| 41. | Frustrated with his failure to encounter any Native Americans, Johnson escorted the empty flatboats back to Ohio.
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| 42. | The flatboat trade before the War of 1812 was less organized and less professional than during later times.
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| 43. | Livestock such as chickens, cows, and pigs also made their way down the Mississippi in flatboats.
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| 44. | Three times Srodes walked from New Orleans to Pittsburgh after having arrived in New Orleans on a flatboat.
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| 45. | Other cities, like Memphis, Tennessee and Brownsville, Pennsylvania became hubs for outfitting and supplying flatboat traders.
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| 46. | The flatboat trade also led to a series of cultural and regional exchange between the North and the South.
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| 47. | The Elizabethtown tavern was aimed at river flatboats and light cargo vessels passing up and down the Ohio River.
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| 48. | Abraham Lincoln took a flatboat trip to New Orleans, leaving from Rockport, to sell goods for Gentry.
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| 49. | One has to take a flatboat to get across the backwaters to reach the other side where Sigandooru is.
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| 50. | The book strings together countless walks and flatboat trips downriver, as the peripatetic Audubon sought birds and business opportunities.
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