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The Keokuk Beside a Barge
1868
The sidewheel packet, Keokuk, loaded with passengers beside a barge at a landing. The landing is filled with people and horse-drawn vehicles. The sign on the side of the wheel reads: "La Crosse and...
Steamer Quincy at Levee
1910
The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La Crosse, Wis."
The Keokuk at the Winona, Minnesota Levee
1858
Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground.
Unloading the Arkansas
1870
The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangplank that crosses some of the wharf barges that ar...
Belle of La Crosse at a Landing on the Upper Mississippi River
The sidewheel packet, Belle of La Crosse, at a landing on the Upper Mississippi River. The sidewheel was built in 1868 and burned while in winter quarters at Alton Slough in 1881-1882.
Railroad Car and Engine Ferry
View of a barge transporting railroad cars and an engine across a river. Several men are on the barge, including one on an overhead structure. Text on photograph reads: "Ferry At New Orleans, LA."
