rdea, you may or may not be interested in this......... >Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:08:23 -0800 (PST) >From: Topaz428@aol.com >Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 02:07:36 EST >Old-To: MADMANSMOM@aol.com >Old-Cc: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Riverboat Pilot ><< If you find out anything > about the riverboats, please guide me in the right direction, and I will do > likewise. >>This is just a shot in the dark but how about a maritime museum > or organization?? Are there any around ST. Louis? Mary > >> >I have book called THE SEA HUNTERS written by Clive Cussler. Some of you may >be familiar with his adventure stories of Dirk Pitt but THE SEA HUNTERS is his >first non fiction book and it is wonderful. It his stories of searching for >and finding lost ships, steam boats, the first submarines and river boats. It >telling the stories of how he found them (one had been there so long it was >under a parking lot) and explored them he tells how they went down and why and >he names a lot of people that were on them. There are many names that I have >seen people searching for here and on other lists. Especially on the ships and >the first submarines that were active during the civil war. He and His friends >that do this as a hobbie started a non-profit organization called NUMA >(National Underwater and Marine Agency). I was thinking maybe he would give >some help or guidlines as to where to get the information about the people >that were on these ships and boats. I finally found the URL for NUMA and there >all kinds of contact links so I e-mailed him tonight and hopefully I will have >an answer soon. In the mean time if you would like to explore this site or >make a contact yourself here is the URL. IF/when I get an answer I will send >it on to this list. >Sandy > > <A HREF="http://www.numa.net/">Official NUMA Website</A> >http://www.numa.net/ > >cussler@numa.net > > Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701