"Sketch of a Flat Bottom Boat," by Georges Henri Victor Collet, 1826. Rivers were some of the earliest thoroughfares in Kentucky. Throughout much of the antebellum era, farmers used flatboats to take their goods to distant markets. Home l Early History l Agriculture l Business l Industry l Education l Health and Medicine l Recreation l Religion l Transportation l War l Timeline l Map l Sponsors   Updated December 15, 2000 Created by Donna Parker with contribution from Sandy Staebell, Laura Harper Lee, Lynne Ferguson and Jon Kay. Send comments to KyMus@wku.edu Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 Western Kentucky University All rights reserved. URL: http://www.wku.edu/Library/onlinexh/rrr1/Pages/Secpages/tr_flatboat.html