Mark Twain and the Mississippi River
Old Times on the Mississippi
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/scrapbook/02_old_times/index.html
Examples from Mark Twain’s own scrapbook.
Tom Sawyer Days
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/scrapbook/01_tom_sawyer/index.html
Examples from Mark Twain’s own scrapbook.
Chronology
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/chronology.html
Timeline of the life of Samuel Clemens.
The River Learned
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/scrapbook/02_old_times/page3.html
Examples from Mark Twain’s own scrapbook.
The Mississippi River
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/mississippi.html
Life on the Mississippi with Mark Twain from Berkley.
River Boats or Paddle Wheel Boats
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/define_the_west/river_boats/river_boats.html
Information on river boats and paddle wheel boats from the American Western
History Museum.
Old Man River: History Along the Mississippi
http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Mississippi/index.html
History and trivia about the Mississippi River and the people and places through which it passes, from an exhibit at the Hoover Library.
Mississippi River
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/umesc_about/about_umrs.html
Information on the Mississippi River.
Websites about Steamboat History
http://www.steamboats.org/links-webcams/history-links.html
Links to pictures and information about steamboats.
Mississippi Steamboat
Men in Mark Twain’s Writings
http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/Sellers.html
Mark Twain’s words about steamboats and Isaiah Sellers.