What do Bullboats involve?
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From 1810 to 1830, American fur traders on the tributaries of the Missouri regularly built boats eighteen to thirty feet long, using the methods of construction employed by the Indians in making their circular boats. These elongated "bullboats" were capable of transporting two tons of fur down the shallow waters of the Platte River.
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