Captain Willard Glazier went down the Mississip in Alice

[Rob Stevens]

Book Review: “Down the Great River” by Captain Willard G. Glazier (1887)

★★★★★ Embracing an account of the discovery of the true source of the Mississippi, together with views, descriptive and pictorial, of the cities, towns, villages, and scenery on the banks of the ri…

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[Rob Stevens]

Found it digitally online;
https://ia600209.us.archive.org/33/items/downgreatriverem00glaz/downgreatriverem00glaz.pdf

And "Alice" can be viewed in the Madisonville History Museum; https://townofmadisonville.org/museums/

 

[MGC]

The Mississippi was once on my personal bucket list. I can't recall the last time I gave that a thought.
All of the material are missing the name of the builder of the "canoes" used by the expedition.
"Coming from Western New York" to eventually gather the supplies used for the trip one might think of typical NYS builders, but there are features of that canoe that do not quite identify as Rushton...similar, but not enough to flag Canton as the source. There were other builders in what is referred to as Western NY. It would be interesting to figure out which it was. Hopefully our NYS expert will chime in.
Is that canoe accessible to someone to give it a good inspection?

 

[Alan Afton]

Where did you get the photos in your post?

 

[Rob Stevens]

A friend who lives in New Orleans took them while out and about.

 

[Benson Gray]

Page 137 of his book indicates that this is a Rushton number 93 as described below.

Benson

 

[MGC]

So much for my speed reading prowess..also my canoe identification. I did not think that the stem tips looked right, also not the decks.

 

[Dan Miller]

From the 1881 catalog:

 

[ALCEDO ATTHIS]

both sail holders , but only one in practice , no? so if it's only one , it give the choice of the bow or stern , they are so different ...
the canoe is symmetrical in the length whith the seats but not with hull form at the ends ...
I imagine it's not possible to have a mast in your back ...
something is engraved on the deck , maybe more information ???
a very testimonial of the past
...
sorry for the mistakes no google aid at first time , its good for me to practice ... Dom

 

[John Sand]

There are canoe rigs with two masts, even today.

 

[Dan Miller]

There were also canoe tents that used both mast steps.

 

[ALCEDO ATTHIS]

ok thank you ...