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Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library St. Louis Mercantile Library University of Missouri-St. Louis

"The Waterways Journal” Collection and "The Waterways Journal” Index, 1891 – 1914 are available at: http://www.umsl.edu/pott/

Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War, 1874 – 1972. Yearly river conditions Wtr Wys TA 23 .A2 Microfilm

Bartlett, Richard A. Rolling Rivers: An Encyclopedia of America’s Rivers. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1984. MERC Ref GB 1215 .R64 1984

Bridges Over the Navigable Waters of the United States. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1961. Wtr Wys TG 23 .A5 1961 v. 1-4

Brown, Samuel R. The Western Gazetteer; Containing a Geographical Description of the Western States and Territories. Auburn, NY: H.C. Southwick, 1817. Rare G 89 5B v. 1

Havighurst, Walter. Voices on the River: The Story of the Mississippi Waterways. New York: Macmillan Co., 1964. MERC Ref HE 630 .M6 H35 1964

Mackenzie, Sir Alexander. Atlas to Mackenzie’s Travels. Rare St. Louis Lyceum G 822 M19 4

Mackenzie, Sir Alexander. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America. Philadelphia: John Morgan, 1802. Rare St. Louis Lyceum G 822 M19 2

Quick, Herbert and Edward Quick. Mississippi Steamboatin’: A History of Steamboating on the Mississippi and its Tributaries. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1926. MERC Ref VM 623 .Q5 1926

Stine, Jeffrey K. and Michael C. Robinson. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Issues in the Twentieth Century: A Bibliography. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1984. Books, articles, government publications, unpublished items and newspaper detailed coverage, and articles by States. Online

United States Coast Guard. Light Lists. Yearly publication, coverage includes the Lower Mississippi and Tributaries, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and their Tributaries Government Documents

Zimmerman, Albright G. A Canal Bibliography: With a Primary Emphasis on the United States and Canada. Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Press, 1991. Wtr Wys HE 395 .A3 Z55 1991

LANDINGS Cayton, Frank M. Landings on all the Western and Southern Rivers and Bayous. St. Louis: Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, 1881. Also includes tariff of insurance premiums on cargoes from St. Louis and New Orleans to all points on the different rivers names in this book, river clauses, rules and regulations, and stores below Baton Rouge. Vault VK 321 .C398 1881

Landings on Alabama River, p. 81-83 Landings on Angelica River, Texas, p. 99 Landings on Arkansas River, p. 62-65 Landings on Atchafalya River and Bayou Teche, La., p. 85-87 Landings on the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, p. 17-35 Landings on Bayou Bartholomew, p. 94-95 Landings on Bayou Lafourche, La., p. 96 Landings on Bayou Macon, La., 97 Landings on Big Deer Creek, p. 91 Landings on Black River, La., p. 61 Landings on Black and Currant Rivers, p. 98 Landings on Black Warrior River, p. 93 Landings on Boeuff River, La., p. 89 Landings on Cumberland River, p. 69-70 Landings on Green and Barren Rivers, p. 100 Landings on the Illinois River, p. 71 Landings on Kentucky River, p. 92 Landings on Little Deer Creek, p. 90 Landings on Little Red River, p. 67 Landings on Lower Atchafalaya River, p. 88 Landings between Memphis and Vicksburg, 9-11 Landings on Missouri River, p. 41-43 Landings on Mobile River, p. 84 Landings on Neches River, Texas, p. 100 Mississippi below New Orleans, p. 37 Landings on Obion and Fork Deer Rivers, p. 98 Landings on the Ohio River, p. 45-47 Outside landings on the Ohio River, Indiana side, between Louisville and Henderson, p. 49 Outside landings on the Ohio River, Kentucky side, between Louisville and Henderson, p. 51-52 Landings on Osage River, p. 100 Landings on Ouachita River, p. 58-60 Landings on Red River, p. 53-57 Landings on Sabine River, Texas, p. 99 Landings on St. Francis River, p. 84 Landings between St. Louis and Memphis, p. 5-7 Landings on Sunflower River, p. 76-77 Landings on Tallahatchie River, p. 75 Landings on Tennessee River, p. 68 Landings on Tensas River, La., p. 94 Landings on Tchula Lake, p. 74 Landings on Tombigbee River, p. 78-80 Landings on Trinity River, Texas, p. 99 Upper Mississippi River, p. 39-40 Landings on Yellowstone River, p. 92 Landings between Vicksburg and Baton Rouge, p. 13-15 Landings on Wabash River, p. 97 Landings on White River, Ark., p. 66 Landings on the Yazoo River, p. 72-73

