The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Broadhorn

Sea Terms

A western river name for a flat-boat.

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2026 Editor's Note: The broadhorn — the Mississippi flatboat — carried young Abraham Lincoln to New Orleans twice; the flatboatmen's rowdy culture gave the river its first folklore. See flatboat. (Ed: BR 2026-06-21)

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