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Steamboats on the Hudson: An American Saga

Introduction
Table of Contents
In the Beginning
Battle of the Booklets, Part 1
Battle in the Legislature: Using NYS Laws to Obtain a Monopoly
Battle of the Newspapers
Battle of the Booklets, Part 2: William Duer vs. Cadwallader Colden
Battle of the Courts
Competition
The Golden Age
The Contenders
Steamboat Timeline

Steamboat Timeline: 1765-1948

Age of Invention	1765	James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish instrument maker and inventor, invented a steam engine.
	1775	Matthew Boulton (1728–1809), English manufacturer and engineer, financed Watt's steam engine and began manufacturing it.
	1783	The first successful steamboat may have been built by French engineer and inventor Claude-François-Dorothée, Marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans (1751-1832), and run on the Saône River near Lyon, France.
Steamboat Monopoly in New York	1787	received from New York State a 14-year monopoly to operate steamboats. The law was passed "in order to promote and encourage so useful an improvement and discovery [as the steamboat], and as a reward for his ingenuity, application and diligence."
	1797	entered into an agreement with and to build a steamboat, the engine for which was to be constructed at Roosevelt’s foundry in New Jersey.
	1798	Robert Livingston had Fitch's New York monopoly transferred to him. The law said Livingston would be granted a 20-year monopoly, provided he could build, "within twelve months," a boat of 20 tons and have it propelled by steam at the rate of four miles an hour .
	1801	President Thomas Jefferson appointed Livingston minister to France. There he met .
	1802	Fulton and Livingston entered into an agreement to build passenger steamboats to run on the
	1803	Livingston got a two-year extension on the act of . In August Fulton launched a boat on the Seine River.
	1806	In October Fulton sailed for New York.
	1807	. (more popularly known now as the Clermont) began her maiden voyage up the Hudson to Albany, returning to New York City on August 21.
Challenges to the Monopoly	1808	bought from Robert R. Livingston, his brother, the right to operate a steamboat between New York and New Jersey. , competing with John Livingston. .
	1811	. , the steamboat built by "the Albanians," set sail for Albany. Robert R. Livingston took and the Albanians to court to protect the monopoly.
	1813	The New Jersey legislature awarded exclusive rights to operate steamboats between New Jersey and New York City, putting him in direct conflict with the New York State law granting a steamboat monopoly on New York State’s waters to Livingston and Fulton.
	1814	Ogden petitioned the New York State Assembly, challenging the monopoly.
	1824	was argued before Chief Justice in the United States Supreme Court.
Competition	1825	Erie Canal completed between Albany and Buffalo, establishing an all-water route between New York City and the Great Lakes.
	1829	Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt established his own steamboat business that would ultimately become , an organization of steamboat owners that sought to minimize competition on the New York-to-Albany run.
	1834	Daniel Drew formed "The People’s Line" to operate steamers in direct competition to Vanderbilt and the North River Steamboat Association.
	1845	Daniel Drew gained control of the North River Steamboat Association and operation of most steamboats plying the Hudson River.
	1851	Hudson River Railroad completed on the eastern shore between New York and Albany, offering a viable alternative to the steamboat for transporting goods and people.
	1861	The steamer the "Queen of the Hudson," began her distinguished 55-year career of providing fast and reliable service daily between New York and Kingston. Known for being a fast boat, she set the standard for speed not only for other passenger vessels but also for private steam yachts.
Golden Age of Steamboat Travel	1863	Beginning of the Hudson River Day Line: Alfred Van Santvoord and John McB. Davidson acquired the steamboats and and began offering day-boat service between New York and Albany.
	1880	introduced by Day Line and touted as a "fast boat" that could equal or better the speed of the Mary Powell. This friendly battle of words between boat captains was never put to test in an actual river race.
	1887	introduced into service on the New York-to-Albany route. Designed as a passenger boat only, its interior décor featured many fine paintings that gained Hudson River Day Line steamers the reputation of being "floating galleries of art."
	1906	A "new steamboat for the new century", the was launched into service by the Hudson River Day Line as the first "million dollar" boat to ply the river.
	1909	introduced in time for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration held in October of that year.
	1912	The steamer Washington Irving was built as the largest and grandest of all of the famous "floating palaces" of the Hudson River Day Line.
	1924	The Hudson River Day Line Company launched the steamer Alexander Hamilton, the last of the great side-paddle steamers built for its fleet. It was also the first steamer to be powered by oil instead of coal, which was used to power most of its steamers at the time.
	1927	Steamer Peter Stuyvesant entered into service. This was to be the last of the great boats built for the Hudson River Day Line.
	1948	The Hudson River Day Line becomes a casualty of the great depression and America’s love affair with the automobile. On September 13, 1948, the Day Line steamboat Robert Fulton made its last run from Albany to New York City, bringing to an end regular steamboat service between these two cities that was begun by Robert Fulton in 1807.

