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Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore About Maintenance Issues For the Boat 1858
Date: 1858-10-6
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore on maintenance issues the boat was having. He mentioned a poor trip where no passengers were picked up in Cairo, and he was having trouble getting the spark burner put in. He mentioned that Sam got off at Vicksburg but that Moore will travel down the coast as he waits for the boat. He was sure there was no danger but didn't want to risk the striker pilot. He did not know if Duvall would stop but hoped to get the boat taken in. He had only half-freight as he was not able to get the rest.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother from Diamond Bend Giving an Update on Various Captains 1857
Date: 1857-07-1
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother giving an update. He mentioned that he received a letter about Captain Chute going over to the lake but he did not return before they set off. He had learned from the Custom House that J.E. Caldwell was the only owner of the line known on their books. Captain Pittfield went to Pensacola and took his books with him. He shared information given by Crescent Insurance Co. about an ownership position on a boat that might be available.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to his brother from Hiawatha About Steamboat Work 1858
Date: 1858-01-4
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to William from Hiawatha. The steamboat Oglesby had been laid up at St. Louis. He was going to go down and arrange for some money to be sent to the bank for Mr. Moore. The shafts had been made, and most of the work was done except for the boilers and a few other tasks. Work was to be done in the shop for the remaining tasks and the engines. The steamboat Crescent had gone down to standby until spring. They had a fair trip down that would pay them something.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to Maria About Loneliness 1859
Date: 1859-01-5
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to Maria before landing in Memphis regarding how he and others felt lonesome after she left, but he knew it would not always be that way. He mentioned that a young friend of theirs felt it is not good for a man to be alone, and would be asking many hard questions before long. Moore mentioned sympathizing with her trouble with Mrs. Roberts, which was a delicate subject that he hoped Maria would be able to arrange a compromise. He hoped to hear back from her soon when he arrived in Vicksburg, as he was anxious to hear about her arrangements to the school and the future.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore About Boat Scheduling With Ice 1858
Date: 1858-12-15
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to William, sent from about fifty miles south of Memphis. He mentioned that Captain Gould, the superintendent of the line, was on board and stated the boats would not try to make their regular time until after the ice cleared. Their schedules had run out and other boats were laying up. He planned to spend three days in St. Louis to do some sheet iron work and would write again from Memphis.

Title: Letter of Employment Reference From Captain Enos B. Moore 1856
Date: 1856-02-21
Description: Employment reference letter for Mr. Woodworth from Enos B. Moore to Captain Moore. Woodworth was employed as a mate on the steamboat The Home for $75.00 a month.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Wife About Meeting im in St. Louis 1859
Date: 1859-09-13
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his wife regarding her meeting him in St. Louis. He mentioned having been delayed in St. Louis, but was finally on his way to New Orleans. He hoped to make up time there and return to St. Louis on schedule. Moore wanted his wife to meet him there and instructed her that if she arrived before them, to go ahead to the Barnum's Hotel as it was quiet and as good as any. He regretted that she would travel alone but could not wait to see her.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to Maria About Her Health 1859
Date: 1859-08-5
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to Maria about her health. He responded to letters she sent on July 27th and 30th detailing her improving health. She appeared to have taken a trip which had greatly helped her. He hoped she would return soon as the weather would get cold, and that may counteract the improvements. Moore stated he would be leaving for New Orleans and had not heard anything about Yellow Fever there at this time. He closed the letter hoping to hear back and asked her to remember him affectionately.

Title: Short Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to a Man About Money and Future Trips 1859
Date: 1859-06-17
Description: Short letter from Enos B. Moore to a man written in haste after getting off of his watch. He stated he had yet to hear from home since his last letter, but would send them a draft for $500 and mention some sort of case. It would not be worthwhile for him to have returned that summer as the boats would be laying up before he had started. Their load was very heavy and he suspected they would have to wait until the river rose to set off.

Title: Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
Description: Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company. The building's text identifies landings on the Mississippi River towards Vicksburg, Mississippi. Surrounding the buildings are stacks of lumber and horses attached to carts. Behind the buildings on the river are several steamboats and a bridge crosses the scene in the background. The boats are of Lee Line Steamers.

Title: Photograph of Several Steamboats and Bridge
Description: Wide photograph of the riverbank and bridge; the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company, the Consolidated Coal Company, Cape Girardeau and Commerce, and Diamond Line Steamers line the river side. Steamers are docked behind the buildings and there are several boats moving across the water in the background. The foreground has lumber on the bank with people spread across it intermittently.

Title: Photograph of the Steamboat Dr. Frederick Hill
Description: Photograph of a stopped steamboat, labeled "Dr. Frederick Hill of St. Louis". There's a sign on the messy wooden dock for the purchase of ferry tickets, and people are spread around the boat. In the foreground, debris covers the riverbank.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother Discussing Business
Date: 08-28
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother discussing business. He mentioned being on the steamboat Prentiss. He referred to Captain Jo Brown not being able to dock when he previously travelled. He mentioned Captain Titus Brown was there to help load luggage and move it. The fare was going up from Vicksburg to Cairo or St. Louis.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His brother on the Building of a New Boat
Date: unknown
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother on the building of a new boat. He lamented that William's business had been dull. Moore described the progress of building a new boat, and that the rain and wind had been interfering. Despite that, the engines had been built and they hoped to put up the chimneys soon. He concluded that it may take about 3 weeks. He noted that he should be able to get a crew cheaply as crews are nearly starving.

Title: P-086 Frank Fiske Missouri River Photograph Album
Date: 1918-06
Description: Dakota on June 16, 1918 and arrived in St. Louis on July 2. The album contains 100 silver gelatin photographs that capture largely undocumented aspects of life along one of America's great western rivers. Each image provides viewers the intimate feeling of standing on the deck of the Scarab, alongside Fiske, as he makes his journey. The album includes views of the Scarab and the passing boats, Missouri

Title: M-514 Early St. Louis Glass Plate Photograph Collection
Description: This collection of glass plate negatives depicts scenes of St. Louis at the turn of the 20th century including the construction of the 1904 World’s Fair in Forest Park, the newly built Compton Hill Water Tower, the Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts and Brookings Hall at Washington University, a variety of farm houses and homes around the city, steamboats along the

Title: P-084: Captain Enos B. Moore Diaries and Correspondence
Date: 1853
Description: This collection of letters and diaries of Captain Enos B. Moore preserves a turbulent time in US and river history, the years leading up to and through the Civil War. Moore piloted steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers for 45 years, between 1844-1889. The letters date from 1853 to 1865. The four diaries contain daily entries for years 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1865. Subjects include river

Title: Streckfus Family Photograph Album
Description: Early 20th century Streckfus family photograph album.

Title: P-103 Morse, William H. California Gold Rush Correspondence
Date: 1849-04-04
Description: This letter was written in 1849 by a forty-niner in St. Louis, one William H. Morse, to a friend back home in New England. He’s been in St. Louis for three weeks, the last stop on the frontier, as he prepares to embark on a journey westward on the overland trail, making his way to California in search of gold. He describes his 35 day trip thus far, from an unnamed town in the northeast, south

Title: P-094 Milroy, Henry Bruce Diary
Date: 1836
Description: This diary documents Rebecca and Henry Bruce Milroy’s convalescent journey from Washington County, Indiana to Natchez Mississippi, as well as Henry’s return trip after his wife’s death. The 42 page diary includes near daily entries from October 26, 1836 to January 1, 1837. The author describes several towns they pass through, places they stay, steamboats they take passage aboard, people they

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