BOATS OF WINFIELD, KANSAS
AND THE COWLEY COUNTY AREA

  1. Flatboat crossing the Missouri
  2. Pioneers, Wagons and Oxen Crossing the Arkansas River at Great Bend, KS. with
    comments(steamboat in far background).
  3. Boat on the Walnut River with Train Crossing Trestle in the Background
  4. J. D. McKown's report of the upper Arkansas river to Maj. Charles R. Suter, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. April 23, 1879.
  5. Report from Amos Walson re: The "Cherokee" Steamship, June 11, 1879. Ark City, Kansas
  6. The Tial Trip of the Miniature Seamboat "Necedah", Dec. 11, 1879
  7. Arkansas City Steamboats

A great link is the Arkansas River Historical Timeline on the Tulsa Web by the Arkansas River Historical Society.
From their Timeline:
1878

The AUNT SALLY, 85 feet long and 18 feet wide, left Little Rock on June 18, and arrived in Arkansas City, Kansas, on June 30. Great rejoicing in Kansas!

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