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2 giorni fa · The Red River was made navigable by Captain Henry Miller Shreve, who led the United States Army Corps of Engineers efforts to clear the Red River. A 180-mile-long (290 km) natural log jam, the Great Raft, had previously obstructed passage to shipping. Shreve used a specially modified riverboat, the Heliopolis, to remove the log
21 mag 2024 · The Red River had been cleared by Captain Henry Miller Shreve, commanding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, of the 180 mile long raft of debris that had clogged its channel since time immemorial. In Shreve’s honor the Shreve Town Company and the village of Shreve Town were named.
8 mag 2024 · The bestselling book, a critique of patriarchy in Western society and literature, addressed the sexism and heterosexism of the modern novelists D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Norman Mailer and contrasted their perspectives with the dissenting viewpoint of the homosexual author Jean Genet.
31 mag 2024 · However, in 1815, the Enterprise, captained by Henry Miller Shreve, became the first steamboat to travel from New Orleans to Louisville, showing the commercial potential of the steamboat in making upriver travel and shipping practical.
6 giorni fa · The Henry Miller Story. IBEW Founder Henry Miller and his group of our Union’s “Founding Fathers” are true heroes of the American Labor Movement.
31 mag 2024 · Shreveport is the third-largest city in Louisiana. With a population of over 190,000 people, Shreveport is a thriving metropolis nestled along the banks of the Red River. The city was founded in 1836. Shreveport was named after Captain Henry Shreve, who was responsible for clearing the Red River logjam and making the river navigable.
26 mag 2024 · You are currently signed in to your district account. Lou Frey Institute
