This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Memoirs of Captain Stephen B Hanks River Pilot and Master
Captain Stephen B Hanks recalls fifty years on the Mississippi river from 1866 to 1868. He details prosperous wheat freight, heavy barges, and storms in Lake Pepin, including a fierce gale that tested the War Eagle and a destructive tornado near Red Wing. He describes saw-mill ventures at Albany, company shifts, and the rise of the Diamond Jo line as Reynolds and Davidson dispute grain contracts.
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Lake
Pepin
Diamond Bluff
Red Wing
Point
Reads Landing
Albany
Samuel
Langford Hall
Fulton
F. Davidson
Joseph Reynolds
Reynolds
Davidson
Diamond Jo
Diamond
Mississippi
St. Louis
St. Paul
Upper River
Stewart
Lyons
Dubuque
John C. Gault
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Fulton, al
Northwestern Railway
Capt. Mitchell
Ker City
Ida Fulton