41. Frustrated with his failure to encounter any Native Americans, Johnson escorted the empty flatboats back to Ohio. 42. The flatboat trade before the War of 1812 was less organized and less professional than during later times. 43. Livestock such as chickens, cows, and pigs also made their way down the Mississippi in flatboats . 44. Three times Srodes walked from New Orleans to Pittsburgh after having arrived in New Orleans on a flatboat . 45. Other cities, like Memphis, Tennessee and Brownsville, Pennsylvania became hubs for outfitting and supplying flatboat traders. 46. The flatboat trade also led to a series of cultural and regional exchange between the North and the South. 47. The Elizabethtown tavern was aimed at river flatboats and light cargo vessels passing up and down the Ohio River. 48. Abraham Lincoln took a flatboat trip to New Orleans, leaving from Rockport, to sell goods for Gentry. 49. One has to take a flatboat to get across the backwaters to reach the other side where Sigandooru is. 50. The book strings together countless walks and flatboat trips downriver, as the peripatetic Audubon sought birds and business opportunities.
