RIVERS RESEARCH GUIDE
Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library
St. Louis Mercantile Library
University of Missouri-St. Louis
"The Waterways Journal” Collection and "The Waterways Journal” Index, 1891 – 1914 are available at: http://www.umsl.edu/pott/
Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War, 1874 – 1972.
Yearly river conditions
Wtr Wys TA 23 .A2
Microfilm
Bartlett, Richard A. Rolling Rivers: An Encyclopedia of America’s Rivers. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1984.
MERC Ref GB 1215 .R64 1984
Bridges Over the Navigable Waters of the United States. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1961.
Wtr Wys TG 23 .A5 1961 v. 1-4
Brown, Samuel R. The Western Gazetteer; Containing a Geographical Description of the Western States and Territories. Auburn, NY: H.C. Southwick, 1817.
Rare G 89 5B v. 1
Havighurst, Walter. Voices on the River: The Story of the Mississippi Waterways. New York: Macmillan Co., 1964.
MERC Ref HE 630 .M6 H35 1964
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander. Atlas to Mackenzie’s Travels.
Rare St. Louis Lyceum G 822 M19 4
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America. Philadelphia: John Morgan, 1802.
Rare St. Louis Lyceum G 822 M19 2
Quick, Herbert and Edward Quick. Mississippi Steamboatin’: A History of Steamboating on the Mississippi and its Tributaries. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1926.
MERC Ref VM 623 .Q5 1926
Stine, Jeffrey K. and Michael C. Robinson. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Issues in the Twentieth Century: A Bibliography. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1984.
Books, articles, government publications, unpublished items and newspaper detailed coverage,
and articles by States.
Online
United States Coast Guard. Light Lists.
Yearly publication, coverage includes the Lower Mississippi and Tributaries, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and their Tributaries
Government Documents
Zimmerman, Albright G. A Canal Bibliography: With a Primary Emphasis on the United States and Canada. Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Press, 1991.
Wtr Wys HE 395 .A3 Z55 1991
LANDINGS
Cayton, Frank M. Landings on all the Western and Southern Rivers and Bayous. St. Louis: Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, 1881.
Also includes tariff of insurance premiums on cargoes from St. Louis and New Orleans to all points on the different rivers names in this book, river clauses, rules and regulations, and stores below Baton Rouge.
Vault VK 321 .C398 1881
Landings on Alabama River, p. 81-83
Landings on Angelica River, Texas, p. 99
Landings on Arkansas River, p. 62-65
Landings on Atchafalya River and Bayou Teche, La., p. 85-87
Landings on the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, p. 17-35
Landings on Bayou Bartholomew, p. 94-95
Landings on Bayou Lafourche, La., p. 96
Landings on Bayou Macon, La., 97
Landings on Big Deer Creek, p. 91
Landings on Black River, La., p. 61
Landings on Black and Currant Rivers, p. 98
Landings on Black Warrior River, p. 93
Landings on Boeuff River, La., p. 89
Landings on Cumberland River, p. 69-70
Landings on Green and Barren Rivers, p. 100
Landings on the Illinois River, p. 71
Landings on Kentucky River, p. 92
Landings on Little Deer Creek, p. 90
Landings on Little Red River, p. 67
Landings on Lower Atchafalaya River, p. 88
Landings between Memphis and Vicksburg, 9-11
Landings on Missouri River, p. 41-43
Landings on Mobile River, p. 84
Landings on Neches River, Texas, p. 100
Mississippi below New Orleans, p. 37
Landings on Obion and Fork Deer Rivers, p. 98
Landings on the Ohio River, p. 45-47
Outside landings on the Ohio River, Indiana side, between Louisville and Henderson, p. 49
Outside landings on the Ohio River, Kentucky side, between Louisville and Henderson, p. 51-52
Landings on Osage River, p. 100
Landings on Ouachita River, p. 58-60
Landings on Red River, p. 53-57
Landings on Sabine River, Texas, p. 99
Landings on St. Francis River, p. 84
Landings between St. Louis and Memphis, p. 5-7
Landings on Sunflower River, p. 76-77
Landings on Tallahatchie River, p. 75
Landings on Tennessee River, p. 68
Landings on Tensas River, La., p. 94
Landings on Tchula Lake, p. 74
Landings on Tombigbee River, p. 78-80
Landings on Trinity River, Texas, p. 99
Upper Mississippi River, p. 39-40
Landings on Yellowstone River, p. 92
Landings between Vicksburg and Baton Rouge, p. 13-15
Landings on Wabash River, p. 97
Landings on White River, Ark., p. 66
Landings on the Yazoo River, p. 72-73
ALABAMA RIVER
Foster, James Fleetwood. Ante-Bellum Floating Palaces of the Alabama River. Selma, AL: Coffee Printing Co., 1960
MERC Ref HE 630 .A4 F6 1960
BIG SANDY RIVER
Crowe-Carraco, Carol. The Big Sandy. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1979.
