Recess wheel ferry George Rogers Clarke, built 1870 and run for many years at St. Louis. In 1916 she was sold to operate the Louisville-Jefferson route. She was retired in 1929 when the Louisville Highway bridge ended ferry operations.
Sternwheel packet Illinois on river. She was operated by the Illinois State Fish Commission until 1913, then was turned over to the Alton Division of Naval Reserves and later sold to Phillips Bros. She burned in September 1930 above the mouth of Wood River in Alton, Illinois.
Sternwheeler Idlewild. Note on back of photo reads: "Idlewild, 1934, photographed at Walker's bar 20 mi above Cave In Rock on Mississippi from orig. negative. Edison H. Thomas took the photo from the dredge Grafton."
Sternwheel packet Illinois on river. She was operated by the Illinois State Fish Commission until 1913, then was turned over to the Alton Division of Naval Reserves and later sold to Phillips Bros. She burned in September 1930 above the mouth of Wood River in Alton, Illinois.
Side-wheel packet De Smet, built 1872. During her lifetime, she ran several trade routes out of St. Louis. She burned in June 1886 near Newport, Arkansas.