General Jesup (sidewheeler)
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general-jesup-sidewheeler-319-8728817
title:
General Jesup (sidewheeler)
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General Jesup was a side-wheel paddle-steamer, named for General Thomas Jesup then Quartermaster General of the United States Army, and was the second steamboat launched on the Colorado River, in 1854. In late 1853, George Alonzo Johnson with his partner Hartshorne and a new partner Captain Alfred H. Wilcox, formed George A. Johnson & Company and obtained the contract from the U. S. Army to supply the remote post of Fort Yuma. Johnson and his partners all having learned a lesson from their previ
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Colorado River transport boat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Jesup_(sidewheeler)
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2023-11-20T13:46:47Z
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