The Clermont and the dawn of steam power era
A historical account recalls the 1807 launch of the Clermont at Corlear Hook and its August trial trip to Albany in thirty two hours. Fulton’s steamboat sparked national excitement, inspired dramatic depictions, and changed river travel with pine wood fuel and fiery exhaust that dazzled night waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
Corlears Hook
Old State Prison
Amos Street
Albany
Livingston
Fulton
The
Hudson
Eimerson
Caesar Crossing the Rubicon and Visions at Dawn
Caesar crosses the Rubicon at the Italian boundary with Gallia Cisalpine in a pivotal act that triggers rebellion. An apparition of a flute bearing phantom and trumpets accompanies the moment, while the river’s crossing seals fate as Rome pivots toward empire and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesar
Rubicon
Julius Cesar
Italia
Gallia Cisalpine
Caesar
Cluverius
D’anville
Italy
Rimini
Ravenna
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Temple of
Minerva
Witty clergyman settles a street joke over the devil's age
A Nashua anecdote tells how a jocular hard case, a witty city clergyman, refused to judge a public house bet about the devil's age. He quips that the men should keep their family records while passing on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Canal
Bill
Sal Flukins
Tom
Mr. H
Nashua Oasis
A Spanish Beauty and an Omnibus Anecdote
A Bentley's Miscellany excerpt depicts a senorita in a mantilla with dark eyes and refined features, then shifts to a Broadway omnibus tale where a passenger is offered a seat on a man’s knees and a boarding-out joke follows about bones and living arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Journal
California
Burke
Arkansas
Bob
Bowers
Bentley
Broadway
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Independent
Armor & CO
RP. Kooser
D. M. Clayes
GEO. Armor
St. Charles Street
Main
San Andreas
Wesley K. Boucher
Mokelumne Hill
Calaveras County
Court House
Chas. A. Lecake
Notary Pustic
Austin & Ringo’s
Main Street
P. Goodwyn
Benjamin & McDonnell's
Medical
T. W. Brotherton
George E. Young
Trorney
Angel's
W. Brockway
Gee
Mok
Ifill
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Supreme Court
Austin & Ringo
Brotherton
West Side
Odd Fellows’ Hall
I. W. Lyoon
Soher
S. B. Stevens
Artonxey
Jordan Bath
B. Wallace
St. Charles St
Jonyx Haut
Frank Ropixsoy
Hall & Robinson
Blacksmiths
Messrs
Tall & Robinson
Samuel McKee
San
Earry
Beaschan
Hall
Kihook Livery Stable
D. D. Vezey
Willow Creek
Vezey
M. Calahan
Joe
Main Sts
Vance
Calaveras Restaurant and Bakery
Messrs. Young & CO
Empire Bakery & Restaurant
Oddy Fellows’ Hall
B. Crowley
N. B
American Bakery
A. Schachten
Benjamin & McDonnell’s
Knickerbocker Saloon
Main St
Peter Thompson
Anna
E. V. Boynton
ODD Fellows
Beau- Estial
EL Dorado
Cave City
Mountain Ranch
Kinderhook Exchange
Campo Seco
Boyle & O'Neil
William Irvine
Jas. McKee
Joseph Torrens
ST. Charles Street Market
Havana
L.& J. Oppenheimer’s
Earth
North
San Juan
Reynolds
Oberon
Bes
Wisconsin
Sally Rice
Jake
Sel Henry Newman
Alta California
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