AN HISTORICAL PILGRIMAGE, OF A THOUSAND MILES IN A SKIFF, FROM REDSTONE TO CAIRO
BY
REUBEN GOLD THWAITES
CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
AFLOAT ON THE OHIO CHAPTER I. On the Monongahela The
CHAPTER II. First day on the Ohio At Logstown.
CHAPTER III. Shingis Old Town The dynamiter Yellow Creek.
CHAPTER IV. An industrial region Steubenville Mingo Bottom In a steel mill Indian character.
CHAPTER V. Houseboat life Decadence of steamboat traffic Wheeling, and Wheeling Creek.
CHAPTER VI. The Big Grave Washington, and Round Bottom A lazy
CHAPTER VII. In Dixie Oil and natural gas, at Witten's
CHAPTER VIII. Life ashore and afloat Marietta, "the Plymouth
CHAPTER IX. Poor whites First library in the West An hour at Hockingport A hermit fisher.
CHAPTER X. Cliff-dwellers on Long Bottom Pomeroy
CHAPTER XI. Battle of Point Pleasant The story of
CHAPTER XII. In a fog The Big Sandy Rainy weather Operatic gypsies An ancient tavern.
CHAPTER XIII. The Scioto, and the Shawanese A night at
CHAPTER XIV. Produce boats A dead town On the Great
CHAPTER XV. The story of North Bend The "shakes" Driftwood Rabbit Hash A side-trip To Big Bone Lick.
CHAPTER XVI. New Switzerland An old-time river
CHAPTER XVII. Storied Louisville Red Indians and white A
CHAPTER XVIII. Village life A traveling photographer On a
CHAPTER XIX. Fishermen's tales Skiff nomenclature Green
CHAPTER XX. Shawneetown Farm-houses on stilts Cave-in-Rock An island night.
CHAPTER XXI. The Cumberland and the Tennessee Stately
APPENDIX A. Historical outline of Ohio Valley settlement.
APPENDIX B. Selected list of Journals of previous travelers down the Ohio.
INDEX.
Title: Afloat on the Ohio
An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo
Author: Reuben Gold Thwaites
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
Transcriber's Note:
Spellings and hyphenations are as in the original document. Hyphenation was inconsistent, with the following words appearing both with and without hyphens: saw-mill, tread-mill, drift-wood, back-set, cotton-wood, farm-house, semi-circular, search-light, fire-brick, out-door, ship-yard(s), and house-boat(s). The name "CÉleron" is used interchangebly with "CÉloron".
AFLOAT ON THE OHIO
