Three separate photographs of the steamboats DAKOTAH, MONTANA, and WYOMING. “Designed by Capt. John Todd, these three great boats were the supreme achievements as big carriers on shallow water. They arrived on the Missouri about 12 years to late to reap the golden harvest in the “Mountain Trade”. On a favorable trip they could have made easily $100,000 on the trip to Fort Benton, Montana. But the
The St. James was built at Cincinnati, Ohio. Her dimensions were:- 185 x 35 x 6.5 feet. She had three boilers and her Barnes engines were 17's by 7-foot stroke. She was owned by the Mississippi Packet Company and ran out of New Orleans. She was built in 1898. While descending the Mississippi River she struck some obstruction above New Orleans on March 24, 1901 and sustained a $400 damage. At the
Conceptual design for the northeast corner of Forest Park in St. Louis by the T. P. Barnett Company. Includes a colonnade behind a pool with a central fountain. The entrances on West Pine include statues on top of tall pillars. The image was prepared for the Division of Parks and Recreation under the administration of commissioner Nelson Cunliff.
Together With A Map of the State of Missouri and Plans of the Cities. Announcement and details regarding the progress of the act to charter the Missouri Iron Company