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Title: Letter from Maria Moore to Captain Enos B. Moore About Their Travels and Letters
Date: 07-29
Description: Letter from Maria Moore to Enos B. Moore. This letter has 3 parts. In the first, she described how much she missed him while he was on business in New Orleans taking care of the boat. The second part of the letter was written the next day. She received a short communication from him and mentioned the family would be heading to Yazoo City if there was no fever in New Orleans. She also said she may travel to Portsmouth by the time he left. In the third part of the letter, she briefly wrote that she wanted him to send full letters as opposed to just a "line", but even that is better than nothing.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Trip Plans and Death 1861
Date: 1861-06-5
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother William. He stated that he received William's letter of May 25th and read it by the steamboat Morrison. All was well and he was with Duvall and Samuel, the latter of which intended to return home in a few days to possibly take Ellen to Niagara Falls. At that time Moore did not plan on doing anything to the boat, and would not until there is something for her to do in sight. Maria wrote to Lizzie regarding the death of Mary Young and a baby. They were living in Sulphur Springs which was cheaper than other areas. He planned to send the letter by express to William as paper mail in the South is closed at that time.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Wife About Their Friends 1860
Date: 1860-04-19
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his wife to assure her she was not forgotten in his absence. He spent the previous evening at Captain Young's and found all of them well except Captain Young, who was ill but improving. Mary and Harry had just returned from a visit to Mrs. Hollingsworth. She was getting along well, and had received his wife's letter. Moore, along with William, Lizzie, and Duvall, would attend the Opera that night and the next day would leave for St. Louis. Mary and Harry would stop at Vicksburg and make a visit to Yazoo. He expected a fair trip considering recent low prices. Mr. and Mrs. Runole had not yet called on the bride. The letter ends with, "Yours Affectionately, EBM".

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Canceling the Trip 1860
Date: 1860-06-10
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother about canceling their trip. He mentioned making this decision after a council of war, and decided he would not continue to Vicksburg. Maria appeared to have a matter to settle that required him to be in town, as it would be illegal if he was not. Moore then discusses expenses for the boat. He warned his brother that it would not be a good place to buy a boat. He referenced the Illinois River and the Upper Mississippi River, and described how people are losing money on trips right now.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother Discussing the Effect of the War on Business 1861
Date: 1861-07-8
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother discussing the effect of the war on business. He discussed how there was no cotton trade or passengers to have, and that he could not travel south of Cairo, IL. Moore mentioned that even sending letters to the South was not an option at that time. Mention is made of looking for a farm, but that that also would not make sense until the war ended.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Wife Discussing his Trial 1861
Date: 1861-10-16
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his wife discussing his trial. Moore mentioned having met with lawyers and having to have stayed in town until the case was tried. He does not mention the details of the case. He also wrote of concerns that the banks may announce that they were all out of money, and there was a possibility of their boats being confiscated. But it was only property and not their dependence for happiness.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About the Addressee's Children 1864
Date: 1864-10-25
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother after Scarlet Fever affected William's children. He was glad that they were recovering. Moore mentions Fanny had been recovering from her eye being sore and Maria was doing well. They expected to travel home soon and stop to stay with Uncle Jos. He would make a short trip to Lake Minnetonka before they left.

Title: 'Traffic Jam' in the Gay 1860s
Date: 1860s, 1938-10-27
Description: St. Louis was a lively town in the '60s. This old photograph (at the left) shows traffic congestion on Fourth street. The first two buildings on the right are ticket offices advertising through cars to Vandalia and the Chicago-Cairo short route. A "Museum" is six houses down and has big signs floating from its roof and upper porch. Note the tree on the corner of Chestnut street at the extreme left of the picture; the wagon, the buggy and the coach on the right; and the early horse car lurching along on uneven tracks. Above: the same place today. Fourth and Chestnut streets about 1870, showing the traffic congestion which existed then.

Title: 2nd and Market Streets
Date: 1860, 1960-07-17
Description: Carl Conrad's "Wine Stube". Second and Market St. "1860". Mr. Conrad brought the formula for pasteurizing beer from Buweis Germany. Named it 'Budweiser'. 2nd and Market Streets. Carl Conrad's Wine Stube. From 100 years ago (1860).

Title: Across the Continent
Date: 1868, 1868
Description: Hand-colored lithograph by Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812-1876). Published by Currier and Ives 1868.

Title: Chouteau and 15th Street
Date: 1866, 1949-09-18
Description: Chouteau Ave. looking east from 15th St. Even back in 1866 they were eternally fixing the streets, like this scene at Fifteenth and Chouteau. Thirty years later the city boasted 350 miles of "fully improved" streets, the best "sprinkled" thoroughfares in the country. Today the city has 997 miles of paved streets.

Title: 'Traffic Jam' in the Gay 1860's
Date: 1860s, 1938-10-27
Description: St. Louis was a lively town in the '60s. This old photograph (at the left) shows traffic congestion on Fourth street. The first two buildings on the right are ticket offices advertising through cars to Vandalia and the Chicago-Cairo short route. A "Museum" is six houses down and has big signs floating from its roof and upper porch. Note the tree on the corner of Chestnut street at the extreme left of the picture; the wagon, the buggy and the coach on the right; and the early horse car lurching along on uneven tracks. Above: the same place today. Fourth and Chestnut streets about 1870, showing the traffic congestion which existed then. Above: the same place today.