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Steamboat: NEW FALLS CITY
• Built: 1858
New Falls City: Day By Day
January 14 Thursday – Sam may have made the return trip on the New Falls City, an 880 ton side-wheeler freshly built that month, with Captain Montgomery. The licensed pilots at this time were Chauncy Cable and Zeb Leavenworth. Sam possibly offered his steering services in exchange for passage [MTL 1: 75].
January 20 Wednesday – New Falls City arrived in New Orleans.
October 30 Saturday – Sam left St. Louis on the New Falls City (880 tons; built in January of that year, the largest ship Sam served on. Sam took passage on the boat in January as well) Pilot Horace Bixby, Captain James B. Woods.
November 8 Monday – New Falls City arrived in New Orleans.
November 10 Wednesday – New Falls City left for St. Louis.
November 17 Wednesday– New Falls City arrived in St. Louis.
November 19 Friday – New Falls City left for New Orleans.
November 26 Friday – New Falls City arrived in New Orleans.
November 29 Monday – New Falls City left for St. Louis.
November 30 Tuesday – Sam’s 23 rd birthday.
December 8 Wednesday – New Falls City arrived in St. Louis.