ALABAMA RIVER Foster, James Fleetwood. Ante-Bellum Floating Palaces of the Alabama River. Selma, AL: Coffee Printing Co., 1960 MERC Ref HE 630 .A4 F6 1960

BIG SANDY RIVER Crowe-Carraco, Carol. The Big Sandy. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1979.

BRAZOS RIVER Puryear, Pamela Ashworth and Nath Winfield, Jr. Sandbars and Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation on the Brazos. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1976. HE 630 .B7 P87

CANADIAN RIVERS Charlebois, Dr. Peter. Sternwheelers & Sidewheelers: The Romance of Steamdriver Paddleboats in Canada. Toronto: NC Press Ltd., 1978. Wtr Wys VM 626 .C43 1978

CHATTAHOOCHEE-APALACHICOLA-FLINT RIVER SYSTEM Mueller, Edward A. Perilous Journeys: A History of Steamboating on the Chattahoochee, Apalachicola, and Flint Rivers, 1828-1928. Eufaula, AL: Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1990. MERC Ref HE 630 .C37 M84 1990

Neville, Bert. Directory of Steamboats on the Chattahoochee-Apalachicola River System. Selma, AL: Coffee Printing Co., 1961. MERC Ref HE 627 .N4 1961

CHIPPEWA RIVER Rosholt, Malcolm. Lumbermen on the Chippewa. Rosholt, WI: Rosholt House, 1982. Wtr Wys SD 538.2 .W6 R66 1982

COLORADO RIVER Lingenfelter, Richard E. Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852 - 1916. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1978. Wtr Wys VM 623 .L56 1978

COLUMBIA RIVER Mills, Randall V. Stern-Wheelers Up Columbia: A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1947. Wtr Wys VM 625 .C6 M5 1947

Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo. Columbia River: Gateway to the West. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press and the Columbia River Maritime, 2000. Wtr Wys F 853 .S39 2000

COOSA RIVER Reynolds, Hughes. The Coosa River Valley: From De Soto to Hydroelectric Power. Cynthiana, KY: Hobson Book Press, 1944. Wtr Wys F 332 .C686 R4 1944

CUMBERLAND RIVER Montell, William Lynwood. Don’t Go Up Kettle Creek: Verbal Legacy of the Upper Cumberland. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1983. F 442.2 .M66 1983

FOX RIVER Gard, Robert E. and Elaine Reetz. The Trail of the Serpent: The Fox River Valley. Madison, WI: Wisconsin House, 1973. Wtr Wys F 587 .F7 G37 1973 KANSAS RIVER Greene, Albert R. “The Kansas River-Its Navigation.” Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1905-1906, Vol. IX, 317-358. UMSL Depos F 676 .K13

KENTUCKY RIVER Verhoeff, Mary. The Kentucky River Navigation. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co., 1917 Wtr Wys HE 394 .K4 V4 1917

MISSISSIPPI RIVER Blair, Walter A. A Raft Pilot’s Log: A History of the Great Rafting Industry on the Upper Mississippi 1840-1915. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1930 History of the logging industry Wtr Wys SD 540 .B5 1930

Botkin, B.A. A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore: Stories, Ballads, Traditions and Folkways of the Mid-American River Country. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1955. Collection of river tales MERC Ref GR 109 .B58 1955

Burlington, Iowa, Saturday Evening Post, September 20, 1913 – December 18, 1920; Selected Articles about Mississippi River Transportation including Steamboats & Steamboatmen of the Upper Mississippi by George B. Merrick Microfilm

