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2. Chaparral Boats - Wikipedia

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   Chaparral Boats (originally Fiberglass Fabricators) was founded in 1965 by William "Buck" Pegg and Reggie Rose in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The company's bellwether boat at the time was the 15-ft Tri-Hull with a sticker price of $675. [ 1] Although the tri-hull was discontinued in the early 1980s, many remain in commission today.

3. Steamboats of the Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Steamboats played a major role in the 19th-century development of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, allowing practical large-scale transport of passengers and freight both up- and down-river. Using steam power, riverboats were developed during that time which could navigate in shallow waters as well as upriver against strong currents.

4. List of ships of the Confederate States Navy - Wikipedia

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   The Secretary of the CS Navy, Stephen Mallory, was very aggressive on a limited budget in a land-focused war, and developed a two-pronged warship strategy of building ironclad warships for coastal and national defense, and commerce raiding cruisers, supplemented with exploratory use of special weapons such as torpedo boats and torpedoes.

5. How much does a boat cost to purchase and own? - AOL

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   While boat costs vary significantly, you can expect to pay anywhere from $15,000 to $75,000 for the average new vessel, and upwards of $100,000 for a more luxurious model. Taking out a boat loan ...

6. Andrew Jackson and the slave trade in the United States

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   Mississippi River watershed showing Cumberland River tributary . Slave trader Jackson would have traveled south from the Cumberland District of North Carolina—which shortly became the Territory South of the River Ohio, and is now the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee—via flatboat, keelboat, or barge, using the Cumberland River to get to the Mississippi River and thence to ...

7. List of slave traders of the United States - Wikipedia

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   "Slave Transfer Agencies" listed in an 1854 Southern business directory, including Thomas Foster in New Orleans, a C. M. Rutherford partnership, and G. M. Noel in Memphis Eyre Crowe, "Slave sale, Charleston, S.C.," published in The Illustrated London News, Nov. 29, 1856: The flag tied to a post beside the steps reads "Auction This Day by Alonzo ...