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The The '''''Eagle'' steamboat''' was the first steamer to ply the waters of the [[Arkansas River]] from New Orleans to Little Rock. The ''Eagle'' irregularly served Little Rock beginning in 1822.
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The '''Steamboat ''Eagle''''' was the first steamer to ply the waters of the [[Arkansas River]] from New Orleans to Little Rock. The 118-ton ''Eagle'' irregularly served Little Rock beginning with its first landing on March 16, 1822. The steamboat was captained by G. Morris.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
  
 
*Ira Don Richards, ''Story of a Rivertown: Little Rock in the Nineteenth Century'' (1969), 16.
 
*Ira Don Richards, ''Story of a Rivertown: Little Rock in the Nineteenth Century'' (1969), 16.
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*Paulette Walker and Alan Paulson, ''Historic Pulaski County: Arkansas'' (Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 10.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:28, 15 February 2009

The Steamboat Eagle was the first steamer to ply the waters of the Arkansas River from New Orleans to Little Rock. The 118-ton Eagle irregularly served Little Rock beginning with its first landing on March 16, 1822. The steamboat was captained by G. Morris.

References

  • Ira Don Richards, Story of a Rivertown: Little Rock in the Nineteenth Century (1969), 16.
  • Paulette Walker and Alan Paulson, Historic Pulaski County: Arkansas (Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 10.

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