His wife supported his goal, and he set out into the wilderness, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, with a teenage assistant.
Champaign County is situated on the divide between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Connected with the steamboat interests on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as a clerk and an engineer 1835-1848.
Within a few weeks it was carried to all the principal cities on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
The Ohio and Mississippi Rivers are also very important.
As a teen, Lincoln used his river navigation skills to explore the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
There he received orders from Jefferson to begin making plans to build a new fort at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Ages ago North America began to split roughly along the lines of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
His father was one of the leading builders of steamboats used along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
The ship traversed the Ohio and Mississippi River to reach open water.