Louisville's Steamboat Era
N 38° 15.545 W 085° 45.301
16S E 608922 N 4235293
This marker is located on River Road at the Wharf near the Belle of Louisville, a historic steamboat that calls Louisville home.
Waymark Code: WM2T82
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2007
Views: 38
River navigation in 18th century was by flatboat and keelboat. First steamboat, NEW ORLEANS, arrived in Louisville in autumn of 1811. City soon became steamboat center with six lines operating here. Hundreds of these boats were built in area. Wharf teemed with traffic through Civil War. Eight U.S. presidents arrived on this wharf or "levee." Presented by The Louisville Historical League.
(Reverse) Visitors at Louisville Wharf
James Monroe - June 1819
Andrew Jackson - June 1819
Alexis de Tocqueville - Dec. 1831
Washington Irving - Sept. 1832
Abraham Lincoln - Sept. 1841
Charles Dickens - Apr. 1842
Walt Whitman - Feb. 1848
Ralph Waldo Emerson - June 1850
Oliver W. Holmes - Sept. 1855
Herman Melville - Jan.1858
Presented by Bellarmine College Alumni Association.
Marker Name: Louisville's Steamboat Era
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 1681
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Presented by Bellarmine College Alumni Association.
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