April 21, 1823.

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1823 Map of the Upper Mississippi River Valley – The Steamboat Virginia. In 1823, the Virginia made the first steamboat trek on the Upper Mississippi. Here is a map of that journey.

April 21, 1823 – The Steamboat Virginia leaves St. Louis for the first voyage on the Upper Mississippi River.

A Day-by-Day Calendar of Historical Events In Iowa, William J. Petersen, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1946, p 39

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