How a Corvallis man learned that cows make lousy boat motors

Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 2 p.m.

The 'Genius of Corvallis' hoped his cattle-powered riverboat would give the upper-Willamette sternwheelers a run for their money; and so it did, so long as it didn't try to go upstream.... (Corvallis, Benton County; 1860) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1706c.cow-powered-riverboat-hay-burner-448.html)