Steamboats played a crucial role in the growth of Cape Girardeau in the 19th Century, but traveling by steamboat was a risky proposition indeed. Boiler explosions, collisions, fires, sandbars and ...

Tall Stacks is fondly remembered by many in Cincinnati. The clock turned back to the 1800s and the riverfront was once against bustling with steamboats and the shrill whistle of the calliope. The ...

Many of the area's early white settlers arrived in the Minnesota River Valley aboard steamboats. During the mid-1800s, the two-deck wooden vessels carried passengers and cargo regularly between St.

Before the railroad began to wind its way through the quaint villages of the North Shore, the major source of transportation was the sidewheel steamboat in the early 1800s. Steamboat service ignited ...

Steamboats and the St. Joseph region were connected through the travel of goods and people in the late 1800s, although the journey down the old muddy was rather dangerous. St. Joseph was a point that ...

This week’s Historic Treasure isn’t about a person, place or thing. It’s about a very special time in the history of Terre Haute, the era of the steamboat. In the days before the Civil War, navigable ...

Historical accounts describe how steamboats once plied the Minnesota River as far up as the Upper Sioux Agency near Granite Falls. These steam-propelled vessels carried passengers and freight to the ...

Editor's note: Each week, TCPalm will feature a historically significant event, place or person from Indian River, St. Lucie or Martin county, courtesy of that county's historical society. A popular ...

A wildlife refuge that straddles the border of Iowa and Nebraska is home to a sunken steamboat and an abundance of birds and ...

Looking at the state seal of Florida, one will notice hibiscus flowers, a Seminole woman, a Sabal Palm and, in the background, an ocean-going steamboat that seems to glow as the sun sets behind it.

The Historical Treasure team honors the late volunteer, Linda Patrick, with this reprint. Linda passed away at the age of 77 on March 16, 2025. Her dedication to the Vigo County Historical Society and ...