BRAZOS RIVER
Puryear, Pamela Ashworth and Nath Winfield, Jr. Sandbars and Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation on the Brazos. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1976.
HE 630 .B7 P87
CANADIAN RIVERS
Charlebois, Dr. Peter. Sternwheelers & Sidewheelers: The Romance of Steamdriver Paddleboats in Canada. Toronto: NC Press Ltd., 1978.
Wtr Wys VM 626 .C43 1978
CHATTAHOOCHEE-APALACHICOLA-FLINT RIVER SYSTEM
Mueller, Edward A. Perilous Journeys: A History of Steamboating on the Chattahoochee, Apalachicola, and Flint Rivers, 1828-1928. Eufaula, AL: Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1990.
MERC Ref HE 630 .C37 M84 1990
Neville, Bert. Directory of Steamboats on the Chattahoochee-Apalachicola River System. Selma, AL: Coffee Printing Co., 1961.
MERC Ref HE 627 .N4 1961
CHIPPEWA RIVER
Rosholt, Malcolm. Lumbermen on the Chippewa. Rosholt, WI: Rosholt House, 1982.
Wtr Wys SD 538.2 .W6 R66 1982
COLORADO RIVER
Lingenfelter, Richard E. Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852 - 1916. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1978.
Wtr Wys VM 623 .L56 1978
COLUMBIA RIVER
Mills, Randall V. Stern-Wheelers Up Columbia: A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1947.
Wtr Wys VM 625 .C6 M5 1947
Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo. Columbia River: Gateway to the West. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press and the Columbia River Maritime, 2000.
Wtr Wys F 853 .S39 2000
COOSA RIVER
Reynolds, Hughes. The Coosa River Valley: From De Soto to Hydroelectric Power. Cynthiana, KY: Hobson Book Press, 1944.
Wtr Wys F 332 .C686 R4 1944
CUMBERLAND RIVER
Montell, William Lynwood. Don’t Go Up Kettle Creek: Verbal Legacy of the Upper Cumberland. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1983.
F 442.2 .M66 1983
FOX RIVER
Gard, Robert E. and Elaine Reetz. The Trail of the Serpent: The Fox River Valley. Madison, WI: Wisconsin House, 1973.
Wtr Wys F 587 .F7 G37 1973
KANSAS RIVER
Greene, Albert R. “The Kansas River-Its Navigation.” Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1905-1906, Vol. IX, 317-358.
UMSL Depos F 676 .K13
KENTUCKY RIVER
Verhoeff, Mary. The Kentucky River Navigation. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co., 1917
Wtr Wys HE 394 .K4 V4 1917
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Blair, Walter A. A Raft Pilot’s Log: A History of the Great Rafting Industry on the Upper Mississippi 1840-1915. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1930
History of the logging industry
Wtr Wys SD 540 .B5 1930
Botkin, B.A. A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore: Stories, Ballads, Traditions and Folkways of the Mid-American River Country. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1955.
Collection of river tales
MERC Ref GR 109 .B58 1955
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday Evening Post, September 20, 1913 – December 18, 1920; Selected Articles about Mississippi River Transportation including Steamboats & Steamboatmen of the Upper Mississippi by George B. Merrick
Microfilm
Carter, Hodding. Lower Mississippi. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.
