Steamboats

La Crosse County Historical Sketches, 1931-1955

Early Transportation on the Upper Mississippi / Charles Jagow

Early Steamboat and Packet Lines / Ruth Bristow

Early Steamboats on the Upper Mississippi River / Ruth Bristow

Mississippi River Steamboat Stories / Harry G. Dyer

La Crosse River History and the Davidsons / H.J. Hirshheimer

Recollections of a Pioneer Steamboat Pilot: Contributing to the Early History of the Mississippi/ George C. Nichols, 1883

This 40 page biography explores the career of George Nichols, an upper Mississippi River steamboat pilot from the 1840s – 1880s.