A flatboat made to resemble those in the 19th century took author Rinker Buck down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He writes about his adventure in "Life on the Mississippi." Anyone who has sat for a ...

ROCKPORT, Ind. – The southwestern Indiana county where Abraham Lincoln spent most of his youth will celebrate his life next year by recreating Lincoln’s 1828 flatboat journey down the Mississippi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a historian, Buck resurrects the flatboat era's adventurous spirit, but he also challenges familiar myths about American ...

ROCKPORT, Ind. - A recreation of Abraham Lincoln's 1828 flatboat trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers is getting under way. The flatboat trip will go from Rockport, Indiana, to New Orleans, and ...

Osceola (KAIT) A 20th century flatboat is re-creating a teen-aged Abe Lincoln's trip down the Mississippi River. The flatboat named "Journey of Remembrance" is making an 8-state 23 stop trip to ...

A flatboat used to re-enact Abraham Lincoln's 1828 flatboat journey down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers will be trucked back to Indiana now that it's reached its destination of New Orleans. The trip ...

Ted reviews Rinker Buck's "Life on the Mississippi", a blend of history and adventure. Rinker Buck built a replica 19th Century flatboat, and sailed down the Mississippi River with his brother. "Life ...

If you want to grow up to be an adventurer, it helps to have an adventurous childhood. Author Rinker Buck grew up in New Jersey, one of 11 children living "a normal middle-class life" — or it would ...

Rockport - Spencer County plans to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's life next year by recreating his 1828 flatboat journey down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809, ...