Amanda good evening. Welcome to the Hudson Library historical society. We are so happy you are here for the event. I am amanda flower, one of the here, andlibrarians tonight we are honored to welcome howard means to discuss kentew book 67 shots state and the end of american innocence. Campus,states main only 10 miles from here, where the shooting took place. We are very excited to have this program of national and local interest. Mr. Means is a editor at the washingtonian, author and coauthor of 10 books, including Andrew Johnson and the 45 days that changed the nation, Johnny Appleseed the man, the myth, an american story, and the first biography on colin powell. Please join me in welcoming mr. Means. [applause] means i also wrote 67 shots. [laughter] thank you, amanda. Veryaa herself is also a accomplished novelist in detective, mystery stories, won an Agatha Christie award. But you are stuck with me instead. I talked with a number of people who were at kent state, in 1970. Can you h
On the very back, the rudder. The tiller arm coming from the city would go upstairs to the pilothouse and as the wheel would be turned, it would pull the rope, turn the arm, turn the rudder, and help steer the rope. Travelers traveled on the main deck. The passengers aboard, 150 of them, were terrified. They were not great swimmers, nor were they dressed to swim. They escape by running to the top of the boat as it rank. With a lifeboat, bringing them to shore, they all arrived. No one died, but they lost all the freight. The 18 50s of the Missouri River was called the golden age of the steamboat. A vote withself on your family, 1856. You are on your way west. The wood deck you see here was the size of the arabia. 171 feet long, 30 feet wide. Wheels. Two date paddle standing on the deck looking across the Missouri River, that is where the river traveler of 1856 would see kansas city, main, the warehouse along the riverfront. Riginal would the wheel we rebuilt turns just as you see, one
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