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Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo

By Reuben Gold Thwaites

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AFLOAT ON THE OHIO
Afloat on the Ohio
- 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 over-mountain path—Redstone Old Fort—The Youghiogheny—Braddock's defeat.
- On the Monongahela—The over-mountain path—Redstone Old Fort—The Youghiogheny—Braddock's defeat.
- CHAPTER II.
  - First day on the Ohio—At Logstown.
- First day on the Ohio—At Logstown.
- CHAPTER III.
  - Shingis Old Town—The dynamiter—Yellow Creek.
- Shingis Old Town—The dynamiter—Yellow Creek.
- CHAPTER IV.
  - An industrial region—Steubenville—Mingo Bottom—In a steel mill—Indian character.
- An industrial region—Steubenville—Mingo Bottom—In a steel mill—Indian character.
- CHAPTER V.
  - Houseboat life—Decadence of steamboat traffic—Wheeling, and Wheeling Creek.
- Houseboat life—Decadence of steamboat traffic—Wheeling, and Wheeling Creek.
- CHAPTER VI.
  - The Big Grave—Washington, and Round Bottom—A lazy man's Paradise—Captina Creek—George Rogers Clark at Fish Creek—Southern types.
- The Big Grave—Washington, and Round Bottom—A lazy man's Paradise—Captina Creek—George Rogers Clark at Fish Creek—Southern types.
- CHAPTER VII.
  - In Dixie—Oil and natural gas, at Witten's Bottom—The Long Reach—Photographing crackers—Visitors in camp.
- In Dixie—Oil and natural gas, at Witten's Bottom—The Long Reach—Photographing crackers—Visitors in camp.
- CHAPTER VIII.
  - Life ashore and afloat—Marietta, "the Plymouth Rock of the West"—The Little Kanawha—The story of Blennerhassett's Island.
- Life ashore and afloat—Marietta, "the Plymouth Rock of the West"—The Little Kanawha—The story of Blennerhassett's Island.
- CHAPTER IX.
  - Poor whites—First library in the West—An hour at Hockingport—A hermit fisher.
- Poor whites—First library in the West—An hour at Hockingport—A hermit fisher.
- CHAPTER X.
  - Cliff-dwellers on Long Bottom—Pomeroy Bend—Letart's Island and Rapids—Game in the early day—Rainy weather—In a "cracker" home.
- Cliff-dwellers on Long Bottom—Pomeroy Bend—Letart's Island and Rapids—Game in the early day—Rainy weather—In a "cracker" home.
- CHAPTER XI.
  - Battle of Point Pleasant—The story of Gallipolis—Rosebud—Huntington—The genesis of a house-boater.
- Battle of Point Pleasant—The story of Gallipolis—Rosebud—Huntington—The genesis of a house-boater.
- CHAPTER XII.
  - In a fog—The Big Sandy—Rainy weather—Operatic gypsies—An ancient tavern.
- In a fog—The Big Sandy—Rainy weather—Operatic gypsies—An ancient tavern.
- CHAPTER XIII.
  - The Scioto, and the Shawanese—A night at Rome—Limestone—Keels, flats, and boatmen of the olden time.
- The Scioto, and the Shawanese—A night at Rome—Limestone—Keels, flats, and boatmen of the olden time.
- CHAPTER XIV.
  - Produce boats—A dead town—On the Great Bend—Grant's birthplace—The Little Miami—The genesis of Cincinnati.
- Produce boats—A dead town—On the Great Bend—Grant's birthplace—The Little Miami—The genesis of Cincinnati.
- CHAPTER XV.
  - The story of North Bend—The "shakes"—Driftwood—Rabbit Hash—A side-trip To Big Bone Lick.
- 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 pilot—Houseboat life, on the lower reaches—A philosopher in rags—Wooded solitudes—Arrival at Louisville.
- New Switzerland—An old-time river pilot—Houseboat life, on the lower reaches—A philosopher in rags—Wooded solitudes—Arrival at Louisville.
- CHAPTER XVII.
  - Storied Louisville—Red Indians and white—A night on Sand Island—New Albany—Riverside hermits—The river falling—A deserted village—An ideal camp.
- Storied Louisville—Red Indians and white—A night on Sand Island—New Albany—Riverside hermits—The river falling—A deserted village—An ideal camp.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
  - Village life—A traveling photographer—On a country road—Studies in color—Again among colliers—In sweet content—A ferry romance.
- Village life—A traveling photographer—On a country road—Studies in color—Again among colliers—In sweet content—A ferry romance.
- CHAPTER XIX.
  - Fishermen's tales—Skiff nomenclature—Green River—Evansville—Henderson—Audubon and Rafinesque—Floating trade—The Wabash.
- Fishermen's tales—Skiff nomenclature—Green River—Evansville—Henderson—Audubon and Rafinesque—Floating trade—The Wabash.
- CHAPTER XX.
  - Shawneetown—Farm-houses on stilts—Cave-in-Rock—An island night.
- Shawneetown—Farm-houses on stilts—Cave-in-Rock—An island night.
- CHAPTER XXI.
  - The Cumberland and the Tennessee—Stately Solitudes—Old Fort Massac—Dead towns in Egypt—The last camp—Cairo.
- The Cumberland and the Tennessee—Stately Solitudes—Old Fort Massac—Dead towns in Egypt—The last camp—Cairo.
- APPENDIX A.
  - Historical outline of Ohio Valley settlement.
- Historical outline of Ohio Valley settlement.
- APPENDIX B.
  - Selected list of Journals of previous travelers down the Ohio.
- Selected list of Journals of previous travelers down the Ohio.
- INDEX.