There is no greater community connection to the old whaling industry than Nantucket Massachusetts. Nantucket’s citizenry as well as it’s merchants were thriving whether the general economy was booming or sluggish. Whale oil was in great demand throughout the world for this was the fuel used to light homes and streets. Nantucket Whaling Museum Nantucket …
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The Palace Steamers of the Great Lakes
The history of transportation on the Great Lakes is an interesting topic and one which has quite a long history. One of the reasons that make the subject interesting is the role it played in transporting immigrants to the then northwest territory of the United States. U.S. Historians generally refer to the side-wheeler Walk-In-The-Water, launched …