The Western River Steamboat<i>Heroine,</i>1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA: excavations, summary of finds, and history

Crisman, Kevin; Lees, William B.; Davis, John W.

doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12021

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“…Over its five‐and‐a‐half‐year career Heroine paddled for thousands of kilometers, carrying cargoes and passengers between its home port of Louisville and the Mississippi River cities of St Louis, Missouri and New Orleans, Louisiana. The steamboat met its end on 6 May 1838 when it was punctured by a log and sunk while delivering provisions to a US Army outpost on the Upper Red River in present‐day Oklahoma (Crisman et al ., ; Crisman et al ., : 379, fig.1). The engine was salvaged immediately after the sinking, and the boilers also appear to have been taken off at this time.…”

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The W estern R iver S teamboat H eroine , 1832–1838, O klahoma, USA : propulsion machinery

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2014

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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This paper completes the description of the western river steamboat Heroine (1832–1838) (Crisman et al. 2013b; Crisman, 2014), with a detailed analysis of the steam propulsion machinery recovered. Heroine's place in the development of steam technology is analysed through historic sources and comparable finds, and the requirements of river navigation explored. Changes to the paddle flange and the short‐lived use of flywheels are particularly noted. The many variations in the iron castings and evidence of makeshift repairs provide insight into the material, engineering and economic constraints faced by engine manufacturers and steamboat engineers in the second quarter of the 19th century.

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The W estern R iver S teamboat H eroine , 1832–1838, O klahoma, USA : propulsion machinery

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2014

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“…A medium‐sized, general‐purpose carrier of people and cargo, the side‐wheel Heroine began service in November 1832 and over the next five‐and‐a‐half years annually navigated thousands of miles on the Mississippi, and lower Ohio and Missouri Rivers. Heroine was ascending the Red River near Fort Towson, Oklahoma on 6 May 1838 when the hull was snagged by a submerged log (Crisman et al ., : 366, fig. 1).…”

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“…Paintings and prints of contemporary steamboats compiled for comparison with Heroine mostly show conventional waist‐high railings, but a few, notably a watercolour of the 160‐ton steamboat Ouishita (1833), show a knee‐high rail (Levinge, ; Crisman et al . : 376, fig. 13).…”

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“…Artefacts located in the run suggested that the crew used it for storage of tools, ship's stores, discarded equipment, and personal belongings (Crisman et al ., : 375). The spaces between frames 61 to 63 and the sides of the deadwood contained viscous, oily hydrocarbon, identified as pine tar (Bates, ); other debris in the run included wood shavings that resembled waste from a plane or draw knife, and corn cobs.…”

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“…Between 2001 and 2008 the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and Texas A&M University jointly investigated the site. The excavations, major finds, and history are summarized in IJNA 42.2 (Crisman et al ., ).…”

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The Western River SteamboatHeroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA: construction

Crisman

2013

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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This paper describes the design and construction of the side-wheel steamer Heroine, a representative of the 'western river steamboat' type and the earliest example of its kind to undergo archaeological study. Heroine was built at New Albany, Indiana, in 1832 and sunk on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas in 1838. The extensive remains of the lower hull show assembly practices in use during the developmental era of Mississippi River steamboats. The wreck also reveals a heretoforeunknown technique for longitudinally strengthening these long, narrow, and very lightly built hulls.

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Isotopic Analyses Reveal Geographical and Socioeconomic Patterns in Historical Domestic Animal Trade Between Predominantly Wheat- And Maize-Growing Agricultural Regions in Eastern North America

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Historical zooarchaeologists have made significant contributions to key questions about the social, economic, and nutritional dimensions of domestic animal use in North American colonial contexts; however, techniques commonly employed in faunal analyses do not offer a means of assessing many important aspects of how animals were husbanded and traded. We apply isotopic analyses to faunal remains from archaeological sites to assess the social and economic importance of meat trade and consumption of local and foreign animal products in northeastern North America. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of 310 cattle and pigs from 18 rural and urban archaeological sites in Upper Canada (present-day southern Ontario, Canada; ca. A.D. 1790–1890) are compared with livestock from contemporary American sources to quantify the importance of meat from different origins at rural and higher- and lower-status urban contexts. Results show significant differences between urban and rural households in the consumption of local animals and meat products acquired through long-distance trade. A striking pattern in urban contexts provides new evidence for the social significance of meat origins in historical Upper Canada and highlights the potential for isotopic approaches to reveal otherwise-hidden evidence for social and economic roles of animals in North American archaeology.

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The Western River SteamboatHeroine,1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA: excavations, summary of finds, and history

Cited by 4 publications

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The W estern R iver S teamboat H eroine , 1832–1838, O klahoma, USA : propulsion machinery

The W estern R iver S teamboat H eroine , 1832–1838, O klahoma, USA : propulsion machinery

The Western River SteamboatHeroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA: construction

Isotopic Analyses Reveal Geographical and Socioeconomic Patterns in Historical Domestic Animal Trade Between Predominantly Wheat- And Maize-Growing Agricultural Regions in Eastern North America

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