Western River Steamboat Heroine, 18321838 Academic Article

abstract

• This paper describes the excavation, discoveries relating to the hull, machinery, and artefacts, and the history of an early steamboat wreck discovered in the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. The wreck has been identified as the side-wheel steamer Heroine, a vessel in service on the Mississippi, Ohio, and other western rivers of North America during the 1830s. It is the earliest example of this famous type of vessel yet studied. 2013 The Authors. 2013 The Nautical Archaeology Society.

authors

• Crisman, Kevin

published proceedings

• The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

author list (cited authors)

• Crisman, K., Lees, W. B., & Davis, J.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Crisman, Kevin||Lees, William B||Davis, John

publication date

• September 2013

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Nautical Archaeology  Journal

keywords

• 43 History, Heritage And Archaeology
• 4303 Historical Studies

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/1095-9270.12021

start page

• 365

end page

• 381

volume

• 42

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2F1095-9270.12021