The first steamboat in western waters, Robert Fulton's "New Orleans," travels from Cairo to Illinoistown. The boat was built and piloted by Mr. Roosevelt of New York. A brilliant comet streaked across the sky about the same time and a blast from the ship's whistle brought large numbers of people to the river front to see if the comet had fallen into the Mississippi.

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Grand Marais is one large lake at this point in time.