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When longtime Steamboat Springs Chef Morten Hoj began looking to open his own restaurant, his wife and business partner, Ellen, had a piece of advice.

“I said, ‘if you are going to get a restaurant, you better make sure to get a beautiful one,'” Ellen said. “If you are going to spend so many hours there, why not get the most inspiring view you can?”

Hoj could not have followed Ellen’s advice any better. In 1999, the couple acquired the Steamboat Yacht Club, a well-known eatery situated in one of the city’s most scenic spots. The Yacht Club is on the north bank of the Yampa River in downtown Steamboat Springs and is directly across from historic Howelsen Hill.

Whether you are running the restaurant or eating there, it simply is one of the best views you can get. Dinner guests can watch night skiing or ski jumping at Howelsen with complimentary house binoculars.

The setting is a key component in Hoj’s three-prong strategy for a successful restaurant – where the spectacular setting, excellent food, and great service create a wonderful fine dining experience. That strategy has served The Yacht Club well as local concierges frequently recommend it to visitors, while loyal locals make it a truly year-round establishment.

A EUROPEAN FLAIR

Hoj has worked for years to perfect his menu and offer the right mix of well-known staples and new dishes. The menu incorporates seasonal changes to take advantage of new creative ideas.

The menu is influenced by what Hoj calls”European Continental flair.” That’s natural, given his background.

A native of Denmark, Hoj is a European-certified chef, waiter and bartender. After receiving his certification, he worked as an executive chef at the Danish embassies in Washington, D.C., and London. In 1978, he immigrated to the United States and embarked on his restaurant career. He came to Steamboat Springs in 1980, and worked for 13 years as an executive chef for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp.

That broad experience helped Hoj develop and refine the formula he employs so well at the Yacht Club.

Dinner entrees at The Yacht Club range in price from $17.95 for the Rocky Mountain Trout to $26.95 for the Filet Mignon Bearnaise. The selection includes seafood, beef, pork, duck and veal dishes.

The Filet Mignon seasoned with chef salt and char-grilled served with Hoj’s bearnaise sauce is a customer favorite. And Hoj promises a steak knife isn’t necessary.

The Bourbon Honey Duck also is one of the most popular entrees. It features a half duckling that is oven baked with a Kentucky bourbon glaze and roasted pecans.

Seafood lovers can choose from the Oriental BBQ Salmon, Shrimp & Escargot Linguini and the Rocky Mountain Trout Almondine. For a more traditional entree, there is the Grilled Pork Chop a la Forestiere, a double pork chop char-grilled and served with a wild mushroom cognac sauce, or the Wiener Schnitzel served with Cabernet Demi Glaze and proper garnish.

The restaurant’s dinner appetizers include mussels, Maryland crab cakes, and Hoj’s unique Escargots topped with Brie cheese, Fried Calamari to Baked Brie with Lingonberries.

The dessert tray features a nightly selection of homemade desserts including Cream Brulee, Chocolate Mousse, Fresh Berries, Ice Cream Dessert and various Cakes

CATERING TO NEEDS

The restaurant also is one of the city’s favorite lunch destinations, and residents voted it as the best place for a business lunch in a newspaper poll.

Soup, salads, sandwiches and burgers are lunch favorites. Hoj’s signature Pear Stilton Salad is a customer favorite.

The restaurant also has a children’s menu and children’s specialty drinks and desserts.

The Yacht Club can accommodate 130 in its two indoor dining areas and another 220 on its outdoor deck. It is a popular banquet and reception site, handling parties of up to 300 in winter and summer.

The restaurant also offers off-site catering for a variety of events including weddings, banquets, conventions and group meetings. It also caters private jets, boats and other recreational activities.

THE WINE LIST

The Yacht Club includes a fully stocked bar and more than 60 wines. A dozen wines are offered by the glass at affordable prices.

Staff members are available to make wine recommendations to go with any entree. This year, Hoj gathered his staff for a wine sampling and then had staff members put together a list of their favorites. Those favorites are cited on the restaurants’ wine list.

“Our staff members really understand wine,” Hoj said. “We thought this would be a good way to help our customers with their selections.”

One of the things that distinguishes The Yacht Club is its experienced and friendly staff.

“The restaurant has a core group of employees who have been with us for several seasons,” Dining Room Manager Armando Arce said. “They know our customers, and they know that when they come in, they are going to see a friendly face that is going to take good care of them.”

