The New and Splendid Steamer

 February 12, 1850, Buffalo (NY) Morning Express

This is an intriguing ad for a steam paddle boat in the Menasha area, as shown in a big Eastern newspaper.  Twelve years before, Horace Greeley said, "Go West, young man," so potential settlers and investors in the wild new world out west, would find this enticement of interest. Actually, what he said was “If any young man is about to commence the world, we say to him, publicly and privately, Go to the West.”  Nevertheless, the D.B. Whitacre's future in the Fox Valley was short lived, for in 1853, the D.B. Whitacre was renamed as the Oshkosh, was sold, and began service on the Tennessee River.