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Conrad Shindler House

Beyond his role as a carpenter, little has been recorded of his life, yet one account puts Fouke at the launch of James Rumsey’s steam-powered boat on the Potomac River in 1787 where he exclaimed, “Why, sir, she could navigate through the Strait of Gibraltar.”

Steamboats of the Mississippi

The historical roots of the prototypical Mississippi steamboat, or Western Rivers steamboat, can be traced to designs by easterners like James Rumsey, John Fitch, John Stevens, Oliver Evans, Robert Fulton and Daniel French.

Rumsey, Kentucky

It is named either for Kentucky Congressman Edward Rumsey or his uncle, James Rumsey, who invented the steamboat.

Sir Johns Run

Steamboat inventor James Rumsey operated a mill on Sir Johns Run in the late 18th century.

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