Kentucky--History--1792-1865; Southwest, Old--History; Mississippi River Valley--History
This paper is involved in a study of the intrigues of Kentuckians for the securing of the Mississippi River as a free waterway for the marketing of their produce and the consequent improvement of the condition of Kentuckians in every way. The...
Louisville (Ky.)--Economic conditions--19th century; Louisville (Ky.)--Commerce--History; Ohio River Valley--Commerce--History
The dominant theme in the study of any phase of Ohio River history is found in the great extent of the river system and the vast area of the drainage basin of the Mississippi to which this stream forms so important a part. The basin of the...
African Americans; African American physicians; African Americans--Hospitals; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Education; Segregation in education; African Americans--Medical care; Hospitals; Medical education; Race...
Oral history interview with Louisville physician Maurice Rabb. Dr. Rabb discusses his early life and education in Mississippi. He speaks of his experiences as a student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, comparing race relations in his...
Large paddle boat or paddle steamer docked on the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee. To the right is the shore with a few horse-drawn carriages. On the levee in front of the boat is a small house and horse-drawn carriages at the bridge...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way #3977) on grade at Howard Shipyard. This hull (185 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.2 ft.) was built for the stern wheel inspection boat MISSISSIPPI in 1927. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull was towed to...
In the foreground stands a row of people in front of a log fence. Behind the fence are rows of crops and then a river. On the other side of the river are buildings and a smokestack with mountains in the distance. Title: 3403 Portsmouth (O.) and...
City & town life; Railroads; Street railroads; Pedestrians
View of Broadway avenue in Saint Louis, Missouri. Street with back of streetcar, horses and wagons, carriages, and pedestrians with a row of buildings on the left and wires and poles near the right. Title: (28) Street scene in the largest city of...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (315 ft. x 48.5 ft. x 10.5 ft. (305,48,10?)), was built at Howard in 1876. Owned by Capt. John W. Cannon, ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778) operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (Way T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which was...
Picture of a mounted photograph of the starboard side and bow of ROB'T E. LEE at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (315 ft. x...
One of twelve plates in Antonio Zatta's "Le Colonie Unite dell'America Settentrle" based on John Mitchell's "Map of the British and French Dominions in North America." This hand-colored map shows the Wabash River flowing into...
Map of Kentucky and Tennesee (plus parts of Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama,Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia), with paved roads, improved roads, graded roads, unreported or dirt roads,...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Brigadier General Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), a sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army brigadier general during the United States Civil War. He was brevetted major general and received a Congressional...
Bales of cotton covering a large area in front of a large paddle boat or paddle steamer. In the foreground two African-American men sit on the bales. Other men are in the background. Title: 12479 - Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! Levee, New Orleans, La....
Dining room on a Mississippi River steamboat. The cabin is filled with multiple tables covered with white tablecloths. Groups of four men or more sit at the tables with a row of men in white uniforms behind them on either side of the row. Text on...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Belmont, Battle of, Belmont, Mo., 1861; Battlefields
Map of battlefield near Belmont, Missouri--the Mississippi River curving up and down at the center; Kentucky, a Confederate Camp, and Columbus above; and cornfields, another Confederate Camp, and Belmont below. Below image: "Map of the...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ALTON, a side-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (241.1 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1906. Owned by Eagle Packet Company in St. Louis, ALTON operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Alton, Illinois. She had a...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEORGE W. MILLER, a stern-wheel ferry with steel hull (138 ft. x 32 ft. x 4.9 ft.), was built at Howard in 1926. Owned by Mississippi River Ferry Co. she operated on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg initially. After a bridge was built at...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ARTHUR HIDER, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (163 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Mississippi River Commission, the tugboat operated on the lower Mississippi River until 1935 when she was sold to A. O. Kirschner...
