Silas Wright. Raft boat on Upper Mississippi. The Silas Wright was built at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, during the winter of 1866-67. Her hull was 106 feet long, 20 feet beam and 3 feet depth of hold; 91.51 tons. She was owned by Ingram and Kennedy and operated during 1867 as a packet between Read's Landing, Minnesota, on the Mississippi River, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin, about 70 miles above the mouth
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
The J. E. Trudeau just after launching at the Howard Shipyards of Jeffersonville, Indiana for the New Orleans and Bayou trade. The Trudeau ran on Bayous Teche and Bouef. The J. E. Trudeau was built in 1889 at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Her dimensions were:- 162 x 30 x 4 feet; 242 tons. She ran the New Orleans - Black and Ouchita River trades. About 3:00 P. M., on April 10, 1905, she backed out into
at Clifton, Tennessee, on the Tennessee River, she was totally destroyed by fire on February 20, 1903. The fire started near the forward main stairway from some unknown cause. She was valued at $30,000. Ascending the Mississippi River she struck a hidden obstruction on September 23, 1901, and sunk in 9 feet of water. She was raised and repaired; cost, $3,500. Damage to cargo, $4,000.
Map from an early atlas comparing the 1855 Colton maps of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. The plans of Chicago and St. Louis are on the same scale.
Articles of incorporation and charter for the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company published in 1876. Includes a history of the creation of the company through the incorporation of railroad and railway companies in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio from 1848 to 1872.
The twelfth volume of Gould's Blue Books, this directory contains the names of the most prominent householders and businesses in the city of St. Louis and surrounding suburbs, as well as residents from Alton, St. Charles and Carlinville for the year 1894. Residents and businesses are arranged alphabetically by name and street. In addition to the directory, it contains rosters of social clubs and