"Rivers of America" series
Wtr Wys F 396 .C3 1942
Ferris, Ruth. St. Louis and the Mighty Mississippi in the Steamboat Age: The Collected Writings of Ruth Ferris. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Mercantile Library, 1993.
Essays on St. Louis’ river history in the steamboat age
MERC Ref F 474 .S2 F46 1993
Fugina, Capt. Frank J. Lore and Lure of the Upper Mississippi River. Winona, MN: Frank J. Fugina, 1945.
Wtr Wys F 597 .F94 1945
Gould, E.W. Fifty Years on the Mississippi; or, Gould's History of River Navigation. Columbus, Ohio: Long's College Book Co., 1951.
MERC Ref VM 623 .G6 1951
Miller, Sandra Rae. Miller’s Index of Gould’s History of River Navigation. Louisville, KY: Sandra Rae Miller, 1979.
Wtr Wys VM 615 G69 1979
Index to Gould, E.W. Fifty Years on the Mississippi
Havighurst, Walter. Upper Mississippi: A Wilderness Saga. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937.
"Rivers of America" series
Wtr Wys F 567 .H35 1937
History of the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis Since 1837.
Wtr Wys UG 23 .H673
Huber, Leonard V. Advertisements of Lower Mississippi River Steamboats 1812 - 1920. West Barrington, R.I.: The Steamship Historical Society of America, 1959.
MERC Ref VM 461 .H8 1959
Larson, Capt. Ron. Upper Mississippi River History. Winona, MN: Steamboat Press, 1998.
Wtr Wys F 351 .L28 1998
Lekosky, II, Edward F. Milestones of the Mississippi River Valley History. Prairie du Rocher, Il: Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, 1995.
History of the Mississippi River floods
MERC Ref GB 1399.4 .M5 L3 1995
McDermott, John Francis. Before Mark Twain: A Sampler of Old, Old Times on the Mississippi. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.
Readable account of all aspects of steamboating
Wtr Wys F 351 .M128
McDermott, John Francis. Seth Eastman’s Mississippi: A Lost Portfolio Recovered. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1973.
Wtr Wys ND 1839 .E23 M32 1973
Merrick, George Byron. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1909.
MERC Ref VK 1645 .M4 O4 1909
Mississippi Panorama. St. Louis: City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1950.
Art of the Mississippi River
Wtr Wys N 5020 .S325 1950
Mueller, Edward A. Upper Mississippi River Rafting Steamboats. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1995.
Format modeled after Way's Directories
MERC Ref HE630 .M6 M84 1995
Petersen, William John. Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi, the Water Way to Iowa: Some River History. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1937.
Coverage of the Mississippi River north from St. Louis
MERC Ref F 353 .P47 1968
Samuel, Ray, Leonard V. Huber, Warren C. Ogden. Tales of the Mississippi. Gretna, La.: Pelican Pub. Co., 1981.
Illustrated history of the Mississippi River
Wtr Wys F 351 .S3 1981
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. Schoolcraft’s Expedition to Lake Itasca. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1958
F 597 .S36 1958
Tippitt, William H.
Anchor Line
Mississippi River History
Mississippi River Historical Material, No. 3
Newsprint and Photographs of Mississippi River Steamers; The Past; River Reporters of Past 100 Years; 2nd Edition of Second Book of Clippings and Photographs of Steamboats on Ohio and Mississippi, 1854-1861
Microfilm
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Cutchogue, NY: Buccaneer Books, 1986.
History of the Mississippi River and Steamboating
F 353 .C645 1986
MISSOURI RIVER
Chappell, Phil E. A History of the Missouri River: Discovery of the River by the Jesuit Explorers; Indian Tribes Along the River, the Rise & Fall of Steamboating. Kansas City: 190-.
Rare F 885 C36
Chittenden, Hiram Martin. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge. New York: F. P. Harper, 1903. 2 vols.
Basic history
Rare F 598 .C541 1903
Coleman, R. Allen. Twenty Miles of Steamboat Wrecks. Omaha, NE: River City Publications, [1970].
