A long time ago, people in communities lived near a big river called the Mississippi River. They used boats called keelboats to transport their goods and travel. This was hard because the rivers’ strong current pushed their boats the wrong way and oars had to be used to row the boat the direction they wanted it to go, which was slow. The steamboat would transform transportation and make it easier for people and goods to travel up and down America’s rivers. Think About It
Robert Fulton’s Steamboat
Have you ever been in a lake, pool, or ocean and felt the water moving quickly? It can be hard to move easily or swim against quickly moving water.
