As the 20th century progressed, commercial river trade began to decline, and the steamboat era ended, as most people preferred faster modes of transportation.

The steamboat era lasted from the mid-1860s until the coming of the railroad in the mid to late 1880s.

The Kootenay's steamboat era was short and lasted for only about 28 years.

During the steamboat era, from about 1823 to 1935, passenger vessels travelled on the nearby lake.

It prospered because of the cotton trade in the steamboat era.

The most notable highlight of the steamboat era was the impact steamboats made upon the North West Rebellion.

The storehouse details the history of the Colorado River and the steamboat era on it, and of the mule wagon trains.

Eventually, the railroad expansion following the American Civil War ended the steamboat era.

Some of his songs used time-tested blues imagery to comment on the present; others looked back to the steamboat era and an imagined childhood on the bayou.

It was the opening of the newly constructed bridge that finally brought the steamboat era to a close in the Jefferson City area.