1811 Steamboats Arrive on Ohio River

1811 marked the arrival of steamboats in Indiana territory along the Ohio River,

“The beginning of steam-boating on the Western rivers dates to 1811 when Nicholas Roosevelt, great granduncle of Theodore Roosevelt, piloted a Fulton built steamboat, the NEW ORLEANS from Pittsburgh to New Orleans.” ~Steamboat Times

About Steamboats in 1811

The Incredible Journey of the Steamboat “New Orleans”