The Hojs are especially excited about the latest addition to their strong team. They’ve been blessed with another Danish Chef -Tina Taylor – this year. In addition to the same rigorous certification process Hoj endured, her experience with European and French cuisine will generate many refreshing new menu items in all categories. Her six-month intensive training with a very choosey French Chef in Phoenix has inspired many tasty delicacies already.

Hoj leads the charge. He can be found at the restaurant at all hours seven days a week, working with his staff and interacting with customers to ensure they enjoy their meals. Ellen helps out with the Yacht Club’s interesting marketing strategies.

It’s hard work that has paid off – The Yacht Club is one of the city’s premier restaurants in a setting that is incomparable.

“We wanted to establish a restaurant that offers fine dining at an affordable price with good service : a place where a family or a couple could come and really enjoy a night out,” Hoj said. “I think that is what makes us special – great food and a great staff in a great environment.”

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Maykop (meaning “the city at the mouth of the apple valley” in the Adyghe language) is a city located in the south of European Russia, the capital of the Republic of Adygea.

The population of Maykop is about 139,000 (2022), the area - 69.6 sq. km.

The phone code - +7 8772, the postal codes - 385000-385745.

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The history of Maykop goes back to antiquity. In the 7th-12th centuries AD, the Great Silk Road passed through the territory of Maykop and Adygea. Adyghe, as a separate ethnic group, were first mentioned in the 12th century. In 1557, after the conclusion of the marriage alliance between Ivan the Terrible and the daughter of the Kabardian prince, the Adyghe tribes officially became part of Russia.

The first mention of the Adyghe toponym “Maykop” and related “Maykop heights”,”Maykop gorge”, etc. in Russian documents dates back to 1810. In January - February 1810, a detachment under the command of General of Infantry S.A. Bulgakov made an expedition to these lands. The second time the toponym Maykop was mentioned in documents 15 years later, in the summer of 1825, during an expedition of troops under the command of General A.A. Velyaminov. In the fall of 1825, by his order, a fort was erected on the bank of the Belaya River.

On May 25, 1857, on the site of the present Maykop, a Russian fortress was laid, surrounded by a high rampart and a moat. Until 1864, the year of the end of the Caucasian War, the fortress was an important strategic point during the conquest of Circassia. After the end of the Caucasian War, it gradually lost its military significance and the active development of industry began: pottery, butter, soap, and brick production.

In 1870, Maykop was given the status of a county town. In 1888, the Assumption Cathedral was built on the territory of the town. For a long time it occupied a central place in the Orthodox life of the local residents. Then, one after another, cultural and educational institutions began to appear.

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In 1897, Maykop gained world fame with the discovery of the famous burial mound “Oshad”, which was the burial of a tribal leader belonging to the archaeological culture of the second half of the third millennium BC. The objects found in the mound are among the most ancient cultural monuments of the Bronze Age.

At the end of the 19th century, there were about 5,500 houses in Maykop, including 121 stone buildings, five Orthodox churches, a synagogue, two pharmacies, several schools. Industrial production was represented by 112 enterprises including 50 cooperage and 8 pottery workshops, 13 brick factories, an iron foundry, 6 water mills. Agriculture also developed, primarily animal husbandry and tobacco growing. In 1897, the population of Maykop was about 34,300 people.

In 1909, oil fields were discovered southwest of Maykop. On December 12, 1910, the first train arrived from Belorechensk to Maykop. In 1911, the construction of the water supply was completed.

On July 27, 1922, Circassian (Adyghe) Autonomous Oblast was formed. In 1936, the city of Maykop became its administrative center. In 1938, pumping of Maykop oil began through the Grozny-Tuapse pipeline to the Tuapse port and to the oil refinery. In 1939, the population of Maykop was 55,871 people.

During the Second World War, Maykop was occupied by German troops from August 9, 1942 to January 29, 1943. In 1952, the Maykop hydroelectric power station was put into operation on the Belaya River. Today, it is the most powerful hydroelectric power plant in Adygea. In 1960, the development of the Maykop gas condensate field, located 15 kilometers from the city, began. In the 1960s, the number of city residents exceeded 100 thousand.

In 1989, the population of Maykop was about 148,600 people. In 1990, the Adyghe Regional Council of People’s Deputies made a decision to transform Adyghe Autonomous Oblast into the Republic of Adygea.

