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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>O.B381Archon Finding Aid Title O.B381UIS Archives/Special CollectionsArchives/Special Collections LIB 144One University Plaza, MS BRK 140Springfield, IL 62703-5407twood1@uis.eduURL: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-06-06 16:51:35 -0400.undother_unmapped
  
    
      English
    
    
      UIS Archives/Special Collections
    
    Beatty, W.C. b. 1886: Memoir
    
      Beatty, W.C.
    
    
      Knoepfle, John
    
    O.B381
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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS 
W.C. Beatty recalls boats, captains, and various river men who made their living on the Big Sandy and Little Kanawha Rivers in the early 20th century. He discusses logging, lumber mill business, signals used by boatmen, equipment on boats, construction of coal barges, iron works at Ironton, Ohio, river hazards, and his river occupations. 2 tapes, 35 pp.
Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 
OPEN: released by John Knoepfle