Nebraska Daily News-Press Nebraska City, Nebraska, 29 Jul 1928, Sun, Page 11
(Excerpt from article about Val Felthauser)
... Frederick George Felthauser, Valentine Felthauser's father, was a cabinet-maker and furniture dealer. Before the family came to the West, stories circulated in the East that fabulous prices were being paid for furniture in the West. Enticed by the lure of obtaining high prices for his stock, Frederick George Felthauser resolved to ship his stock and take his family into the new country. He did. They settled at Rock Port, Missouri, where for two years they made their home, and from where they came to Nebraska City.
The Felthausers made the greater portion of the trip from Allegheny to Rock Port by steamboat.
Wood for Power.
According to Mr. Felthauser, the boilers of the river steamboats of those days were fired with wood, the boat on which he came being no exception. At intervals enroute it was necessary to stop and refuel. Wood for refueling purposes was cut and [felled] near the river at convenient places and when the boat came alongside such a place it pulled in near the bank and stopped. Negroes carried the wood from the bank to the boat on their backs.
Getting the wood on board was often a hazardous business and it was done in a hurry. More than once when the boat neared the bank it was greeted by whoops and a volley of arrows fired by Indians hidden in the underbrush. Many of the arrows stuck in the sides of the boat.
Of Rock Port, Mr. Felthauser reported: "It was a hot town. While we were there before the war, sentiment was beginning to run high and was no place for Northerners or Northern sympathizers. We got out." The Felthausers made the journey from Rock Port to Nebraska City in covered wagons. The caravan crossed the river at Nebraska City in a steam ferry boat and Mr. Felthauser believes the boat was the "Lizzie Campbell."
The Felthausers settled on a farm four miles south of town.
If high prices were being paid for furniture in the West while the family lived in Allegheny, they were not being paid for furniture in the West when the family arrived in the new country, either at Rock Port or at Nebraska City ...
(Excerpt from article about Val Felthauser)
... Frederick George Felthauser, Valentine Felthauser's father, was a cabinet-maker and furniture dealer. Before the family came to the West, stories circulated in the East that fabulous prices were being paid for furniture in the West. Enticed by the lure of obtaining high prices for his stock, Frederick George Felthauser resolved to ship his stock and take his family into the new country. He did. They settled at Rock Port, Missouri, where for two years they made their home, and from where they came to Nebraska City.
The Felthausers made the greater portion of the trip from Allegheny to Rock Port by steamboat.
Wood for Power.
According to Mr. Felthauser, the boilers of the river steamboats of those days were fired with wood, the boat on which he came being no exception. At intervals enroute it was necessary to stop and refuel. Wood for refueling purposes was cut and [felled] near the river at convenient places and when the boat came alongside such a place it pulled in near the bank and stopped. Negroes carried the wood from the bank to the boat on their backs.
Getting the wood on board was often a hazardous business and it was done in a hurry. More than once when the boat neared the bank it was greeted by whoops and a volley of arrows fired by Indians hidden in the underbrush. Many of the arrows stuck in the sides of the boat.
Of Rock Port, Mr. Felthauser reported: "It was a hot town. While we were there before the war, sentiment was beginning to run high and was no place for Northerners or Northern sympathizers. We got out." The Felthausers made the journey from Rock Port to Nebraska City in covered wagons. The caravan crossed the river at Nebraska City in a steam ferry boat and Mr. Felthauser believes the boat was the "Lizzie Campbell."
The Felthausers settled on a farm four miles south of town.
If high prices were being paid for furniture in the West while the family lived in Allegheny, they were not being paid for furniture in the West when the family arrived in the new country, either at Rock Port or at Nebraska City ...
Nebraska Daily News-Press Nebraska City, Nebraska, 29 Jul 1928, Sun, Page 11
(Excerpt from article about Val Felthauser)
... Frederick George Felthauser, Valentine Felthauser's father, was a cabinet-maker and furniture dealer. Before the family came to the West, stories circulated in the East that fabulous prices were being paid for furniture in the West. Enticed by the lure of obtaining high prices for his stock, Frederick George Felthauser resolved to ship his stock and take his family into the new country. He did. They settled at Rock Port, Missouri, where for two years they made their home, and from where they came to Nebraska City.
The Felthausers made the greater portion of the trip from Allegheny to Rock Port by steamboat.
Wood for Power.
According to Mr. Felthauser, the boilers of the river steamboats of those days were fired with wood, the boat on which he came being no exception. At intervals enroute it was necessary to stop and refuel. Wood for refueling purposes was cut and [felled] near the river at convenient places and when the boat came alongside such a place it pulled in near the bank and stopped. Negroes carried the wood from the bank to the boat on their backs.
Getting the wood on board was often a hazardous business and it was done in a hurry. More than once when the boat neared the bank it was greeted by whoops and a volley of arrows fired by Indians hidden in the underbrush. Many of the arrows stuck in the sides of the boat.
Of Rock Port, Mr. Felthauser reported: "It was a hot town. While we were there before the war, sentiment was beginning to run high and was no place for Northerners or Northern sympathizers. We got out." The Felthausers made the journey from Rock Port to Nebraska City in covered wagons. The caravan crossed the river at Nebraska City in a steam ferry boat and Mr. Felthauser believes the boat was the "Lizzie Campbell."
The Felthausers settled on a farm four miles south of town.
If high prices were being paid for furniture in the West while the family lived in Allegheny, they were not being paid for furniture in the West when the family arrived in the new country, either at Rock Port or at Nebraska City ...
(Excerpt from article about Val Felthauser)
... Frederick George Felthauser, Valentine Felthauser's father, was a cabinet-maker and furniture dealer. Before the family came to the West, stories circulated in the East that fabulous prices were being paid for furniture in the West. Enticed by the lure of obtaining high prices for his stock, Frederick George Felthauser resolved to ship his stock and take his family into the new country. He did. They settled at Rock Port, Missouri, where for two years they made their home, and from where they came to Nebraska City.
The Felthausers made the greater portion of the trip from Allegheny to Rock Port by steamboat.
Wood for Power.
According to Mr. Felthauser, the boilers of the river steamboats of those days were fired with wood, the boat on which he came being no exception. At intervals enroute it was necessary to stop and refuel. Wood for refueling purposes was cut and [felled] near the river at convenient places and when the boat came alongside such a place it pulled in near the bank and stopped. Negroes carried the wood from the bank to the boat on their backs.
Getting the wood on board was often a hazardous business and it was done in a hurry. More than once when the boat neared the bank it was greeted by whoops and a volley of arrows fired by Indians hidden in the underbrush. Many of the arrows stuck in the sides of the boat.
Of Rock Port, Mr. Felthauser reported: "It was a hot town. While we were there before the war, sentiment was beginning to run high and was no place for Northerners or Northern sympathizers. We got out." The Felthausers made the journey from Rock Port to Nebraska City in covered wagons. The caravan crossed the river at Nebraska City in a steam ferry boat and Mr. Felthauser believes the boat was the "Lizzie Campbell."
The Felthausers settled on a farm four miles south of town.
If high prices were being paid for furniture in the West while the family lived in Allegheny, they were not being paid for furniture in the West when the family arrived in the new country, either at Rock Port or at Nebraska City ...
