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Many arrived aboard elegant steamships, but the number of guests increased once regional railroads built tracks north to Mackinaw City in the early 1880s.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Moulton spent five weeks traveling by steamship, train and stagecoach to Santa Ana, arriving on May 6, 1874.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.
—CBS News, 16 May 2025
On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Moulton spent five weeks traveling by steamship, train and stagecoach to Santa Ana, arriving on May 6, 1874.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.
—CBS News, 16 May 2025
On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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steamship
noun
steam·ship
ˈstēm-ˌship 
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