The Mississippi is quite wide even as far North as Memphis, and beyond.
It should be possible to tack up river in a fast sailing sloop thought
fighting a current all the way would certainly slow progress. The
river current is also quite strong rowing is also difficult. I'm pretty
sure that prior to Steam most river traffic on the Mississippi was down
stream on flat boats, other uses being found for the wood once the flat
boat reached it's destination. I have no idea how hard polling a
keelboat up the river would be but you'd have to stick to the shore
because in most places the River is pretty deep compared to a manageable
length pole.
On 1/3/2017 10:51 AM, Zos Xavius wrote:
Don't forget here that the louisiana purchase only happened like 10-15
years before steamboats were invented. The south was very undeveloped
at that point. Prevailing winds are north to south. So is the current
on the Mississippi. Sailing would have been nearly impossible.
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 7:00 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
According to the internet, no ships of any kind used the Mississippi
River prior to the invention of the Steam Boat.
... if they did, Google can't find anything about them.
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