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At the pedestrian crossing in Maykop

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Maykop is a green city

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MiG-23 jet fighter in Maykop

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Maykop - Features

Maykop is located on the right bank of the Belaya River (a tributary of the Kuban River) at an altitude of 210-230 meters above sea level about 1,400 south of Moscow and 130 km southeast of Krasnodar. This city is one of the greenest in Russia - there are a lot of parks and green spaces. According to the 2010 census, Russians made up about 71% of the city’s population, the Adyghe people - 18%.

The current coat of arms of Maykop was adopted in 1972. It depicts gold figurines of bulls found during excavations of the Maykop mound in 1897. Today, they are kept in the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.

This area is characterized by a temperate continental climate with mild winters, warm summer months and significant rainfall. The summer period lasts 180-198 days. The average temperature in January is minus 0.5 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 22.8 degrees Celsius.

The system of intercity bus transportation connects Maykop with Krasnodar, Sochi, Gelendzhik, Nalchik, Stavropol, Makhachkala, Rostov, Armavir, Belorechensk, Tuapse, Astrakhan, and other cities. Buses and trolleybuses are used for passenger transportation on intracity routes.

The main sectors of the Maykop industry are food, woodworking, pulp and paper, machine building. The tourism industry is actively developing, hiking, horse, and bicycle routes are being created that run through the territory of the Northwest Caucasus. In the village of Pobeda, on the southern outskirts of the city, there is a balneological institution. Mineral water from local springs is used for medical procedures.

Today, Maykop is, first of all, the main cultural center of Adygea. The city has a lot of preserved historical and architectural monuments. In addition, it is easy to get to a number of beautiful natural sights of the Caucasus from the capital of the Adygea Republic.

Main Attractions of Maykop

National Museum of the Republic of Adygea . The museum has unique collections numbering more than 270 thousand exhibits: collections of clothing, musical instruments, porcelain, precious stones, coins, sculpture, graphics, fine arts of the 20th-21st centuries, arts and crafts, art of the countries of the East, natural science, historical-household, ethnographic collections, and much more. This is the only museum in Russia with a sector of the Adyghe diaspora, which is devoted to the life of the Adygs (Circassians) living abroad. Sovetskaya Street, 229.

Maykop Mosque - the main mosque of Maykop and the seat of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai. The construction of the mosque was started in April 1999 and completed in October 2000. It is crowned with a huge azure dome. One of the characteristic features of this religious site is that non-Muslim tourists are allowed to visit it. Sovetskaya Street, 200.

Monument of Memory and Unity - a monument dedicated to the victims of the Caucasian War of 1817-1864, the symbol of unity of all residents of the republic. This original 20-meter building has the shape of a traditional Adyghe hearth. Its facade is decorated with high reliefs based on the national epic, images of mythological and cult scenes, portraits of famous cultural figures, famous historical figures. The monument is surrounded by a park and is an important component in the architectural composition that unites the Maykop Mosque, the Philharmonic Society, the National Museum of Adygea. Pobedy Street, 36.

Maykop Park of Culture and Recreation - one of the most beautiful places in the city. This park was laid out in the center of Maykop in 1966. In 2009, a full-scale reconstruction was carried out. Among other things, a light and music fountain was installed. During the summer season, a large open-air pool 3 meters deep is open (one of the largest outdoor pools in Europe). Nearby, you can have a snack in one of the cafes. Pushkina Street, 278.

Museum of Oriental Art . This museum was created to collect exhibits about the culture of the North Caucasus and preserve the traditions of folk art. The exhibits are divided into the following collections: “Fabrics and Woven Products”, “Precious Metals and Precious Stones”, “Ceramics, Wood, and Metal”, “Painting, Graphics, and Sculpture”, “Archeology”. Pervomayskaya Street, 221.

Picture Gallery of the Republic of Adygea . In total, there are about 1,300 exhibits in this small museum. The collection “Graphics of Adygea” is especially interesting. It also hosts temporary exhibitions of local artists. In one of the halls, you can see the permanent exhibition “Folk crafts and trades of the Adygs”. Krasnooktyabrskaya Street, 27.

Maykop Brewery . The buildings of this large brewery are recognized as architectural monuments. Its malt shop (1910) resembling a castle can be rightfully called the most picturesque building in Maykop (Lenina Street, 1). The main building of the brewery is located at Gogolya Street, 2. There are guided tours of the Maikop brewery.

St. Michael’s Athos Hermitage - a monastery of the Maykop diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Founded in 1877, it is located in the village of Pobeda, about 7 km southeast of the center of Maykop. The buildings of this monastery are an architectural monument. Today, the monastery is visited by thousands of tourists and pilgrims. Excursions are organized around the monastery.

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Eternal Flame memorial in Maykop - To the Fallen in the Battles for the Soviet Motherland

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Main Mosque of Maykop

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