The great Red River raft /
Cohen, Peter Zachary.
The great Red River raft / Peter Zachary Cohen ; illustrations by James Watling. - Niles, Ill. : A. Whitman, 1984. - 37 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Describes how in the 1830's riverman Henry Shreve cleared the Red River of a centuries-old, 200 mile logjam with his iron snagboat, thus opening the way for steamboats to Texas.
0807530395
84003568
Shreve, Henry Miller, 1785-1851.
Shreve, Henry Miller, 1785-1851 --Juvenile literature.
Red River (Tex.-La.)--Navigation--History.
Red River (Tex.-La.)--Navigation--History--Juvenile literature.
627/.12/0924
The great Red River raft / Peter Zachary Cohen ; illustrations by James Watling. - Niles, Ill. : A. Whitman, 1984. - 37 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Describes how in the 1830's riverman Henry Shreve cleared the Red River of a centuries-old, 200 mile logjam with his iron snagboat, thus opening the way for steamboats to Texas.
0807530395
84003568
Shreve, Henry Miller, 1785-1851.
Shreve, Henry Miller, 1785-1851 --Juvenile literature.
Red River (Tex.-La.)--Navigation--History.
Red River (Tex.-La.)--Navigation--History--Juvenile literature.
627/.12/0924