Assembled at Hannibal. Addressed to the People of the Counties of St. Charles, Lincoln, Pike, Ralls, Marion, Lewis & Clark, in the States of Missouri; the People of the City of St. Louis; and the People of the City of Keokuk, in the State of Iowa. Report about the early construction of the Mississippi Valley Railroad
In The Form Of Annals: Being a summary and exact account of the most material transactions and occurrences relating to this country, in the order of time wherein they happened, from the discovery of Capt. Gosnold, in 1602, to the arrival of Governor Belcher, in 1730.
"24-Family fire-proof apartment just completed at 3838 Park Avenue, by McKelvy Carter & Co., for Spring-Park Realty Co., Manske & Bartling, Architects."
Published in 1875, this directory contains a condensed history of Missouri beginning with Spanish settlement in Florida, descriptions of counties, towns, and villages in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois with a listing of their business owners, population figures, distances between towns, and civil officers. It also contains a U.S. legal directory, hotel directory, and brief history and
Construction of Cape Girardeau Bridge. 1927. View eastwardly from top of Span No. 1. Erecting steel from upper chord, showing rivet forge and traveler.
The enclosed pictures were taken during August 1981 on the Beardstown Illinois waterfront showing typical river scenes with the usual amount of tugs and other equipment. The B&N RR bridge in its river mode. The stern-wheel river tug is a locally built boat, original builders and name still showing = LOGSDON = built sometime in the 1930s more details could be obtained. These pictures were taken
Light on the River - August 18, 1880. The Steamer Chas. P. Chouteau, lying at the foot of Market street, attracted considerable attention along the levee last evening by its two electric lights, which shone forth with intense brightness. The Chouteau is the first steamer at this point on the Mississippi River to substitute an electric llight for the old fashioned pine-torch illuminators, and the