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	Steamboat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat or vessel which is propelled by steam power that drives a propeller or paddlewheel.
		Robert Fulton, who may have become interested in steamboats when he visited William Henry in 1777 at the age of 12, visited Britain and France where he built and tested an experimental steamboat on the River Seine in 1803, and was aware of the success of the Charlotte Dundas.
		The Belle of Louisville, based at the port of Louisville, Kentucky is the oldest continually operating steamboat on the inland waterways of the United States: her hull was laid as the Idlewild in 1914.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steamboat (1839 words)

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		A steamboat is a boat or vessel that is propelled by steam power generally used on rivers.
		The first regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States began on February 28, 1849 with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay.
		Early steamboats were paddlewheelers with large coal powered paddlewheels either on the sides or at the rear of the vessel.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/s/st/steamboat.html (220 words)

	Steamboat - MSN Encarta
		Steamboat, steam-driven vessel, in common use during the 19th and early 20th centuries to carry passengers and goods across bodies of water (see Boats and Boatbuilding).
		In 1809 American inventor and engineer John Stevens took a steamboat of his design, the Phoenix, down the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to Philadelphia, the first time a steamboat was used in the ocean.
		Restored steamboats and motorboats built to resemble steamboats still travel many bodies of water as ferries and tourist attractions.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761558257 (464 words)

	Steamboat Willie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Music for Steamboat Willie was put together by Wilfred Jackson, one of Disney's animators (and not, as sometimes reported, by Carl Stalling), and comprises popular melodies including "Steamboat Bill" and "Turkey in the Straw".
		Steamboat Willie has been close to entering the public domain in the United States several times; each time, copyright protection in the United States has been extended.
		Steamboat Willie was also the basis for, and title of the first level in the game, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse [(for Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sega CD and Sony PlayStation (as Mickey's Wild Adventure)].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steamboat_Willie (862 words)

	steamboats
		If this happened to the steamboats, the passengers had to pass hours on the banks telling stories, hunting, or gathering wild fruit, while the boat was repaired.
		As the steamboat was leaving, she was saluted by the whistle of every boat on the St. Paul levee.
		When the steamboat came to the Belle Plaine stretch of the river, it was caught in an April flood.
	www.isd77.k12.mn.us /schools/dakota/mnriver/steamboats.htm (1187 words)

	Ski and Snowboard at Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado
		Although Steamboat's famous picture, the ski trails rising behind a brown barn, alludes to the town's cowboy heritage, the resort itself is sleek and modern.
		The 93-year-old Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club at Howelsen Hill, across the river from downtown, is home to world-class athletes who train on the Nordic trails, ski jumps, and Alpine pistes there.
		Steamboat is also a terrific place for people who don't ski or ride.
	www.skisnowboard.com /steamboat (560 words)

	Mississippi River Navigation -- Steamboat Navigation -- Mississippi River History -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
		By 1830, the steamboat age had come to the upper Mississippi, and by 1840, there was heavy river commerce between St. Louis and the head of navigation at St. Anthony's Falls (vicinity of St. Paul).
		Steamboat travel was hazardous and irregular in the early years.
		The steamboat era was ending due to the introduction of modern, diesel-driven vessels with greater towing power some 30 years earlier.
	www.mvn.usace.army.mil /PAO/history/MISSRNAV/steamboat.asp (948 words)

	Ski Holidays at Steamboat Colorado from Ski the American Dream 0870 350 7547
		Steamboat — so called because the steam chugging from its natural springs sounded like a paddle steamer — is a genuine cowboy town with masses of character.
		Steamboat has an excellent snow record and it is the birthplace of the expression “champagne powder”.
		Steamboat has many beautiful gladed runs and groomed cruisers as well as steeps, bumps, terrain parks and open meadows filled with powder.
	www.ski-dream.co.uk /index.cfm/fuseaction/Pages.getPage/Id/122 (335 words)

	Goski.com Colorado - Steamboat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Steamboat is an excellent all-around mountain with a huge variety of terrain and plenty of off-the-slope activities.
		Steamboat is one of the best mountains in Colorado to ski on, but the towns inability to update it's image has left it looking like a vacant lot.
		Steamboat Springs is 160 miles from Denver via I-70 west through the Eisenhower Tunnel to the Silverthorne exit (#205), then Colorado Highway 9 north to Kremmling, then US 40 west over Rabbit Ears Pass to Steamboat.
	www.goski.com /resorts/steam/resort_welcome.html?cntry_or_state=states&rorc=colorado&from=state&bc=RIR (2923 words)

