Abstract:
Steamboating on the Tar River ran between Tarboro and Washington with stops between. Clyde and Old Dominion lines dominated the river trade. Some of the boats that navigated Tar River were Beaufort, Greenville, R.L. Myers, Margie, Shiloh, Tarboro, and Alpha, Beta. The trade boomed from the mid-19th century until 1923 when the last steamboat stopped in Tarboro.