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Photo of steamboat, "The Liberty"
Photographic Print, ca. 1900-1904
Side Wheeler
Courtney Ellis Steamboat Collection mss 48, efc
Item/Collection Note: The Liberty, used mostly in mail trade and for excursions, was one of only two side wheelers to ever operate on the Green River. Built in 1900, she served as a mail boat making daily trips between Bowling Green and Morgantown in 1904.





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