	Steamboat Days by Fred Erving Dayton - Steamboat Commerce
		The jealousies excited by the coming of a steamboat took the form of injury to Clermont and the paddle-arms were the objects of attack.
		This was a blow to steamboat prestige, and the owners sent the boat to Charleston, South Carolina, but it was lost on the trip south.
		In 1819 the Comptroller of the State reported that the tax imposed upon persons who traveled by steamboats in 1817 and '18 had amounted to $41,440 of which $3,819.82 was spent in collecting the tax.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/steamboats/dayton/steam3.html (1644 words)

	Steamboat Springs - Fun, family news & my thoughts on developments in Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		STEAMBOAT SPRINGS - The 447 inches of snow received at Steamboat Springs this season fell 18 inches short of breaking the record set in 1996-97, and also snowfalls received in the 1983-84 and 1995-96 seasons, reports The Steamboat Pilot and Today.
		STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — It came so fast -- it was a white blur, literally, and when powder piggies finally came up for air Thursday, they needed the calculators on their cell phones to total the snow they'd tracked up in late November and early December.
		Steamboat Springs School District Superintendent Donna Howell said that with the small number of students in the charter schools, SAR ratings can be misleading because low scores from one or two students can have a large effect on school averages.
	www.steamboat-springs.blogspot.com (8537 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Steamboat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat or vessel that is propelled by steam power driving a propeller or paddlewheel.
		Meanwhile, Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, near Dumfries, Scotland, had developed double-hulled boats propelled by cranked paddlewheels placed between the hulls, and he engaged the engineer William Symington to built his patent steam engine into a boat which was successfully tried out on Dalswinton Loch in 1788, and followed by a larger steamboat the next year.
		Incidentally, the cartoon Steamboat Willie introduced steamboat pilot Mickey Mouse to the public.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Steamboat (1668 words)

	Steamboat
		In a mystery weaving the shifting imagery of a dream with modern psychology and ancient myth, Daniel struggles to solve the riddle of the old wreck and free himself from the haunting embrace of a nightmare older than history itself.
		In Steamboat Slough, John Schettler, the award winning author of Meridian, has created another compelling tale where the mystery spawned from the wreck of an old steamboat haunts the main character, darkening his dreams and confounding his waking hours with strange, lingering remnants.
		Steamboat Slough soon becomes a mystery thriller, charged with the primal power of mythology as sleep brings Daniel into contact with an ancient, archetypal force that has preyed upon sleepers throughout human history.
	www.dharma6.com /html/steamboat.html (247 words)

	STEAMBOATING ON THE MISSOURI RIVER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fulton is often credited with inventing the steamboat, but it is more accurate to say that he made one of the first successful demonstrations of a commercially feasible steamboat when he launched the Clermont (Fulton actually referred to it as simply The Steamboat or The North River Steamboat) on the lower Hudson River in 1807.
		The other steamboats in the expedition were the R.M. Johnson (named for the 9th vice president of the United States and the brother of the man who had the government contract to supply the steamboats for the military portion of the expedition), the Expedition, and the Jefferson (named for Thomas Jefferson).
		Despite the limited success of these three steamboats, the government experiment with steamboat exploration was considered a failure, and it was another ten years before regular steamboat trade on the Missouri River began.
	members.tripod.com /~Write4801/docs/moboats.html (3012 words)

	The Ranch at Steamboat \| Steamboat Springs, Colorado Lodging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Steamboat Springs Lodging - directory of lodging properties in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, including condos, homes and the Hotel Bristol.
		Steamboat Live Mountain Camera - a live image of the Steamboat Ski Area updated every three minutes.
		Storm Meadows at Steamboat - a collection of fine lodging properties on the slopes of the Steamboat Ski Area.
	www.ranch-steamboat.com /policies.shtml (919 words)

	Robert Fulton, Hudson River Steamboats, and the Clermont Steamboat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The legal underpinning of his steamboat empire gave him control of the heavily traveled and lucrative route between New York City and Albany. The act also allowed Fulton and Livingston to seize any steamboat that operated without their license, and to collect a penalty for every trip made.
		In 1816, the fleet of passenger and freight steamboats on the Mississippi River and its tributaries totaled 326,443 tons, supplying economical and fast transportation, and a service which was very largely responsible for the opening of great new territories.
		Robert Livingston was a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and was sent to France by Thomas Jefferson to negotiate for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.
	www.hrmm.org /steamboats/fulton.html (1363 words)

	Steamboat Springs Ski Vacation reservations - ski trip package vacations to Steamboat Springs
		Your Steamboat Ski Vacation- One of Coloradoâs authentic Old West towns, Steamboat is over 100 years old but modern in every amenity.
		With close to 3,000 skiable acres, a Steamboat ski vacation package offers every level of terrain and itâs all easy to reach by a vast lift system including the Silver Bullet TM eight-passenger gondola.
		Steamboatâs lodging accommodation choices are as huge as the mountain, everything from family-oriented condominiums to European-style bed and breakfasts.
	steamboat.ski.com (243 words)

