Title
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Description
Daily newspaper column depicting hand-drawn sketches on topics of Arkansas history. Drawings include the portraits of Ben Milam and Henry Shreve, a steamboat, and a keelboat.
Transcription
June 16, Capt. Ben R. Milam of Lafayette County took the first steamboat up Red River above the Great Raft 1831.
Keelboat.
Henry M. Shreve after whom Shreveport is named and the "Father of the steamboat" who removed the Red River Raft.
W. J. Lemke.
Physical Description
Document, 5" x 7"
Geographical Area
Lafayette County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
June 16, Walter J. Lemke Drawings Collection: This day in Arkansas history, MS.000379
Resource Type
Document
Collection
Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: This day in Arkansas history, MS.000379
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
June 16, Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: This day in Arkansas history, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
