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Title: Uncle Sam
Description: The Uncle Sam was originally constructed as the Jacob Richtman at Sterling Island, Missouri in 1898. Her dimensions were:- 160 x 32 x 5 feet; 469 tons. She had two boilers and her engines were 14 inches with a 6-foot stroke. She was a sternwheel packet. On April 17, 1903 while the Jacob Richtman was descending the Mississippi River with two loaded barges and a log raft in town she struck a span coming through a bridge. On account of a strong stern wind and the current she had become unmanageable; the damage was slight. In 1903 she was bought by Captain T. Adams and ran in the excursion business out of Quincy, Illinois. While lying in her winter quarters fire was discovered on November 17, 1904, and she was reported as buring to the water's edge, a total loss. She was evidently rebuilt as she was later owned by the Missouri River Navigation Company and ran out of Kansas City, Missouri. On May 18, 1901, while backing away from the landing at Kansas City, Missouri, she collided with a sand dredge owned by the Builder's Sand Company of that city. At the time, this dredge was navigated by a lime cable from shore to a steam windless on the dredge boat. The force of the collision caused the Uncle Sam to sink almost immediately after she was run ashore. At the time 95 passengers and a full complement of crew were aboard. She was a total loss, estimated at $20,000.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947
Description: Clearing channel of Wreckage from the GOLDEN EAGLE by the U S Amry Corps of Engineers.

Title: River Queen
Description: RIVER QUEEN sunk at Saint Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2, 1967. Formerly the CAPE GIRARDEAU and GORDON C. GREENE. Last packet boat built at Howard Shipyards (b. 1923). Looking south towards Eads Bridge.

Title: River Queen
Description: RIVER QUEEN sunk at Saint Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2, 1967. Formerly the CAPE GIRARDEAU and GORDON C. GREENE. Last packet boat built at Howard Shipyards (b. 1923). View from Laclede's Landing.

Title: Fred Swain
Date: 1909-08-20
Description: The Fred Swain was built at Stillwater, Minnesota in 1900. She was a sidewheeler with no texas. Her dimensions were:- 142 x 28.3 x 4.5 feet; tonnage, gross and net, 124 tons. She operated mostly on the Illinois River around Peoria. On August 20, 1909, she burned to the water's edge at Peoria, Illinois; fifty-eight persons were aboard but no lives lost.

Title: Burning of the steamboats "Grand Republic" and "Carondelet" at St. Louis, September 19
Description: This lithograph illustrated the destruction of the steamboats "Grand Republic" and "Carondelet" from September 19, 1877 when the steamboats caught fire and burned to the shore. The boats were shown shrouded in smoke and engulfed in flames as men rushed back and forth along the shore in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

Title: Jim Wood
Date: 1917
Description: Photograph of steamer JIM WOOD run aground at Dam 33 near Maysville, Kentucky.

Title: Bluff City
Date: 1897
Description: In the struggle of the packet boats against rail competition the Anchor Line put up a bold fight. To reduce operating expenses they built the Bluff City, the only stern-wheeler the Anchor Line ever built. She came out new in October 1896, built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. But fate was against her as she lasted but one year. On November 18, 1897 she caught fire at Chester, Illinois on the Mississippi River. The fire was supposed to have been started by a spark from a pipe falling among some logs. She and her cargo were a total loss. The steamer was valued at $55,000 and the cargo at $30,000.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 7
Date: 1909-05-15,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 7. Georgia Lee sinks. Tennesse River freight rates. Deep Waterway Convention.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 24
Date: 1909-09-11,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 24. Boat Lines Request Support: Affirms Senator Burton's Statement That People Do Not Utilize Present Depth of Water-Steamboats Begging For Business. U. S. Dredge Engineer Drowned. New Machinery Being Built. The St. Charles (MO.) Boat Races. Gracey Childers Burns to Water's Edge. Hoosier Boy Wins Again.

Title: River Queen
Description: RIVER QUEEN sunk at Saint Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2, 1967. Formerly the CAPE GIRARDEAU and GORDON C. GREENE. Last packet boat built at Howard Shipyards (b. 1923). Looking north.

Title: River Queen
Description: RIVER QUEEN sunk at Saint Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2, 1967. Formerly the CAPE GIRARDEAU and GORDON C. GREENE. Last packet boat built at Howard Shipyards (b. 1923). Photo by Bob Seals.

Title: The Sinking of The Golden Eagle
Description: 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.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 26
Date: 1909-09-25,
Description: Vol. XXII. No. 26. Belle of the Bends Sunk. Harbor No. 28 Doing Well. Commercial Movements On Rivers And Canals: Report of the Department of Commerce and Labor for the Month of July, 1907, 1908, and 1909.

Title: MONTANA and T.F. ECKERT
Date: 1884
Description: Photograph of the wreck of the MONTANA. Steamer T.F. ECKERT and wreck of MONTANA at St. Charles, MO.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of pilot and unknown child in the pilothouse of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN. “Pilot Ware in Pilot House while docked in Hannibal. Note Official Number of ship above windshield. Same as posted in stairwell in engine room. This was about 5:30 PM Saturday on the day of accident. / 1980.”

Title: JO HORTON FALL
Date: 1925
Description: Photo. Aground on Billtown Bar, Tenn., on the Cumberland.

Title: Terrific Fire Among the Steamers In the Harbor of St. Louis, Mo.
Date: 1856-07-26
Description: Between five and six o'clock on Wednesday morning the 2d of July, a fire broke out in the cabin of the steamboat St. Clair, lying at the extreme end of the upper landing, which immediately communicated to the Paul Anderson, lying below her, and before many moments both were enveloped in flames. The hawsers were immediately cut loose, and the burning boats were sent floating down the stream. The current drove them alongside the Grand Turk, Southerner, and Saranak No. 2, lying immediately below, and the flames instantly communicated with those steamers, and in a moment those boats were also enveloped in a terrific blaze of fire. The J. M. Stockwell, lying below the Saranak, also caught fire, and in less than three quarters of an hour, and before the engines could possibly arrive, the above six steamboats were totally destroyed. The Southerner was a splendid new steamer, and only came out at the beginning of the season. She was built in Mobile, entirely of maple wood, and valued at $35,000. She was undergoing extensive repairs, and about to have a magnificent passenger cabin placed on her for the trade between this port and New Orleans. She was not insured in any of the offices here, as far as we could learn. The Paul Anderson was an old boat and was not worth as she stood more than $1000. Her machinery had been taken out, which rendered her all but valueless excepting the wood work and the hull, which was not considered of much account. The J. M. Stockwell was a Wabash river boat, worth about $800. The St. Clair was also an old boat, and not considered worth more than $10,000. The Grand Turk, although a very old craft, was still in fair condition, and was valued at about $20,000. She, years ago, cost $60,000, but had passed the best of her days, and was not worth more yesterday at the outside than the above amount. The Saranak No. 2 was also an old steamboat, not worth more than about $6000. The St. Clair was an old boat, valued at about $10,000. The total amount of property destroyed would probably amount to $75,000. With the exception of the Southerner, none of the other boats were worth much. There were immense crowds of persons collected on both sides of the river, witnessing the fire, which presented at one time a fearfully grand and picturesque sight. It is supposed to have originated through the work of an incendiary.

Title: Island Queen
Date: 1947-09-09
Description: Burning Excursion Str. ISLAND QUEEN after explosion at a Pittsburgh wharf September 1947. Fuel tanks exploded resulting in the destruction of the boat and loss of 19 lives.

Title: Henry M. Stanley
Date: 1907-09-03
Description: Wreck of Str. Henry M. Stanley. Gallipolis, O. 9/3/07

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