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Page 186
A RAILWAY BRIDGE WRECKED BY THE MIGHT OF THE MISSOURI , AN EARLIER TYPE OF RIVER BOAT . The Thomas H. self - respecting river should have . It was the strongest influence in getting an appropriation to pay for improvement work and it ...
A RAILWAY BRIDGE WRECKED BY THE MIGHT OF THE MISSOURI , AN EARLIER TYPE OF RIVER BOAT . The Thomas H. self - respecting river should have . It was the strongest influence in getting an appropriation to pay for improvement work and it ...
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We sat on the log together , he and I , waiting for the Vicksburg boat , and watching the powerful machinery pulling the river's teeth . This snag boat was of the catamaran type , built with a double hull and two prows projecting far in ...
We sat on the log together , he and I , waiting for the Vicksburg boat , and watching the powerful machinery pulling the river's teeth . This snag boat was of the catamaran type , built with a double hull and two prows projecting far in ...
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He could wait until the river rose and the New Orleans boat come up . Next trip after that every mother's son of ' em , even to Brutus - hung back and said they didn't want to go out . There we were tied hard and fast with a load of ...
He could wait until the river rose and the New Orleans boat come up . Next trip after that every mother's son of ' em , even to Brutus - hung back and said they didn't want to go out . There we were tied hard and fast with a load of ...
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