An 1896 letter submitted to The Washington Post claims that a plantation owner living along this river, Meredith Calhoun, was the main inspiration for Simon Legree. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this river, which the Adams–Onís Treaty established as the eastern portion of the border between Texas and Oklahoma.
ANSWER: Red River of the South [reject “Red River of the North”]
[10h] Fortunately for Calhoun, he lived downstream of this feature, which blocked tens of miles of the Red River at the time. A boat called the Heliopolis was built to remove this massive logjam, but could only do so temporarily.
ANSWER: Great Raft
[10m] Two answers required. The Great Raft was cleared by Henry Shreve, who had earlier broken the efforts of these two men to control navigation on Louisiana’s rivers. An 1824 Supreme Court case invalidated these men’s economic power in another state.
ANSWER: Robert R. Livingston AND Robert Fulton [accept Robert Robert Livingston in place of “Robert R. Livingston”]
<Alex Fregeau, US History>