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    Henry Miller Shreve (October 21, 1785 – March 6, 1851) was an American inventor and steamboat captain who removed obstructions to navigation of the Mississippi...
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  • Henry Miller Shreve, who was responsible for clearing the log jam on the Red River, which led to the founding of Shreveport in 1835. Captain Shreve has...
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  • Bob Shreve (1912–1990), broadcasting pioneer Chasen Shreve (born 1990), American baseball player Forrest Shreve (1878–1950), American botanist Henry Miller...
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    important general in the American Civil War.) In April 1815, Captain Henry Miller Shreve was the first person to bring a steamboat, the Enterprise, up the...
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    log jams were removed in the lake and on the Red River by Captain Henry Miller Shreve and then by the Army Corps of Engineers, the lake changed shape and...
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    and the Texas Trail. The Red River was made navigable by Captain Henry Miller Shreve, who led the United States Army Corps of Engineers efforts to clear...
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    Army Corps of Engineers hired steamboat builder and river captain Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1851), Superintendent of Western River Improvement, to remove...
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  • four children, and Mary gave birth to seven more. One of these was Henry Miller Shreve. Israel worked and owned farmland and was appointed justice of the...
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    of The Joy of Cooking Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1851), steamboat pioneer, inventor, and namesake of Shreveport, Louisiana Henry A. Silver (1826–1885)...
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    Henry Miller Shreve was the first person to bring a steamboat, the Enterprise, up the Red River.[citation needed] By 1839 after Captain Henry Miller Shreve...
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    on the Red River to Shreveport, Louisiana. In April 1815, Captain Henry Miller Shreve was the first person to bring a steamboat, the Enterprise, up the...
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    Falls William C. Pfefferle—Philadelphia Alan Pritsker—Philadelphia Henry Miller Shreve—Brownsville Jacob Snider—Philadelphia Frederick Winslow Taylor—Philadelphia...
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    River Heritage Trail. Accessed November 26, 2013. "Henry Miller Shreve, the son of Israel Shreve, became a successful steamboat designer and entrepreneur...
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    the decision to send the Enterprise. Command was transferred to Henry Miller Shreve, a Brownsville resident and experienced keelboat captain, who had...
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    Ed Roebuck, former MLB relief pitcher (raised in East Millsboro) Henry Miller Shreve, pioneering captain who opened the Mississippi River to steamboat...
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    formed a Great Raft over 160 miles (260 km) long. In 1839, Captain Henry Miller Shreve began clearing the log jam, but it was not completely cleared until...
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  • American comics character – Shmoo plot Henry S. Shrapnel, British general and inventor – shrapnel. Henry Miller Shreve, American inventor and steamboat captain...
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    and this, together with the clearing of the Red River "raft" by Henry Miller Shreve, in 1838, opened the Red River to steamboat traffic and gave impetus...
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  • name (themed as a pirate captain rather than a tribute to Captain Henry Miller Shreve, the founder of Shreveport), logo, and color scheme; unlike prior...
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    professional bodybuilder Chris Shivers (born 1978), professional bull rider Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1854), inventor; steamboat captain Phil Short (born 1947),...
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  • Long, Louisiana governor, monument, Winnfield, Louisiana, 1962. Henry Miller Shreve monument, Riverfront Pkwy, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1967. Clyde E....
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    against the current. However, in 1815, the Enterprise, captained by Henry Miller Shreve, became the first steamboat to travel from New Orleans to Louisville...
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    safety engineer Samuel Shapiro, state treasurer of Maine (1981–1996) Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1851), pioneering steamboat captain, and steamboat designer...
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  • Louisiana, United States. 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members. 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling...
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  • Mississippi, all before 1850. "Diary of William Newton Mercer" of Henry Miller Shreve Expedition, Journal of Southern History, with John C. L. Andreassen...
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    Pleasant, was the homestead of the Shreve family for many years. It is the birthplace of steamboat captain Henry Miller Shreve and may be viewed via the Internet...
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    cultural and political consolidation. According to JSTOR Daily's Grant Shreve, as the concept grew, concrete criteria for the Great American Novel developed:...
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    rivers. Washington was launched in 1816 at Wheeling, West Virginia, for Henry Shreve and partners. George White built the boat and Daniel French constructed...
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    collaborative arrangement would result in the formation of Shreve, Lamb and Blake (later Shreve, Lamb and Harmon), the noted builders of skyscrapers. Hastings...
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    "Too Good To Be True: At Manassas Gap". HistoryNet. Retrieved 2024-10-08. Shreve, William Price (1910). The story of the Third Army Corps Union. The Library...
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