The first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River, the "The New Orleans," arrives at New Orleans from Pittsburgh
on January 10, 1812
1812
The first steamboat on the Mississippi River at New Orleans,
Jan. 10, 1812
1909
BIG MOTORFEST AT MARDI GRAS. Los Angeles Times Jan
10, 1909 SPECIAL TRAINS WILL CARRY AUTO CROWDS; Dust to Be Laid on Fast Course and World Records Should Be Endangered;
Best Drivers Will Gatherat New Orleans
Joan Newton Cuneo beats the famous driver Ralph DaPalma in a road race
in New Orleans. Shortly after that, the American Automobile Association bans women from racing
http://local.aaca.org/junior/mileposts/1909.htm
1909
(no date)
Ralph DePalma set the wourld automobile speed record -- drove 50 times around a one mile dirt track at
a rate of 60 miles per hour.
