Mike Fink (also spelled Miche Phinck) [1] [2] [3] (c. 1770/1780 – c. 1823), called "king of the keelboaters", was a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman who exemplified the tough and hard-drinking men who ran keelboats up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Mike Fink, called “king of the keelboaters,” was a river boatman and drunken bully who ran keelboats up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Fink was likely born at the frontier post of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in about 1770 and grew up to be

Mike Fink (born 1770/80, Fort Pitt [now Pittsburgh], Pa. [U.S.]—died 1823, Fort Henry? [North Dakota]) was an American keelboatman of the Old West, who became the legendary hero of the American tall tale .

Mike Fink was the king of the keelboat men. More than any other individual, he personified the flatboat and keelboat era, and his tremendous skill set a standard for leadership in the frontier age of rivers.

Mike Fink is an American folk-character who was featured in the 1956 film Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. Mike Fink was a river boatman and brawler during the early-mid 19th century. He was the legendary king of keelboaters and sailed along the Ohio river and the Mississippi.

Mike Fink, keelboatman, fur trader, marksman, and champion rough-and-tumble fighter, joined William Henry Ashley's first fur-trapping expedition.

Before there were hard-partying Hollywood hellions and trash-talking sports stars, there was Mike Fink. He is a larger-than-life legend from Pittsburgh. The fact that this common worker has entered American folklore and is still known centuries later attests to his out-sized reputation.

2024年3月2日 · The real Mike Fink reportedly stood 5-foot-9 but packed 185 pounds of raw muscle into that diminutive frame. His arms, thighs, and calves bulged beneath a bronze tan from years...

2004年8月2日 · Fink apparently drifted west after the demise of the keelboats and, by one unconfirmed account, died during a drunken altercation with a trapper friend.

The most famous and oft-repeated Mike Fink story is one in which he, la William Tell, shoots a 'whiskey cup' off a friend's head. These are good yarns, and some of them were no doubt true. But who was the real Mike Fink?