This picture album was made by Marga Sachse with her photographs taken at the sinking of the Golden Eagle. Marga and other members put more albums together for GE Club members. This one was given to the GE Rive Museum from Oliver Parmely's children after he passed on Dec. 1989.
This collection of letters and diaries of Captain Enos B. Moore preserves a turbulent time in US and river history, the years leading up to and through the Civil War. Moore piloted steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers for 45 years, between 1844-1889. The letters date from 1853 to 1865. The four diaries contain daily entries for years 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1865. Subjects include river