Definition of flatboats. Meaning of flatboats. Synonyms of flatboats

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Definition of flatboats

Flatboat
Flatboat Flat"boat`, n. A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

Meaning of flatboats from wikipedia

- of goods. These flatboats could typically be salvaged for around $16 in New Orleans, recouping some of the initial investment. Flatboats carried a variety...
- six years. Lincoln and some friends took goods, including live hogs, by flatboat to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he first witnessed slavery. Speculation...
- Landing, located below the bluff from Natchez. This windstorm tossed 116 flatboats (of the 120 docked at Natchez that day) into the river, drowning their...
- the Mississippi River watershed. The river was filled with steamboats, flatboats and sailing ships. Despite its role in the slave trade, New Orleans at...
- experimentation, and agricultural wealth transported on the Ohio River riverboats, flatboats, canal boats, and railroads.[citation needed] The first violent conflicts...
- issued out of Cincinnati were sp****. Settler migration was chiefly via flatboat on the Ohio River westerly, and by wagon trails up the Wabash/White River...
- at the confluence of three major rivers in the Tennessee Valley brought flatboat and later steamboat traffic to its waterfront in the first half of the...
- shipping goods eastward. The easiest way to ship produce was to use a flatboat to float it down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the port of New Orleans...
- who emerged as a noted war chief. Te****seh parti****ted in attacks on flatboats traveling down the Ohio River, carrying waves of immigrants into lands...
- Garrett's mansion. During the War of 1812, Garrett shipped eight large flatboats stocked with food and whiskey to the U.S. Navy in New Orleans. Among those...