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were upwards of twenty steamers at the landing last night loading and discharging with great activity.
5-The newspaper files of March and April, 1849, disclose evidence of the enterprise of Irwin & Foster, when they won out over obstacles. It was the time when the entire country was wild with the fever of California gold. Cincinnati, as an important transportation center, watched thousands of emigrants passing through by wagon, train and boat. A new steamboat had been built at Cincinnati and this the firm of Irwin & Foster took over for a purpose they advertised in the newspapers throughout March, 1849, as follows:30
NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS
The fine steamer WEBSTER, Captain Robert Getty, will leave on or about the 15th instant for Independence > Missouri^ direct. The Missouri river is free from ice and in fine navigable order. As the Webster is in all respects a first-class steamer, affording unsurpassed accommodation, we feel no hesitation in recommending her to the travelling public and especially to persons bound to Cali- |
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