MERC Ref HE 629 .C6 T9 1970
Corbin, Annalies. The Material Culture of Steamboat Passengers: Archaeological Evidence from the Missouri River. New York: Kluwer Academic, 2000.
Wtr Wys F 598 .C67 2000
Hanson, Joseph Mills. The Conquest of the Missouri: Being the Story of the Life and Exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1909.
Unique information about steamboat techniques and the Army’s use of steamboats on the Upper
Missouri River
Rare F 597 .M36 1909
Kishmar, George. Facts and Events of the Missouri River.
Historical and authoritative coverage of the light system
Wtr Wys F 598 .K5
Lass, William E. A History of Steamboating on the Upper Missouri River. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1962.
First chapters have history of steamboating and St. Louis
MERC Ref HE 630 .M63 L3 1962
United States. Missouri River Commission. Missouri River, table of distances from its mouth to Three Forks, Mont., in four sections, viz ; mouth to Big Sioux River; Big Sioux River to Bismarck; Bismarck to Fort Benton; Fort Benton to Three Forks; as measured on low wter channgel line from maps of surveys made in 1889-93. [S.l.] : Missouri River Commission, 19--.
Vault TC 425 .M7 U54
“A Pictorial Glimpse of Life Aboard the Brownville, 1960s.” Missouri Historical Review, Vol. 91, No. 3, April, 1987: 309-327.
Doug Frazee recorded day-to-day activities aboard the towboat Brownville from 1963 to 1985 with his photographs.
Per F 461 .M59
Schneiders, Robert Kelley. Unruly River: Two Centuries of Change Along the Missouri. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999.
History and change along the Missouri River
GE 155 .M85 S36 1999
Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann. Steamboat Kid: Memories of a Missouri River Childhood. Hermann, MO: Wein Press, 2000.
Wtr Wys F 474 .H5 S48 2000
Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann. Steamboat Legacy: The Life & Times of a Steamboat Family. Hermann, Mo.: Wein Press, 1993.
With other title forms a social history of several generations of the Heckmann Family of Hermann
Wtr Wys F 474 .H36 S56 1993
Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann. Steamboat Treasures: The Inadvertent Autobiography of a Steamboatman. Hermann, Mo.: Wein Press, 1997.
Wtr Wys F 474 .H5 S57 1997
Vestal, Stanley. The Missouri. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945.
"Rivers of America" series
Wtr Wys F 598 .V47 1945
MOBILE RIVER
Neville, Bert. Directory of River Packets in the Mobile-Alabama-Warrior-Tombigbee Trades 1818-1932. Selma, AL: Coffee Printing Co., 1962
MERC Ref VK 25 .M65 N4 1962
MONONGAHELA RIVER
Thurston, George H. Directory of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Valleys. Greensboro, PA: Monongahela River Buffs Association, 1982.
Wtr Wys F 157 .M58 T48 1982
Wiley, Richard T. Monongahela: The River and Its Region. Butler, PA: Ziegler Co., 1937.
Wtr Wys F 157 .M58 W5 1937
OCKLAWAHA RIVER
Mitchell, C. Bradford. Paddle-Wheel Inboard: Some of the History of Ocklawaha River Steamboating and of the Hart Line. Providence, RI: Steamship Historical Society of America, 1983.
Wtr Wys HE 630 .O35 M57 1983
Mueller, Edward A. Ocklawaha River Steamboats. Jacksonville, FL: Mendelson Printing Co., 1983.
MERC Ref HE 630 .O35 M83 1983
OHIO RIVER
Always a River: The Ohio River and the American Experience. Edited by Robert L. Reid. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991.
Ohio River and Ohio River Valley
Wtr Wys F 516 .A5 1991
Ambler, Charles H. A History of Transportation in the Ohio Valley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1970.
Ohio River Valley shipping and commerce
HE 630 .O5 A6 1970
Banta, R.E. The Ohio. New York: Rinehart, 1949.
"Rivers of America" series
Wtr Wys F 516 .B18 1949
Clark, C.M. The Picturesque Ohio: A Historical Monograph. Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts, 1887.