Edward West tested a model of the steamboat engine on the Town Branch of Elkhorn Creek in 1793, making him the first person ...

as well as the steamboat, constantly occupied his attention, for the reader, the Clermont, named for Chancellor Robert R. Livingston's country home, on the Hudson, had her trial trip on the East ...

The Clermont may be regarded as the world's first successful steamboat. The first trip was made on August .7, 1807, from New York to Albany. Her speed nearly averaged 5 miles per hour. The next ...

At various times, a portrait painter, a gunsmith, and a maker of torpedoes, what American is best known for the Clermont, his first commercially successful steamboat? -Hold on. I don't know.

Eventually, Fulton’s steamboat was christened the Clermont. In 1814, John Tawell, a Quaker, was charged with possessing forged banknotes. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and ...

Rodeo cowboys have to ride their bull for eight seconds before getting bucked off. Most rafters lasted roughly that same ...

When David Winters started Steamboat Cars and Coffee with Stu Erskine, their group had just eight cars. Now, the car club has ...

The mansion at Clermont State Historic Site will be closed for tours beginning Tuesday, May 27, for maintenance of the ...

CLERMONT, Fla. — Some Duke Energy customers in the Clermont area are not receiving power after a car hit a power pole Sunday morning, officials with the company said. The service interruption ...