# Flatboatmen of the Frontier

Presents a phase of pioneer agricultural economy in the early nineteenth century. Portrays Ohio Valley farmers as they fell trees, prepare the lumber, and build a flatboat to carry their produce down the river to market.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1941
- Runtime: 10 min
- By: ERPI Classroom Films, Inc.
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/flatboatmen_of_the_frontier)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/flatboatmen_of_the_frontier?play=1)