Postal service--History; Postal service--Southwest, Old
In every civilization of which any record has been preserved, there is known to have been some organized plan for maintaining communication by couriers who were either post runners or riders mounted. The relaying of these couriers was an obvious...
Side wheelers; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Ferries JULIUS S. WALSH and WM. S. McCHESNEY, under construction at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1912. JULIUS S. WALSH and WM. S. McCHESNEY, Jr., side wheel ferries with steel hulls (169 ft. x 50 ft. x 7ft.) were...
Guthrie, James, 1792-1869; Kentucky--Officials and employees; Kentucky--Politics and government--19th century
James Guthrie, like any man, may be considered as a private individual, as a participant in the economic activities of his time, and as a citizen. Of Guthrie’s personal life little is known besides the barest biographical outline. His business...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two towboat and two ferry hulls on ways at the bank of the icy Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The ferries are JULIUS S. WALSH (Way #3192) AND W.S. McCHESNEY, JR. (Way #5662) and the towboats are probably...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two towboat and two ferry hulls, covered with snow, on the ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The ferries are JULIUS S. WALSH (Way #3192) AND W.S. McCHESNEY, JR. (Way #5662) and the towboats are probably JUPITER...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
It appears the photographer labeled two of these three images "B.J. Ferry" and the other "J.B.", but no other information is available. They may have been sister ships built around the same time, or they may actually be the same...
Two ships or ferries in the water heading towards land in the background. Buildings are along the shore. Text on left: America Illustrated. Text on right: Boston & Suburbs. Title supplied by cataloger.
From a trip to the African Congo, this photograph shows a type of ferry carrying an automobile across a river. Several African men and one white man are on the ferry.
Responding to research gaps in both cycling and women's rights history, the purpose of my thesis is to investigate conceptualizations of cycling in the 1890's suffrage press. I analyze six aspects of cycling in suffrage periodicals: advice and tips...
Star Wars films--History and criticism; Myth in motion pictures; Lucas, George, 1944-
The Star Wars franchise is one of the most successful film series of all time. The original three
movies, along with the more recent three prequels, serve as the foundation to a vast empire of
Star Wars television shows, action figures, comic...
This work seeks to fill a gap in the academic literature concerning the study of the Ilkhanid Mongols of the Middle East during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE using Armenian, Persian, Arabic, and Syriac primary sources in English...
Eleven men and women stand on the top deck of a docked, smoke-blowing ferry boat which is marked "Katherine" and "Cairo. Birds Point. Wickliffe." The boat, two stories with a small enclosure above, is on the Mississippi River,...
Steam Ferry "New Haven" docked on the Ohio River at Uniontown. The ferry has a smokestack and water wheel, and a man leaning back in a chair on its deck.
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
THREE STATES (Way #5385), a stern-wheel ferry with wood hull (118 ft. x 26 ft. 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1914. Owned by Cairo City Ferry Co., THREE STATES (Way #5385) operated in the Cairo, Illinois area. THREE STATES (Way #5385) was still...
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...
Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.M. HALLIDAY, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (121 ft. x 59 ft. x 7.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903. Owned by Union Ferry Co. in New Orleans, she operated in the New Orleans area, carrying up to thirty-five cars and 225...
Ferries; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF BATON ROUGE, a centerwheel ferry with steel hull (115.2 ft. x 28 ft. x 7.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1916. Owned by Baton Rouge Transportation Co., CITY OF BATON ROUGE operated at the the Louisiana city, carrying up to twenty-one...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF WARSAW, a stern-wheel ferry with wood hull (100 ft. x 35.4 ft. x 3.1 ft.), was built at Howard in 1895. Owned by Frank Myers, she operated in the Cairo, Illinois area and was taken out of service after 1908.
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SUNSHINE, a side-wheel excursion and ferry boat with wood hull (175 ft. x 37 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1888. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., SUNSHINE operated on the Ohio River in the Louisville area until 1907 when...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
W.C. HITE, a side-wheel ferry with wood hull (155 ft. x 36 ft. x 6.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1882. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., W.C. HITE operated on the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville,...