Carter, Hodding. Lower Mississippi. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. "Rivers of America" series Wtr Wys F 396 .C3 1942

Ferris, Ruth. St. Louis and the Mighty Mississippi in the Steamboat Age: The Collected Writings of Ruth Ferris. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Mercantile Library, 1993. Essays on St. Louis’ river history in the steamboat age MERC Ref F 474 .S2 F46 1993

Fugina, Capt. Frank J. Lore and Lure of the Upper Mississippi River. Winona, MN: Frank J. Fugina, 1945. Wtr Wys F 597 .F94 1945

Gould, E.W. Fifty Years on the Mississippi; or, Gould's History of River Navigation. Columbus, Ohio: Long's College Book Co., 1951. MERC Ref VM 623 .G6 1951

Miller, Sandra Rae. Miller’s Index of Gould’s History of River Navigation. Louisville, KY: Sandra Rae Miller, 1979. Wtr Wys VM 615 G69 1979 Index to Gould, E.W. Fifty Years on the Mississippi

Havighurst, Walter. Upper Mississippi: A Wilderness Saga. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. "Rivers of America" series Wtr Wys F 567 .H35 1937

History of the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis Since 1837. Wtr Wys UG 23 .H673

Huber, Leonard V. Advertisements of Lower Mississippi River Steamboats 1812 - 1920. West Barrington, R.I.: The Steamship Historical Society of America, 1959. MERC Ref VM 461 .H8 1959

Larson, Capt. Ron. Upper Mississippi River History. Winona, MN: Steamboat Press, 1998. Wtr Wys F 351 .L28 1998

Lekosky, II, Edward F. Milestones of the Mississippi River Valley History. Prairie du Rocher, Il: Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, 1995. History of the Mississippi River floods MERC Ref GB 1399.4 .M5 L3 1995

McDermott, John Francis. Before Mark Twain: A Sampler of Old, Old Times on the Mississippi. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. Readable account of all aspects of steamboating Wtr Wys F 351 .M128

McDermott, John Francis. Seth Eastman’s Mississippi: A Lost Portfolio Recovered. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1973. Wtr Wys ND 1839 .E23 M32 1973

Merrick, George Byron. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1909. MERC Ref VK 1645 .M4 O4 1909

Mississippi Panorama. St. Louis: City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1950. Art of the Mississippi River Wtr Wys N 5020 .S325 1950

Mueller, Edward A. Upper Mississippi River Rafting Steamboats. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1995. Format modeled after Way's Directories MERC Ref HE630 .M6 M84 1995

Petersen, William John. Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi, the Water Way to Iowa: Some River History. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1937. Coverage of the Mississippi River north from St. Louis MERC Ref F 353 .P47 1968

Samuel, Ray, Leonard V. Huber, Warren C. Ogden. Tales of the Mississippi. Gretna, La.: Pelican Pub. Co., 1981. Illustrated history of the Mississippi River Wtr Wys F 351 .S3 1981

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. Schoolcraft’s Expedition to Lake Itasca. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1958 F 597 .S36 1958

Tippitt, William H. Anchor Line

Mississippi River History

Mississippi River Historical Material, No. 3

Newsprint and Photographs of Mississippi River Steamers; The Past; River Reporters of Past 100 Years; 2nd Edition of Second Book of Clippings and Photographs of Steamboats on Ohio and Mississippi, 1854-1861 Microfilm

Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Cutchogue, NY: Buccaneer Books, 1986. History of the Mississippi River and Steamboating F 353 .C645 1986

MISSOURI RIVER Chappell, Phil E. A History of the Missouri River: Discovery of the River by the Jesuit Explorers; Indian Tribes Along the River, the Rise & Fall of Steamboating. Kansas City: 190-. Rare F 885 C36

Chittenden, Hiram Martin. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge. New York: F. P. Harper, 1903. 2 vols. Basic history Rare F 598 .C541 1903

Coleman, R. Allen. Twenty Miles of Steamboat Wrecks. Omaha, NE: River City Publications, [1970]. MERC Ref HE 629 .C6 T9 1970

