The links on this page lead to bits and pieces about
various riverboats.
Some pieces are small and some are rather lenghty. Some
were found by cruising the web, some within books I have, and others were submitted
by site visitors.
I wish to thank those site visitors who contributed
to some of these pages as they have added interesting bits and pieces to what
we know about many a boat's history.
Also see
About
Boats on Various Rivers
A
Comprehensive Alphabetical List of Midwestern Riverboats
How
Much Did the Crew Make?
About
Boats On the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, 1820 - 1858
Life
Aboard Riverboats
1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7,
RIVERBOATS
IN THE MOVIES
Untimely Riverboat
Demises
To Pages About Individual Boats
These
pages will have bits and pieces of information about the named boat.
-
ADMIRAL - ALABAMA -
BEN
HUR - BENTON - BENTON #4
- BELLE ZANE - BELL
OF LOUISVILLE -
BEN SHARROD - BERTRAND
- BESSIE SMITH - BRIGHT STAR
-
- BUCKEYE BELLE DISASTER -
-
CALIFORNIA - CARROLL
- CHATTANOOGA - CHESTER
- CITY OF CHATTANOOGA - CLARION
-
- CLERMONT - CONSTITUTION
- COL. CROSSMAN - CORNELIA
- COOSA - CRYSTAL
CITY -
- DAN CONVERSE
1, 2 - DAVENPORT/J.W.
QUINLAN -
DELTA KING 1, 2
- DELTA QUEEN 1, 2
- DeSMET -
-
ECONOMY - ELIZA
BATTLE -
- FAIR
PLAY - FAR WEST -
-
GEO. W. KENDALL - GORDON
C. GREEN - GOLDENROD - GOVERNOR
MORTON -
- GRACE BARTON - GRANITE
STATE - GREENWOOD -
- HARVEST MOON - HELENA - HENERY
AMES - HIBERNIA -
- IDLEWILD, ILLINOIS,
ISLAND QUEEN -
-
J.C. RAWN - JAMES L. DYKES
- JAMES N. TRIGG - JOE WHEELER
- JOHN R. WELLS -
- JOSEPH
OGLESBY - JOSIAH H. BELL - JULIA
-
- KATE
SWINNEY - KEYSTONE -
-LEADER
- LIZZIE GILL - LONE
STAR -
- MAGNOLIA
- MAJESTIC SHOWBOAT - MEMPHIS
- MONTANA - MORGAN NELSON -
- MONTGOMERY
- MOSES GREENWOOD
-
-  NAIL
CITY , NATCHEZ, NEW LUCY 1,
2 - NATHAN B. FORREST
-
- NEW ORLEANS 1, 2
- NEW RICHMOND -
-
OCEAN WAVE - OIL
VALLEY - OLD BOULLION - OAHMA 1,
2 - OMAR -
-
QUEEN CITY -
-
PENNSYLVANIA - PRAIRIE
-
- R.C.
GUNTER - ROBERT E. LEE - ROBERT
THOMPSON - RUFUS PUTNAM -
-
SCIOTO - SHOWBOATS
- ST. PAUL - ST. NICHOLAS 1,
2 - SIOUX CITY - STAR
OF THE WEST - SULTANA -
-
T.L. BROWN - TELEGRAPH
- TIME AND TIDE -
-
UNCLE BEN -
-
V.F. WILSON - VERNE
SWAIN - VIRGINIA - W.R.
ARTHUR -
- WABASH
QUEEN - WAKE ROBIN - WINFIELD SCOTT 1,
2 - WAR
EAGLE -
- WATOSSA -
-
YELLOWSTONE 1, 2
, 3