Intro
This is the 34th story in the Smallville Series and, like story 33, it features the soon to be released mod Kid Old Town Ports & Pirates. This story tells the history of Riverboat Junction, the oldest town in Smallville's World. There were already established trade routes before Smallville was settled as mentioned in that 1st story and in the 2nd story, Mountain Mission. It was then referred to as the port at river junction, later throughout the series it was call Riverboat Junction. Its location is just below the bottom center of the world map. All river routes and rivers lead to it including what once was Smallville's main river from the south, Red Rock's River from the west, and Pirate's Cove River from the east. It is the main port and trade center where all river boatmen return to exchange merchandise and pick up special orders. Riverboat Junction was founded some time before Smallville but its history begins in year 1 SVT, Riverboat Junction's storytelling takes place much later.
Map seed # 538011675 Flatland-Humid, Small, No Snow, Off, Palm Tree Easy Start
Mods enabled and load order:
Starting and Map Changing Mods: Call of Nature Soundtrack, Banished UI Maps, Banished UI Town Names, Labor Window, RK Minimized Status, RK Vanilla TP, CC Light Rain, Climate-No Snow, New Maps, Palm Tree Start
Tweak Mods: Better Fields, Bigger Wheelbarrows, Busy Laborers, Fishing Dock 25%, Hunting & Gathering, Hunting Season, Increased CC, Longer Living Orchards, 1:1 Alternative, Rock Respawn, Tiny Smoke, Woodcutter +3
Major or Must Have Mods: An Empty Square, Nomad Sign Complete, DS Jetty & Bridges v1, Kid More Houses Vanilla, Kid Old Town, Kid Old Town Ports & Pirates, Kid Tiny, Kid Wood Fort, NMT 3.1Series Canal Set
Supporting Mods: Coal Furnace, Kid Granny's Park, Kid House Boat, Kid In Transit, Kid Storage Carts, Kid Yard Cover, Old Hunter Hut, RK Carts, RK Pigs as Livestock, Sample White Chicken, Smuggler Cave, Storage Crates
Yes, weary traveler, you are very lucky indeed to have made it here alive. Many ships that left Newport and Riverview Resort were never seen or heard from again. Merchant ships and riverboats usually outrun the pirates by throwing their cargo overboard. You were lucky your sailing ship managed to escape. I am sure it was a very frightening experience for you. There have been pirates in these waters as long as anyone here can remember. In fact one of their smuggler's caves is not far from here. It's beautifully carved, too bad their stone carvers didn't use their remarkable skills for good and not evil. Yes, I can tell you the history of Riverboat Junction, my grandparents, Bald and Nanner, were actually one of the founding families. I'll start right from the beginning.