Three Days on the Ohio River

By William A. Alcott

Three Days on the Ohio River is the account of a man on a steamboat in the mid 19th century.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles River Editors
• Release date: Mar 22, 2018
• ISBN: 9781537825519

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THREE DAYS ON THE OHIO RIVER

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William A. Alcott

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS.

CHAPTER II. THE STEAMBOAT.

CHAPTER III. BEGINNING THE VOYAGE.

CHAPTER IV. SAILING UP THE RIVER.

CHAPTER V. MAYSVILLE.

CHAPTER VI. IN THE CABIN.

CHAPTER VII. THE FOUR INDIANS.

CHAPTER VIII. THE COAL COUNTRY.

CHAPTER IX. THE VARIETY OF FACES.

CHAPTER X. BLENNERHASSETT’S ISLAND.

CHAPTER XI. THE ANCIENT MOUNDS.

CHAPTER XII. A SUSPENSION BRIDGE.

CHAPTER XIII. LOGAN, THE MINGO CHIEF.

CHAPTER XIV. THIRD NIGHT ON THE RIVER.

CHAPTER XV. ARRIVAL AT PITTSBURG, WITH REFLECTIONS.

THREE DAYS

ON THE

OHIO RIVER.

By FATHER WILLIAM.

A WESTERN STEAMBOAT.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by

CARLTON & PHILLIPS,

in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern

District of New-York.

THREE DAYS ON THE OHIO.

CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS.

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I WAS ONCE IN THE city of Cincinnati, and wished to go to Pittsburg by way of the river. Not that this was the nearest way, or the swiftest, or the cheapest; but I desired very much to see the country through which the river runs: for, as I had read in the histories of the United States, and particularly in the accounts of our wars with the Indians, much about the Ohio River, with many of its towns and villages, my curiosity was very active; and I was determined to behold it.

It was Monday, the 29th of March, and a most lovely morning, too, when I went on board the steamboat Pittsburg, bound for the city of the same name. I was careful to set out early in the week, so as, if possible, to reach Pittsburg before Sunday.

CHAPTER II. THE STEAMBOAT.

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WERE YOU EVER