May 5, 2012

During their heyday in the nineteenth century, riverboats, both passenger and cargo, were seen regularly on the navigable streams of Arkansas. By the early twentieth century, such services were virtually discontinued, and riverboats, such as the one shown here on the White River near DeValls Bluff in 1910, were being used in the barge traffic.

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