Wicked people tried to steal his invention from him.
But no one else has ever been given credit for it.
Everyone who tried a ride upon the boat found it much nicer than jolting along in a stage coach.
In two years a regular line of boats was running between the great city of New York and its capital city.
Mr. Fulton built other boats.
Some of them were ferry-boats.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND FULTON FERRY.
A ferry from New York to Long Island is still called by his name, Fulton Ferry.