Bill of lading from the M. Michael & Bro. Co. of Paducah, Kentucky, for 1 box saddlery, 3 sacks collars, 1 bundle hames, and 1 package whips. Delivery by the M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and saddlery, buggies, carts, etc. to St. Francis, Arkansas. July 19th, 1898.
Bill of lading for shipment on the steamboat Tennessee for delivery of goods to Jim White at Clifton, Tennessee. Goods were transported from Paducah, Kentucky, September 16, 1898. M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and sadlery, buggies, carts, etc.
Bill of lading for shipment on the steamboat Sunshine for delivery of 1 box of saddlery to W. H. Huffman at Caruthersville, Missouri. Goods were transported from Paducah, Kentucky, September 13, 1898. M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and sadlery, buggies, carts, etc.
and used her as a tourist boat. She sank below Grand Tower, Illinois, on May 19, 1947. A. I. Baker: Origin rather indefinite but she was an old time small towboat rebuilt and renamed the repeatedly until she became the A. I. Baker in 1923. She was long owned and operated by the Ayer and Lord Tie Co. of Paducah, Ky. She was dismantled in 1943 by her then owners, the Lea River Lines. Iren Chotin: A
Receipt of goods from commisions agent Jos. Macheca & Co. for delivery from Cincinnati, Ohio to Paducah, Kentucky aboard the steamer Thomas Sherlock, 1874.
Kentucky - James Moren - General John Coffee - Paducah - George Cowling - W. J. Jackson, Magazine clipping on back about Ayer & Lord Marine Ways in Paducah, Ky - a boat and barge construction and repair facility.
Vol. XXXIX, No. 27. Includes the program for the Ohio Valley Improvement Association's 32nd Annual Convention in Paducah, Kentucky, which took place on October 11 and 12, 1926.
Vol. XXXIX, No. 27. Announces meeting of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association in Paducah, Kentucky on October 11 and 12 of 1926. Retrospective account of the river career of Commodore F. A. Laidley, the former president of the Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company.
Bill of lading for shipment on the steamboat Buckeye State, for delivery of 1 box of saddlery. Goods were transported from Paducah, Kentucky to Wrightsville, Missouri, 1898. M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and sadlery, buggies, carts, etc.
The Jo Horton Fall was built in 1913 at Jeffersonville, Indiana and was 158 feet in length, 28 feet beam, and 4 feet depth of hold. She ran in the Ryman Line on the Cumberland River, and made frequent trips to Burnside, Kentucky. Later operated by H. G. Hill, Esq. of Nashville, Tennessee and sold about 1932 to Captain Peters Lee of Memphis and converted into an excursion boat called Valley Queen
Ayer and Lord Marine Ways at Paducah, Kentucky, have specialized in the building and repairing of all types of river craft for more than twenty years. Twelve cradles are available; length of space is about 800 feet. As many as seven boats have been on the ways at one time. Boats up to 1200 tons weight can be accomdated. The woodworking ship including equipment for fabrication of all parts needed