flatboatmen
Freight raft operators
Flatboatmen were workers who operated flatboats—large, flat-bottomed vessels used to transport goods and passengers down rivers, especially the Mississippi and Ohio in 18th- and 19th-century America.
The work was rough and the men had a reputation for rowdiness: The flatboatmen drank and brawled at every river landing.
Abraham Lincoln worked briefly as a flatboatman in his youth.
First to explore territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- westward expansionSpreading in sunset's direction
- Ohio RiverMidwestern waterway to Mississippi
- Mississippi RiverLongest North American watercourse
New Orleans · wilderness · trappers · homesteaders · American frontier · manifest destiny · river towns · landing
Things for sale
- freightGoods being transported
- produceMake or manufacture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cornCereal grown on cobs
whiskey · flour · tobacco · cotton · lumber · furs · merchandise · bales
One who operates vessels
- rivermanInland waterway worker
- watermanAquatic trade worker
- raftsmanOne who navigates rafts
- keelboatmanRiver cargo vessel operator
bargeman · ferryman · oarsman · poleman · steersman · pilot · deckhand · navigator
Ridged-hull river cargo vessel
- bargeFlat freight vessel
- arkLarge rescue vessel
- raftFlat water conveyance
- scowFlat-bottomed cargo vessel
wooden hull · rudder · gunwale · deck · cargo hold · mooring · poling · floating
Large flowing watercourse
- currentDirected flow of charge
- channelPassage for transmission
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- snagUnforeseen complication
sandbar · confluence · tributary · downstream · navigable · floodplain · meander · riverbank
pioneers
First to explore territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- westward expansionSpreading in sunset's direction
- Ohio RiverMidwestern waterway to Mississippi
Mississippi River · New Orleans · wilderness · trappers · homesteaders · American frontier · manifest destiny · river towns · landing · settlement
goods
Things for sale
corn · whiskey · flour · tobacco · cotton · lumber · furs · merchandise · bales · crates
boatman
One who operates vessels
keelboatman · bargeman · ferryman · oarsman · poleman · steersman · pilot · deckhand · navigator · freighter
keelboat
Ridged-hull river cargo vessel
scow · wooden hull · rudder · gunwale · deck · cargo hold · mooring · poling · floating
river
Large flowing watercourse
snag · sandbar · confluence · tributary · downstream · navigable · floodplain · meander · riverbank · landing
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