cooper; &#039;&#039;Muscatine&#039;&#039;, G. W. Jenks, &#039;&#039;Sucker State&#039;&#039;, William P. Hight; &#039;&#039;Hawkeye State&#039;&#039;, J. Worden; &#039;&#039;Canada&#039;&#039;, M. Green; &#039;&#039;Savannah&#039;&#039;, R. F. Isherwood; &#039;&#039;City of Keithsburg&#039;&#039;, J. W. Campbell; and &#039;&#039;New Boston&#039;&#039;, Robert Melville. (71)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Union company became known as the &quot;White Collar Line.&quot; There was a strong rivalry between it and the Northern Line. The latter had the following boats and masters in 1869: &#039;&#039;Minneapolis&#039;&#039;, F. B. Rhodes; &#039;&#039;Dubuque&#039;&#039;, J. B. Rhodes; &#039;&#039;Minnesota&#039;&#039;, T. B. Hill; &#039;&#039;Davenport&#039;&#039;, B. A. Cooper; &#039;&#039;Muscatine&#039;&#039;, G. W. Jenks, &#039;&#039;Sucker State&#039;&#039;, William P. Hight; &#039;&#039;Hawkeye State&#039;&#039;, J. Worden; &#039;&#039;Canada&#039;&#039;, M. Green; &#039;&#039;Savannah&#039;&#039;, R. F. Isherwood; &#039;&#039;City of Keithsburg&#039;&#039;, J. W. Campbell; and &#039;&#039;New Boston&#039;&#039;, Robert Melville. (71)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1869 the Northwestern Packet Line, the former Minnesota Packet Company, had the following boats and masters : ''Tom Jasper'', Frank Burnett; ''Phil Sheridan'', A. M. Hutchinson; ''Milwaukee'', E. V. Holcombe; ''City of St. Paul'', Thos. Davidson; ''Mattie McPike'', Moses Hall; ''Key City'', Judd West; ''War Eagle'', Thos. Gushing; ''Addie Johnson'', Sam Painter; ''Jennie Baldwin'', Charles Leuserbox; ''Keokuk,'' Isaac H. Moulton.  (72)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:wareagle.png|350px|thumb|left|This giant wooden eagle, now displayed in the Putnam Museum, once "flew" up and down the Mississippi River on the steamer, War Eagle." Photo courtesy: Putnam Museum]]</ins>In 1869 the Northwestern Packet Line, the former Minnesota Packet Company, had the following boats and masters : ''Tom Jasper'', Frank Burnett; ''Phil Sheridan'', A. M. Hutchinson; ''Milwaukee'', E. V. Holcombe; ''City of St. Paul'', Thos. Davidson; ''Mattie McPike'', Moses Hall; ''Key City'', Judd West; ''War Eagle'', Thos. Gushing; ''Addie Johnson'', Sam Painter; ''Jennie Baldwin'', Charles Leuserbox; ''Keokuk,'' Isaac H. Moulton.  (72)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutthroat competition occurred between the White Collar Line and the Northern Line.  In 1868 rates for the trip between St. Louis and St. Paul ranged from five to eighteen dollars. (73)  A truce was reached in mid-June, but this agreement did not last.  In 1871 the White Collar Line and the Northern Line agreed on a schedule of prices for the up-river trade; cut rates and economic war was averted. In 1872 the White Collar and Northern lines dissolved their rate agreement and prepared to cut prices to secure the trade.  (74)  In 1871 the route between Dubuque and Clinton could be covered in one day. (75)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutthroat competition occurred between the White Collar Line and the Northern Line.  In 1868 rates for the trip between St. Louis and St. Paul ranged from five to eighteen dollars. (73)  A truce was reached in mid-June, but this agreement did not last.  In 1871 the White Collar Line and the Northern Line agreed on a schedule of prices for the up-river trade; cut rates and economic war was averted. In 1872 the White Collar and Northern lines dissolved their rate agreement and prepared to cut prices to secure the trade.  (74)  In 1871 the route between Dubuque and Clinton could be covered in one day. (75)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:20, 29 August 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l15">Line 15:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 15:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By ordinance, in 1837, there was a port physician. This person&#039;s duty was to board every steamboat or vessel from any port known to be infected with any disease and examine the passengers and crew previous to their landing. All such persons were to be prevented from landing. (8) In April, 1849, the steamer &#039;&#039;Josiah Lawrence&#039;&#039; reached Galena with 450 passengers and thirty cases of cholera on board; eleven passengers died.  (9) When the disease broke out at Galena, Dubuque residents became alarmed. Lime was scattered over streets and alleys; everybody was ordered to &quot;clean up.&quot; (10)  Cures for the disease included a little nutmeg or essence of peppermint and water added to some burnt cork in a teaspoonful of brandy mashed with loaf sugar. (11)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By ordinance, in 1837, there was a port physician. This person&#039;s duty was to board every steamboat or vessel from any port known to be infected with any disease and examine the passengers and crew previous to their landing. All such persons were to be prevented from landing. (8) In April, 1849, the steamer &#039;&#039;Josiah Lawrence&#039;&#039; reached Galena with 450 passengers and thirty cases of cholera on board; eleven passengers died.  (9) When the disease broke out at Galena, Dubuque residents became alarmed. Lime was scattered over streets and alleys; everybody was ordered to &quot;clean up.&quot; (10)  Cures for the disease included a little nutmeg or essence of peppermint and water added to some burnt cork in a teaspoonful of brandy mashed with loaf sugar. (11)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Throughout its history, steamboating was dangerous and difficult. On August 15, 1837, a few miles below Bloomington, on the upper Mississippi river, the steamer ''Dubuque'' burst one of its flues and scalded sixteen persons to death and dangerously scalded many others, several of whom later died.