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.
Fourth street, looking north from Market. Fourth street changed again in the 1890s from bazaar of busy stores and hotels a quieter habitat of tall office buildings housing insurance and railroad agencies. This picture dates from about 1903; the horse cars have given way to electric cars but there are no automobiles on the streets and the styles are strictly what Grandmother used to wear. Left to right: the old Courthouse, Planters Hotel, Rialto Building and Merrell Drug Company.
What was once a bazaar of busy stores and hotels in the 1880s had changed by 1903 to a quieter habitat of tall office buildings housing insurance and railroad agencies. Even transportation had changed, the horse cars giving way to the trolleys. This photo, looking north from Market, shows from left to right, the old Courthouse, Planters Hotel, Rialto Building and Merrell Drug Co.