This began the era of two-way commercial steamboat traffic on the river.

This area had developed into a thriving trading post due to steamboat traffic on the Macon.

In 1890 the port once again lost the steamboat traffic.

Such a bakery required the business from railway, canals, or steamboat traffic to supplement local commerce.

As steamboat traffic on the Mississippi increased, more European Americans began to settle here.

Like Clarksville, the town was built by steamboat traffic, and today the river has left them both with the same peaceful timelessness.

This accident marked the end of steamboat traffic on the river.

During the 19th century, steamboat traffic increased dramatically.

In the center of the country, it spread through the cities linked by the rivers and steamboat traffic.

Only with the arrival of the railroads in the 1880s did steamboat traffic diminish.