(12) About September 19, 1837 the steamer ''Dubuque'' hit a snag just above Hannibal, Missouri, tore a large hole in her hull, and sank quickly in twelve feet of water. The principal cargo was groceries and flour. The boat was a total loss. (13) During 1838 on the upper Mississippi the following accidents to boats occurred: ''Ariel'', struck a rock, sank, raised; ''Des Moines'', snagged, raised; ''Irene'', snagged, lost; ''Indian'', snagged, raised; ''Quincy'', damaged, repaired; ''Science'', snagged, lost. (14)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:ravenna.png|left|thumb|250px|The steamer "Ravenna" capsized and sank during a tornado on the Mississippi near Dubuque on June 12, 1902. Photo courtesy: Murphy Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.  ]]</ins>Throughout its history, steamboating was dangerous and difficult. On August 15, 1837, a few miles below Bloomington, on the upper Mississippi river, the steamer ''Dubuque'' burst one of its flues and scalded sixteen persons to death and dangerously scalded many others, several of whom later died.(12) About September 19, 1837 the steamer ''Dubuque'' hit a snag just above Hannibal, Missouri, tore a large hole in her hull, and sank quickly in twelve feet of water. The principal cargo was groceries and flour. The boat was a total loss. (13) During 1838 on the upper Mississippi the following accidents to boats occurred: ''Ariel'', struck a rock, sank, raised; ''Des Moines'', snagged, raised; ''Irene'', snagged, lost; ''Indian'', snagged, raised; ''Quincy'', damaged, repaired; ''Science'', snagged, lost. (14)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Climate always played an important role in river commerce. Water level determined the schedule of charges applied to cargo. The lower the level of the water, the higher the rate. The river on August 5, 1864, was at its lowest point on record.(15) Large quantities of freight were heaped on the levee. Water in the river was so scarce that it was humorously said that its use even to soften whiskey was forbidden. (16)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Climate always played an important role in river commerce. Water level determined the schedule of charges applied to cargo. The lower the level of the water, the higher the rate. The river on August 5, 1864, was at its lowest point on record.(15) Large quantities of freight were heaped on the levee. Water in the river was so scarce that it was humorously said that its use even to soften whiskey was forbidden. (16)  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:06, 15 June 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l44">Line 44:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 44:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:basket.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Steamboats operating at night illuminated the shores by suspending iron baskets filled with oil-soaked scraps over their sides. Torch baskets helped pilots navigate. They also created a risk of fire if sparks landed on flammable cargo. Photo courtesy: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/4_5.html]]During their heyday, festive boats with bright paint and gingerbread scroll work carried passengers who dined on sumptuous food, including occasionally a choice of thirteen desserts, prepared by many of the best chefs in America. Dining rooms had thick carpets, well-stocked bars, and wine lists that rivaled those of the finest Eastern restaurants. Brass bands and orchestras provided music. (26)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:basket.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Steamboats operating at night illuminated the shores by suspending iron baskets filled with oil-soaked scraps over their sides. Torch baskets helped pilots navigate. They also created a risk of fire if sparks landed on flammable cargo. Photo courtesy: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/4_5.html]]During their heyday, festive boats with bright paint and gingerbread scroll work carried passengers who dined on sumptuous food, including occasionally a choice of thirteen desserts, prepared by many of the best chefs in America. Dining rooms had thick carpets, well-stocked bars, and wine lists that rivaled those of the finest Eastern restaurants. Brass bands and orchestras provided music. (26)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>       Pleasure excursions to the Falls of St. Anthony —  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>       Pleasure excursions to the Falls  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </del>the Ha-ha-wat-e-pa (laughing waters) of the Sioux —  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </ins>of St. Anthony — the Ha-ha-wat-e-pa  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>       <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are </del>becoming quite fashionable this season. The fast,  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </ins>(laughing waters) of the Sioux — <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </del>beautiful and popular steamboat Brazil touched at  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>       becoming quite fashionable this season.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </del>Dubuque on her way up, with a large company of ladies  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </ins>The fast, beautiful and popular steamboat  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>       <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and gentlemen </del>in high spirits on Monday evening.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </ins>Brazil touched at Dubuque on her way up,  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">      </ins>with a large company of ladies <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and gentlemen </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>       in high spirits on Monday evening.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>             [[IOWA NEWS]], July 23, 1840 (27)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>             [[IOWA NEWS]], July 23, 1840 (27)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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