	About Steamboat Art Company
		Steamboat Art Company was founded almost 30 years ago as a small art gallery in the town of
		We’re located in the center of our historic downtown, in a beautiful 80 year old building typical of the old west.
		is a reflection of Steamboat’s rich western heritage.
	www.steamboat-art.com /about.htm (266 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Steamboat at Epinions.com
		I drove hwy 40 from Salt Lake City to Steamboat and camped outside of the city.
		The city of Steamboat Springs is alive in the summer.
		Steamboat has great runs covering every ability of skier and enough mountain that the runs are not crowded and for $54 a day I would hope so.
	www.epinions.com /trvl-review-6F-B89CE28-3873E7C0-prod1 (571 words)

	Steamboat Springs Lodging \| Steamboat Springs Colorado
		In Steamboat Springs our western heritage continues to set us apart from all other ski resort towns.
		Steamboat is known around the globe as Ski Town USA®.
		In fact, Steamboat sent more athletes to the 2002 Games than many small countries.
	www.steamboat-springs-lodging.com (99 words)

	Steamboat Rentals By Owner - Home
		Steamboat Rentals by Owner has a great selection of privately owned rental homes and condos for your Steamboat, Colorado vacation.
		We're adding ski-in/ski-out homes and condos, have houses and on Shuttle Route in Steamboat Village, and all of the surrounding communities and neighborhoods.
		Most of our larger homes are located just minutes from the center of Steamboat on the free Town of Steamboat shuttle service.
	www.steamboatrbo.com (315 words)

	Boater finds long lost Missouri River steamboa
		The tenure of these steamboats, most carrying supplies, miners and homesteaders steaming to and from the gold camps in Montana and Westward, didn't last long.
		Pinkelman said the purported steamboat appeared to be in its original wreck location because it looked like the stump of a huge cottonwood tree was embedded upward through an area that might be the bow of the boat.
		One notable wrecked steamboat, the EVENING STAR, must have remained near the shifted channel since she resurfaced at the turn of the century when an article in the Vermillion Plain Talk reported that her decks rose above the water after being submerged for nearly 40 years.
	www.omahariverfront.com /articles2004/20040410_northalabama.htm (1464 words)

	Steamboat Springs Apartment rental condo in Colorado mountain resort. cabin chalet snowatergl Springs
		Steamboat Springs Apartment rental condo in Colorado mountain resort.
		The beautifully furnished and appointed western style apartments have gas log firplaces, and are equipped with modern appliances and conveniences.
		Steamboat is surrounded by millions of acres of National Forest and the Zirkel and Flat Tops Wilderness Areas, all of which can be explored on foot or by horseback.
	members.shaw.ca /resort/steam.htm (359 words)

	Steamboat Willie (1928) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Plot Summary: Mickey is piloting a steamboat when Captain Pete comes to the bridge and throws him off.
		Steamboat Willy was not the first cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse.
		"Steamboat Willy" was released November 18th 1928 as a SOUND movie (it was also released July 29th 1928 as a silent film).
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0019422 (327 words)

	Steamboat - United States ski chalet / ski holidays
		The resort of steamboat is a 10 min bus ride (an excellent fast frequent service) from the old town of Steamboat Springs, which is a long drive, or short flight from Denver.
		Steamboat has the image of being a bit of a ‘cowboy town’ and it’s certainly the place to buy a ‘Stetson’!
		Steamboat is an intermediates paradise with superb runs down from sunshine chair and Buddys run down from Storm Peak.
	www.skiline.co.uk /datailpages/resortDetail.asp?resortID=31 (710 words)

	Inn at Steamboat - Steamboat Springs, Colorado
		Nestled in the mountains of Northwest Colorado, the Inn at Steamboat offers a touch of class for those seeking a quiet mountain get-a-way.
		Located on a scenic hillside just four short blocks from the Steamboat ski area, the Inn has a home-style atmosphere with all the amenities of a world class ski resort just moments away.
		If you have never experienced the comfort and satisfaction of a vacation at the Inn at Steamboat, you will most assuredly be in for quite a treat.
	www.inn-at-steamboat.com (240 words)

	SKI Magazine ~ Recent Winter Storms Pound Steamboat and Aspen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Steamboat Springs, CO - (Press Release) - The winter storm that started dumping snow Saturday, Nov. 26, in the Yampa Valley has brought the Steamboat Ski Area nearly three feet of Champagne Powder® snow at mid-mountain and nearly four feet at the summit in the past 48 hours.
		Experience Steamboat this season with a variety of winter vacation packages and specials including exclusive to Colorado Front Range packages and Winter Escape Package, offering a day and night free.
		Steamboat Central Reservations®, which represents the majority of the lodging properties in the area, now offers exclusive online iCORIS technology, allowing users to book their entire vacation online.
	www.skimag.com /skimag/news/article/0,12795,1135691,00.html (751 words)

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