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Great Steamboat Race, The
Through the words and memories of young Jinny Williams, we travel up the Mississippi River during the great steamboat races of 1870. Along the way we learn how a simple experiment by Robert Fulton in 1811 grew into one of the most important forms of transportation in America.Release
1999
Minutes
V
Grade Level
E-1
Format
DVD
Through the words and memories of young Jinny Williams, we travel up the Mississippi River during the great steamboat races of 1870. Along the way we learn how a simple experiment by Robert Fulton in 1811 grew into one of the most important forms of transportation in America.
This film is part of a series. The series title and other films in this series are listed below.
American History for Kids - A Fifteen Part Series
- America's First Transcontinental Railroad
- American Civil War -Themes and Things, The
- American Revolution, The - Themes & Things
- Civil War, The
- Colonial America
- Cowboys and Cattle Drives
- Daniel Boone's Final Frontier
- Great Steamboat Race, The
- Lewis & Clark Expedition, The
- Oregon Trail, The
- Pony Express, The
- Revolutionary War, The
- Rivers and Dams
- Slavery and Plantation
- Trolleys
Pricing Details
Available Licenses
- University: $149
- Media Center: $149
- Individual School: $99
- Public Library: $110
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