This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WMB.2ACE/4550.2 Message Board Post: Another great place to check for the newspaper article is the Waterways Library, University of Mo., college. phone: 314-516-7247, curator is a Bette Gordon, web site: www.umsl.edu/pott/ They have tons of records regarding steamboats and also have the Waterways Journal which is a newspaper/magazine. I do not know how far they go back, but I have found several of my relations as far back as the 1880's. Good Luck DW