. Louis. Later she was sold to a contractor, used as a quarter boat and finally sank about 1934. There was a bald eagle that preceded this boat. She was built in 1879 at Madison, Indiana. She was 202.3 x 30 x 5.4 feet. She ran the St. Louis - Clarksville trade until 1895. During the cyclone of 1896 she broke loose, struck the middle pier of the Eads bridge, St. Louis, Missouri, and sank.
. This Grand Republic ran excursions out of St. Louis in 1896, 1897 and 1898. She burned at the mouth of the River Des peres, St. Louis, on March 13, 1898.
The Chalmette was built in 1881 at Jeffersonville, Indiana as the City of Vicksburg for the Anchor Line Packet Company of St. Louis, Missouri. She was wrecked by the cyclone in St. Louis on May 27, 1896 along with four other Anchor Line steamers. In the process of rebuilding by Captain W. H. Thorwegan as an excursion boat she was purchased by the Illinois Central Railroad interests and renamed
The Belle Memphis was a large Anchor Line boat built at the Howard Yard, Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1880. Her dimensions were:- 267 x 42 x 7.5 feet. She operated in the St. Louis - New Orleans trade. On May 13, 1889 she took into the Vicksburg wharfboat the largest cargo of freight ever delivered by one steamer up to that date. It was a manifest of 11,024 packages weighing 813 tons. On
The Stacker Lee was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1902. Her dimensions were:- 225.5 x 45.5 x 6.6 feet; tonnage, 710. She had four boilers (six flues each)40 inches in diameter and 22 feet long. Her engines were of two cylinders, each 18 inches in diameter with a nine-foot stroke. She was owned by the Lee Line of Memphis, Tennessee and ran the St. Louis-Memphis trade. On November 19, 1907
Way up there: High-wire walker Jay Cochrane walks 1,000 feet across Busch Stadium during the opening night of the Moolah Shrine Circus Thursday. The circus' top attraction, Cochrane repeated the stunt his friend and mentor, Karl Wallenda, performed at the stadium 10 years ago.
First biennial report of the condition, budget, and treatment of pupils of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Missouri, presented in the state General Assembly, 1855.
The Belle Memphis was a large Anchor Line boat built at the Howard Yard, Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1880. Her dimensions were:- 267 x 42 x 7.5 feet. She operated in the St. Louis - New Orleans trade. On May 13, 1889 she took into the Vicksburg wharfboat the largest cargo of freight ever delivered by one steamer up to that date. It was a manifest of 11,024 packages weighing 813 tons. On
The City of Camden was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1893. Her dimensions were:- 175 x 35 x 5.0 feet; 299 tons. She was built to run in the trade out of new Orleans to the Black and Ouachita Rivers. While ascending the Ouachita river on February 19, 1900, she struck a snag at Spooner's Shoals, Louisiana and partially filled with water but did not sink. Damage to steamer and cargo was
The Alton was built in 1906 at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Her dimensions were:- 241.1 x 38 x 7.3 feet. Tonnage 800, gross and net. She had 1350 horse power. She was owned by the Eagle Packet Company of St. Louis and was one of their finest packets. One mark of distinction was an hexagonal shaped pilot house. At 1:45 A.M., on January 28, 1918, while laid up in the winter fleet on the Tennessee River
Viewing amature photo exhibit in the lobby of the Mercantile Trust Company are Sidney Maestre chairman of the bank's executive committee, and Herman Orlick, assistant to the vice president.