A request is outstanding to NARA in Kansas City, MO for a wreck report (if one exists) and anything else they might hold. After nearly seven months of searching, these pages are probably our last best hope of any contemporary description of the ferry. Within a few days I expect digital delivery of scans from microfilm newspapers (Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum) for dates of significance in the life of the ferry.
A local Pike County newspaper ran an article I wrote asking for help, but it got no replies. We have checked both sides of the river (libraries and historical societies) but no luck. It is unclear, precisely where Phillips Ferry landing was located-the place from which our ferry would have operated to cross the river to Scott County. There are a very small number of structures at Valley City, now essentially a ghost town after the 1993 Mississippi floods. One large warehouse there survives (2020). Regardless, we know of no photos of the Griggsville Landing area (east of Griggsville, and a bit south of Valley City on the Illinois River) where larger steamboats were constructed as early as 1845. Of course portrait cameras would have been less portable than one potentially used in the field. I'm not certain, but the collection sounded familiar to me, and I believe I checked as well.ĭuring that period (1878-1892) we know that there were numerous portrait photographers active in the area (Pike County - Griggsville - Pittsfield) which suggests that even in very small towns (population under 1200) photographs were not unknown. Many, many thanks! I'm glad we're going to be able to provide what you've been looking for! The museum has all of Alan Bates's originals and rights thereto. These editions are being printed on demand. The Steamboat Cyclopediums although bound the same as the original issue, also open flat. The Engine Room Cyclopediums are comb bound so they open flat for workbench reference. I hope if any of the people you'll send your message to are interested in inland waterways river steamboats, they will let me know how I can help them. Both books are $25 each, plus tax and shipping. We're also receiving some Steamboat Cyclopediums, in case that becomes an interest for your group. It will probably be better to call me with that info, instead of putting it out on cyberspace, and I'm here all day tomorrow and Friday, 10 am - 4 pm EDT at 81. That means I can send it out to you once I have your credit card number (with expiration date and security code) and your mailing address. I have just heard that the Engine Room Cyclopedium books will be in our hands tomorrow, May 6. On May 5, 2021, at 12:22 PM, Kadie Engstrom wrote:
In case Kurt hasn't been able to post this (he first told be about the book being available at the Howard Steamboat Museum) here is some very good news.ĪLAN BATES - Engine Room Cyclopedium, and Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopedium.
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