Printable Guides to Researching Inland Water Ways
General Waterways (9 pages, 171 KB, PDF)
Research River Research Guide (9 pages, 179 KB, PDF)
The Navigator, The Western Pilot and Conclin's New River Guide (4 pages, 72 KB, PDF)
Vessels at St. Louis 1810s 1850s, First Newspaper Citation
Alphabetical Listing (56 pages, 272 KB, PDF)
Chronological Listing (28 pages, 137 KB, PDF)
Newspapers Listed Chronologically Searched (2 pages, 40 KB, PDF)
Newspapers Listed Alphabetically Searched (2 pages, 41 KB, PDF)
Inland Water Ways Research Links
Steamboats.org: Steamboat information resource, that includes a glossary of steamboat terms, interactive steamboat model, books and message board
American Memory from the Library of Congress - access to historical images, maps, newspapers, periodicals, sheet music, narratives of early travel, and steamboat photographs.
The Waterways Journal is a weekly trade publication covering news of the inland rivers and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Please see printable research guides for further resources.