As Much as the Water: How Steamboats Shaped Arkansas – Center for Arkansas History and Culture

New York Harbor - 1894 - watercolor on paper - 35.7 x 26.2 cm - Courtesy of The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas

William T. Harris - 1912 - watercolor on paper - 35.5 x 27.5 cm - Courtesy of The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas

Steamboat Silver Cloud performing patrol duties during the Civil War - 1864 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Print of the steamboat J. M. White on the Mississippi River - undated - J.N. Heiskell Oversized Photograph Collection, 1861-1986, UALR.PH.0101 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Memphis on a Smoky Morning - 1909 - watercolor on paper - 15.3 x 50.8 cm - Courtesy of The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas

Crew on board the Steamboat Kennedy on the White River - 1903 - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

The 'J. N. Harbin' - 1908 - watercolor on paper - 32.5 x 63 cm - Courtesy of The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas

Steamboats anchored at Des Arc during Civil War with cargo and wagon parts lining the shore - 1863-1864 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

How
Steamboats
Shaped Arkansas

About the Exhibit

The exhibit explores the impact of the steamboat on Arkansas from its arrival at Arkansas Post in 1820 until it was surpassed by the railroad as the main means of transportation in the years after the Civil War. The exhibit places special emphasis on the artwork of Frederick T. Anderson, as well as photographs and letters from archival collections. This exhibit grew from a partnership between the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture and The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas.

About CAHC

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture offers a collection of resources, including papers, books, photographs, maps, and audio/visual materials, related to history, government, and life in Arkansas. Holdings related to the government include five former governors and several legislators.

Mission

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture collects, keeps safe, and makes available Arkansas history that connects people to each other and their shared experiences.

Learn More

The collections are available at the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History and Art building and online at ARStudies.

401 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

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