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Operation of First SteamboatEntry/Object ID
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Operation of First Steamboat, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Here it was on December 3, 1787, that James Rumsey made his second successful experiment with steamboat navigation, the first in October, 1783. A great throng witnessed the demonstration from the high cliff from which this picture was taken, where now stands the Rumsey monument, including Gen. Horatio Gates, Maj. Henry Bedinger, Col. John Marow, and other notables. The boat made a mile trip up "Horseshoe Bend" and return. Prior to this time the inventor had often been termed "Crazy Rumsey". A sketch of Rumsey and his boat is in insert.
(Back of postcard)
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
This Editorial by Dr.William Bigelow, Featuring the Shenandoah Valley, was carried in the August, 1924, number of Good Housekeeping Magazine
If you have not seen The Valley you have not seen America. For two hundred miles it lies, warm under the sun, wound through and through with rivers big and little, breathed upon by the winds coming down from the hills that have eternally set it apart from lesser lands and places. And over it all lies the glamour of romantic and patriotic story. Sixty years ago this summer the eyes of the nation - then the North and the South - were upon it. Anxious eyes were full of tears, for blood was the price of the valley, whether the flags went up it or down. One hundred years before that it was the scene of Indian warfare, the assembly ground of Colonial troops, the very garden of patriotism itself. Today it is one of the most nearly ideal spots in all America to visit in, to work in, to live in. The signs of conflict are gone - gone from the fields and the hills, gone from the hearts of the people. Only mementoes remain, to add to the swelling pride of both visitor and home folks, who are all akin. Brothers they were who made this valley historic; brothers they are who today are making it worthy of its inheritance. Bustling with industry, bursting with the fat of the land, running over with schools and colleges, filled with farms and homes and thriving towns - such is The Valley today. If you have not picked a place for your vacation, and if a place where population is ninety-eight per cent American-born appeals to you, look up on your motor map the road that leads from anywhere to the Shenandoah Valley.Acquisition
Accession
341Source or Donor
Veals, AnneAcquisition Method
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Place
* Untyped Place
Shepherdstown, West Virginia