Jack Kerouac noted in On the Road seeing many derelict steamers on the River at this time.
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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.
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