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Mike Fink, Keelboat King
A vivid portrait of Mike Fink, the keelboat legend, detailing his frontier exploits on the Ohio Mississippi rivers. The piece covers his rise from a Pennsylvanian frontier youth to keelboat captain, his famed feats of marksmanship, rough justice, and the enduring legends about his death, as chronicled by Walter Blair and Franklin Melne.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ile
Pittaburgh
New Orleans
St. Louis
Mike Wink
America
Paul Runyan
Pecoy Bill
John Henry
Mike Flok
Ghlo
Ohio
Licking
Hocking
Scioto
Muskingum
Miami
Wabash
Mississippi
New Orleana
Pittsburgh
Mike Fink
Ara
Mike
Pennsylvania
Fort Pitt
Alleghebiea
Blair
Melne
Indian Loggstow
Legionville
Wayne
Dow
Missouri River
General Ashley
Upper
Missouri
Yellowatown
Keeler
Tim
Emerson
Mike Pink
Caveindtock
Big Kheelboat
St. Vows
Tig Croules
Willessly
Semmet
Eben Waag Baye
Blair and
Meine
Mike Kink
Yellowstone River
Fink
Carpenter
Talbot
Talbeau
Carpenters
Gay Blair
Flak
Bent Aneeg
Carpenter—Talbot
Ghot Fink
Waa Hinsele
Tetons
Ashley
Mikelle
Wetton
Uul