Corbin, Annalies. The Material Culture of Steamboat Passengers: Archaeological Evidence from the Missouri River. New York: Kluwer Academic, 2000. Wtr Wys F 598 .C67 2000

Hanson, Joseph Mills. The Conquest of the Missouri: Being the Story of the Life and Exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1909. Unique information about steamboat techniques and the Army’s use of steamboats on the Upper Missouri River Rare F 597 .M36 1909

Kishmar, George. Facts and Events of the Missouri River. Historical and authoritative coverage of the light system Wtr Wys F 598 .K5

Lass, William E. A History of Steamboating on the Upper Missouri River. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1962. First chapters have history of steamboating and St. Louis MERC Ref HE 630 .M63 L3 1962

United States. Missouri River Commission. Missouri River, table of distances from its mouth to Three Forks, Mont., in four sections, viz ; mouth to Big Sioux River; Big Sioux River to Bismarck; Bismarck to Fort Benton; Fort Benton to Three Forks; as measured on low wter channgel line from maps of surveys made in 1889-93. [S.l.] : Missouri River Commission, 19--. Vault TC 425 .M7 U54

“A Pictorial Glimpse of Life Aboard the Brownville, 1960s.” Missouri Historical Review, Vol. 91, No. 3, April, 1987: 309-327. Doug Frazee recorded day-to-day activities aboard the towboat Brownville from 1963 to 1985 with his photographs. Per F 461 .M59

Schneiders, Robert Kelley. Unruly River: Two Centuries of Change Along the Missouri. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999. History and change along the Missouri River GE 155 .M85 S36 1999

Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann. Steamboat Kid: Memories of a Missouri River Childhood. Hermann, MO: Wein Press, 2000. Wtr Wys F 474 .H5 S48 2000

Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann. Steamboat Legacy: The Life & Times of a Steamboat Family. Hermann, Mo.: Wein Press, 1993. With other title forms a social history of several generations of the Heckmann Family of Hermann Wtr Wys F 474 .H36 S56 1993

Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann. Steamboat Treasures: The Inadvertent Autobiography of a Steamboatman. Hermann, Mo.: Wein Press, 1997. Wtr Wys F 474 .H5 S57 1997

Vestal, Stanley. The Missouri. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. "Rivers of America" series Wtr Wys F 598 .V47 1945

MOBILE RIVER Neville, Bert. Directory of River Packets in the Mobile-Alabama-Warrior-Tombigbee Trades 1818-1932. Selma, AL: Coffee Printing Co., 1962 MERC Ref VK 25 .M65 N4 1962

MONONGAHELA RIVER Thurston, George H. Directory of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Valleys. Greensboro, PA: Monongahela River Buffs Association, 1982. Wtr Wys F 157 .M58 T48 1982

Wiley, Richard T. Monongahela: The River and Its Region. Butler, PA: Ziegler Co., 1937. Wtr Wys F 157 .M58 W5 1937

OCKLAWAHA RIVER Mitchell, C. Bradford. Paddle-Wheel Inboard: Some of the History of Ocklawaha River Steamboating and of the Hart Line. Providence, RI: Steamship Historical Society of America, 1983. Wtr Wys HE 630 .O35 M57 1983

Mueller, Edward A. Ocklawaha River Steamboats. Jacksonville, FL: Mendelson Printing Co., 1983. MERC Ref HE 630 .O35 M83 1983

OHIO RIVER Always a River: The Ohio River and the American Experience. Edited by Robert L. Reid. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. Ohio River and Ohio River Valley Wtr Wys F 516 .A5 1991

Ambler, Charles H. A History of Transportation in the Ohio Valley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1970. Ohio River Valley shipping and commerce HE 630 .O5 A6 1970

Banta, R.E. The Ohio. New York: Rinehart, 1949. "Rivers of America" series Wtr Wys F 516 .B18 1949

Clark, C.M. The Picturesque Ohio: A Historical Monograph. Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts, 1887. Rare F 516 .C59 1887

