Tag: Steamboats
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The “City of Louisiana”: A Floating Hospital in the Civil War
By Gregg Andrews In 1857, the St. Louis and Keokuk Packet Line added the City of Louisiana, a sidewheel steamboat, to its growing fleet on the Upper Mississippi. Built expressly for passengers rather than freight, and named for the town of Louisiana, Missouri, the boat’s hull was built in Madison, Indiana, and towed to St.…
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Light the River
By Gregg Andrews I thought you might enjoy this brief article and song about one of the federal employees who kept the kerosene lights filled to guide steamboat pilots on the Mississippi River. In this case, the post-light keeper was a woman from South St. Paul, MN. Thanks to the National Park Service and singer/songwriter…
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