The Spread Eagle packet is shown heading downstream below the Merchants Bridge. It was owned by Capts. Henry and Buck Leyhe who once operated the Eagle Packet Company. Located near Eads Bridge since 1874. A member of the famous Eagle fleet, the Spread Eagle was lost Jan. 18, 1918 when it hit an ice wall while at the head of a fleet of four Eagle steamboats on the Tennessee River.
Illustration of St. Louis levee along North Market Street. Steamboats docked in foreground. Warehouses visible behind steamboats. Manufacturing and office buildings visible in background.