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The Steamer Peoria The Steamer Peoria
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The Steamer Peoria
February 15, 2021

The Eagle Packet Company of St. Louis contracted in 1913 with the Howard Shipyard to build a wood-hulled sternwheeler for $26,000.  The new steamboat, 242 by 37.8 feet and named… Read More

The Joe Fowler Caption for top photo: The Joe Fowler at a landing. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Joe Fowler

February 11, 2019

The sternwheeler Joe Fowler was built at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Howard Shipyard in 1888 for the Fowler family. Built at a contract cost of $20,800, it was designed to… Read More

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