Bill of lading for the Steamer CLYDE for shipment of 27 tons #1 pig iron and 15 tons #2 pig iron, May 14, 1886 to St. Louis, Missouri, for the La Grange Iron Co. at $2.00 per ton.
Bill of Lading from the Evansville, Paducah & Tennessee River Packet Company for transport of 108 tons of #1 pig iron at $2.00/ton, for the Lagrange Iron Company from La Grange to St. Louis, Missouri. February 19, 1887.
Receipt for shipment on the steamboat Dacotah, for delivery of 25 barrels of M. T. oil, November 26, 1886. Shipment originated at La Grange and was bound for St. Louis.
The City of Baton Rouge was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1881 for the St. Louis and New Orleans trade. She was an Anchor Liner and her dimensions were: - 290 x 48 x 8.7 feet; tonnage, 1604. Captain Horace Bixby was her master. She was nearly lost on her maiden trip when she struck on the falls at Louisville and stayed there three weeks. While ascending the Mississippi River and about 50 miles above New Orleans on September 16, 1887, a lugger in charge of two boys attempted to cross her bow. The mast of the lugger struck the stage of the Baton Rouge, the lugger capsized and one of the boys drowned. The City of Baton Rouge sank at Hermitage, Louisiana, at 3:00 P. M. on December 12, 1890 on the same snag and at the same spot where the Paris C. Brown sunk in 1889.
Steamer MONTANA sunk in Missouri River at St. Charles, Missouri., "Montana's bell is on J. W. Hubbard (washed on shore near Jeffersonville, Ind.) 1934." - Ruth Ferris
The J. E. Trudeau just after launching at the Howard Shipyards of Jeffersonville, Indiana for the New Orleans and Bayou trade. The Trudeau ran on Bayous Teche and Bouef. The J. E. Trudeau was built in 1889 at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Her dimensions were:- 162 x 30 x 4 feet; 242 tons. She ran the New Orleans - Black and Ouchita River trades. About 3:00 P. M., on April 10, 1905, she backed out into the river at New Orleans preparatory to leaving for a trip up river. When through backing, and started up the river, she was struck by a strong wind and blown against the mast of the sunken steamship Louisiana and was considerably damaged. Sometime later she finally burned at 100 - Mile Point, ten miles below Plaguemine, Louisiana.
Bill of Lading for the steamer W. F. NISBET of the St. Louis and Tennessee River Electric Light Packet, for delivery of 102 tons of No. 1 pig iron to St. Louis, Missouri, for the La Grange Iron Company, July 28 1886.
Bill of Lading from the Evansville, Paducah & Tennessee River Packet Company for transport of 30 tons of #2 pig iron at $2.00/ton, for the Lagrange Iron Company from La Grange to Cincinnati Wharf River and Railroad Transfer Co. March 24, 1887.
The City of New Orleans was built in 1881 at Jeffersonville, Indiana for the Anchor Line. Her dimensions were:- 290 x 48 x 8.5 feet; 1586 tons. Captain A. S. Lightner was her master. In 1889 she was sold to Ohio River parties, taken to Marietta, Ohio under her own steam and dismantled. Then she was rebuilt and renamed the City of Pittsburgh. Her new dimensions then were:- 292.7 x 48.8 x 7.0 feet; 1043 tons. Captain John Phillips became her master. She ran various trades on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and had divers mishaps. Enrout down the Ohio River on April 20, 1902, when near Ogen's Landing, Kentucky, above Cairo, Illinois, she caught fire and burned to the water's edge. The fire orginated in the hold, which was loaded with hay, and spread so rapidly that it got beyond control. In this disaster the lives of 43 passengers and 21 of her crew were lost. Officers and crew were exonerated from all blame. The steamer was valued at $50,000 and was a total loss.
Bill of lading for the Steamer CLYDE for shipment of 24 tons #1 pig iron, September 19, 1886 to Evansville, Indiana, for the La Grange Iron Co. at $1.50 per ton.
Bill of Lading from the Evansville, Paducah & Tennessee River Packet Company for transport of 65 tons of #4 pig iron at $1.25/ton, for the Lagrange Iron Company from La Grange, Tennessee to St. Louis, Missouri. April 18, 1887.
Bill of Lading from the Steamer W. A. JOHNSON of the Evansville, Paducah & Tennessee River Packet Company for transport of 39 tons of #1 pig iron at $2.00/ton, for the Lagrange Iron Company from La Grange to Cincinnati 1886.
This map, plotted out by Norbury Wayman, shows the various locations of steamboat lines and related companies on the St. Louis levee, detailing three periods of time; before 1865; 1865 - 1900; and 1900 - 1953. Lines and companies are donated by name, location and years of operation. Nearby streets are mapped as well, for easy frame of reference. Scale in feet: 100 ft. = 1 inch.