The Eagle Boat Store in 1895. At that time a large figurehead, seen at the right, stood beside the door. Where the figurehead came from and where it went is a mystery. It may have ben from the Steamer Lady Gay which sank in 1870.
The Eagle Boat Store was founded in 1839 according to lettering on picture of Ward and Brady Boat Store. Lockwood and Wider sold to Capt. James Ward whose
The Ironsides was built in 1869 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her dimensions were:- 154 x 30 x 5.4 feet; 282 tons. She had 400 horse power. She was a famed towboat of the Gray's Iron Line and she paid for herself on her maiden trip with $3000 left over. On August 26, 1907, while ascending the Ohio River, light, she collided with the wall at Lock No. 4, breaking the blow-off pipes on the boilers by
Picture of the Kate Swinney, Federal Arch, Bellegould, and U.S. Mail; Upper Missouri River Boats. Probably at Yankton, S.D. Also present are draymen and cargo on the levee, and three other unidentified steamboats. The wharfboat for the Keokuk Daily Packet is located to the mid-ground, right side of the photograph.