[PW] Steamboat trivia

[Daphne Drewello]

Susan Thurman wrote

> I collect postcards of my hometown, Henderson, Kentucky, which is on the
> Ohio. I have several cards with
> steamboats pictured and, for the most part, I can read the boats' names.
>
> I'd like to get background on these boats,
>
> Does anyone know of another online site that I can use or of a book to
> suggest?

You're probably already familiar with


Frederick Way
 Way's Packet Directory 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats of the Mississippi
River System Since the Advent of Photography in Mid-Continent America
(Ohio University Press, 1995)

Sample page at

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0821411063/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-7880205-5538465#reader-link


Daphne Drewello
Alfred Dickey Library
Jamestown, ND