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Mike Fink King of the Mississippi Keelboatmen
A profile of Mike Fink, famed keelboatman on the Ohio and Mississippi, detailing his legend as frontier strongman, expert marksman, and central figure in early river trade. The piece traces Fink’s life from Fort Pitt era to the keelboat boom, his infamous duels and feats, and the tangled published death legends surrounding his end in 1822–23.
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Pittsburgh
New Orleans
St. Louise
Ohio
Mississippi
Walter Blair
Franklin J. Meine
Henry Holt and Company
Alleghenies
Licking
Hocking
Scioto
Muskingum
Miami
Wabash
Oho
Mike Fink
Mike
Pennsylvania
Fort Pitt
Blair
Meine
Missouri River
General Ashley
Missouri
Yellowstone
Ile
Curly Tail
Keeler
Emerson Hough
Yellowstone River
Fink
Carpenter
Talbot
Talbeau
St. Louis
Carpenter—Talbot
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