Map of the Mississippi River stretching from Alton, Illinois to Saint Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois. Includes islands (Kerr's Island; Cabaret Island; Chouteau Island; Wilson's Island; Mobile Island; Ellis Island) and railroads (CH. A. & ST. L. R. R.; St. L. A. & T. H. R. R.; Edwardsville Coal R. R.; O. & M. R. R.)., From: Message of the mayor, and reports of city officers : delivered to the city council.
1 document, May 30, 1819, D. S., transcribing the agreements made to widen a canal and create a reservoir by the Rivanna Company. Original minutes of the Rivanna company were taken by N. H. Lewis and transcribed by Jefferson to this document.
The F. Weyerheuser was built at Rock Island, Illinois in 1893. Her dimensions were: 1140 x 31 x 4.5 feet; 216 tons. Her horse power was 300. She was built as a rafter for the Weyerheuser and Denkmann fleet and operated on the Upper Mississippi River. Later she was acquired by the U. S. Government, converted into a \"light house tender\" and renamed the U. S. Dandelion. Still later, after serving
1. Entrance to Atchafalaya River. 2. A "Swamper's" house on the Atchafalaya. 3. A Swamper. 4. Steamer running the rapids of the Atchafalaya. 5. Red River Landing. 6. Castle on the Atchafalaya. 7. Little Whiskey Bayou. 8. A Swamper's garden (in a Canoe). 9. The ash cabin, Atchafalaya. 10. Map showing changes in the Mississippi's current.
1826 map of the State of Missouri, with counties, mountains, towns and rivers included. Arkansas Territory is also mapped out similarly. Native American villages are noted to the west of Missouri.