Tag: steamboat racing

• The “Hannibal City” Sidewheeler

  

  By Gregg Andrews The Hannibal City was a sidewheel steamboat named in honor of Missouri’s leading port north of St. Louis. The sidewheeler belonged to the fleet of the St. Louis & Keokuk Packet Company. On January 1, 1842, a group of St. Louis investors formed the packet company to operate on the Upper Mississippi…

  Gregg Andrews

  May 4, 2025

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  civil-war, Mississippi River, steamboat accidents, steamboat racing, travel