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Recent Examples of flatboat
On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.
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Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2024
Those who made it safely to New Orleans sold their wares, then sold the warped wood from their flatboats as scrap.
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Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
Travel writer Rinker Buck built a flatboat and traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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Monitor Reviewers,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2022
An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River.
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Washington Post,
14 Sep. 2022
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Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2024
Those who made it safely to New Orleans sold their wares, then sold the warped wood from their flatboats as scrap.
—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
Travel writer Rinker Buck built a flatboat and traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
—
Monitor Reviewers,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2022
An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River.
—
Washington Post,
14 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatboat
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Exhibits are displayed in six different rooms and a canoe house.
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After lunch, Bud and Stan took a canoe to explore a long draw of water in back of camp while Ed and I strung up the radio aerial and called Cache Lake.
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Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.
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Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.
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Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.
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On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.
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Even a rowboat can become garden gold with a little imagination.
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Despite a raft of Western sanctions, Moscow remains among the world's top exporters of oil and natural gas.
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Despite a raft of Western sanctions, Moscow remains among the world’s top exporters of oil and natural gas.
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While some soon-to-be-retirees are called to the beach or the mountains, others are drawn to lake living and all its perks, like watching sunsets on the dock, grilling outside, and taking the pontoon boat out for daily cruises.
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Captain An Electric Boat Around Morro Bay Estero Adventures rents quiet electric pontoon boats that visitors operate themselves.
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Assateague's spectacular national seashore is best explored by kayak.
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On the Water Rent a kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddleboard from Crystal River Outfitters and explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore via the meandering Crystal River.
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Nelson plays the song on a paddleboat as Peacemaker and Harcourt have a moment.
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Take The Kids To Andretti Thrill Park Zoom around an F1 speedtrack, play a round of mini golf or laser tag, take a spin in a paddleboat, or take an exhilarating ride on the Drop n’ Twist Tower.
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“Flatboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatboat. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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