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Unloading the Arkansas

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangpl...
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The Keokuk at the Winona, Minnesota Levee

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground.
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The Keokuk Beside a Barge

Date: 1868
Description: The sidewheel packet, Keokuk, loaded with passengers beside a barge at a landing. The landing is filled with people and horse-drawn vehicles. The si...
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Steamer Minnieta

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Minnieta, on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, in the 1870's.

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