Havighurst, Walter. River to the West: Three Centuries of the Ohio. New York: Putnam, 1970. Ohio River Valley history Wtr Wys F 516 .H28 1970

Hulbert, Archer Butler. The Ohio River: A Course of Empire. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. Ohio River history Rare F 516 .H91 1906

Leahy, Ethel C. Who’s Who on the Ohio River and its Tributaries: The Ohio River From the Ice Age to the Future, History, Biography, Statistics. Cincinnati, Ohio: E.C. Leahy Pub. Co., 1931. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00agb7019m;view=toc;c=pitttext

The Ohio River Handbook and Picture Album. Cincinnati: Young and Klein, 1969. MERC Ref F 519 .K58

Ohio River Navigation: Past-Present-Future. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ohio River Division, 1979. Wtr Wys TC 625 .O3 U54 1979

Ohio River Resources: A GCLC Collection Guide. Cincinnati: Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium, 1999. MERC Ref F 516 .O466 1999

Robinson, Michael C. History of Navigation in the Ohio River Basin. [Fort Belvoir, VA]: National Waterways Study, U.S. Army Engineer Water Resources Support Center, Institute for Water Resources, 1983. Navigation history Wtr Wys TC 625 .O3 R63 1983

RED RIVER Bill, Fred A. Life on the Red River of the North. Baltimore: Wirth Brothers, 1947. Rare F 612 .R27 B5 1947

Norman, N. Philip. “The Red River of the South.” The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2, April 1942: 397-535. UMSL Depos F 366 .L79

ST. CROIX RIVER Buck, Anita Albrecht. Steamboats on the St. Croix. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press, 1990. Wtr Wys HE 566 .P3 B83 1990

ST. JOHNS RIVER De Berard, Ella Teague. Steamboats in the Hyacinths. Daytona Beach, FL: College Publishing Co., 1956. Wtr Wys HE 630 .S16 D4 1956

Mueller, Edward A. Steamboating on the St. Johns. Melbourne, FL: South Brevard Historical Society, 1980. MERC Ref VM 624 .F6 M83 1980

TENNESSEE RIVER Campbell, Thomas J. Steamboats on the Upper Tennessee. Reprinted by the Rhea County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1999. Wtr Wys F 443 .T3 C3 1999

Campbell, T.J. The Upper Tennessee. Chattanooga, TN: T.J. Campbell, 1932. Wtr Wys F443 .T3 C3 1932

Neville, Bert. Directory of Tennessee River Steamboats (1821-1928). Selma, AL: Coffee Printing Co., 1963. MERC Ref HE 630 .T4 N4 1963

The Tennessee River Navigation System. Technical Report No. 25. Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Vallyey Authority, 1964 Wtr Wys TC 623.7 .T4 1964

Teuton, Frank L. Steamboat Days on the Tennessee River. Washington: The Author, [1967?]. MERC Ref HE 633 .S25 T4 1967

Teuton, Frank L. Steamboating on the Upper Tennessee. Washington: Teuton, 1975. MERC Ref HE 630 .T4 T48 1975

TOMBIGBEE RIVER Rodabough, John E. Steamboats on the Upper Tombigbee. Hamilton, MS: Tombigbee Press, 1985. Wtr Wys F 332 .T6 R63 1985

TRINITY RIVER Durham, Floyd. The Trinity River Paradox. Wichita Falls, TX: Nortex Press, 1976. Wtr Wys HD 1694 .T4 D87 1976

WHITE RIVER Huddleston, Duane, Sammie Rose and Pat Wood. Steamboats and Ferries on White River: A Heritage Revisited. Conway, AR: UCA Press, 1995. Wtr Wys F 417 .W5 H83 1995

YUKON RIVER Cohen, Stan. Yukon River Steamboats. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 1982. MERC Ref VK 24 .A4 C63 1982

Knutson, Arthur E. Sternwheels on the Yukon. Kirkland, WA: Knutson Enterprises, 1979. Wtr Wys VM 461.5 .Y84 K58 1979