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Several items of the West Virginia State Archives sit onshore waiting to be loaded on the "Chesapeake". After having a "floating state capitol", the issue was settled in 1885, when Charleston was named the permanent site.

17125. Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
017125
Title:
Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1885/05/02
Description:
Several items of the West Virginia State Archives sit onshore waiting to be loaded on the "Chesapeake". After having a "floating state capitol", the issue was settled in 1885, when Charleston was named the permanent site.

17126. Steamboat Washington on the Ohio River, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017126
Title:
Steamboat Washington on the Ohio River, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

17127. Steamboat Mississippi on the Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
017127
Title:
Steamboat Mississippi on the Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

17128. Steamboat Virginia Stranded in a Cornfield at Willow Grove, Jackson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017128
Title:
Steamboat Virginia Stranded in a Cornfield at Willow Grove, Jackson County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

17129. Campbell's Creek Coal Company's Steamboats Passing Point Pleasant W. Va.

IDNO:
017129
Title:
Campbell's Creek Coal Company's Steamboats Passing Point Pleasant W. Va.
Date:
1912
"Campbell's Creek Coal Company's Steamers 'E.R. Andrews', and 'D.T. Lane, (and their coal harbor,) Point Pleasant, West Virginia, during Ice Run Out."

17130. Campbell's Creek Coal Company's Steamboats on the Icy River at Point Pleasant, W. Va.

IDNO:
017130
Title:
Campbell's Creek Coal Company's Steamboats on the Icy River at Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Date:
1912
Description:
"Campbell's Creek Coal Company's Steamers 'E.R. Andrews', and 'D.T. Lane, (and their coal harbor,) Point Pleasant, West Virginia, during Ice Run Out."
Not to be used for commercial purposes before 1985/04/01.

17131. Steamboat Kanawha on the Ohio River

IDNO:
017131
Title:
Steamboat Kanawha on the Ohio River
Date:
1907
Description:
Not to be used for commercial purposes before 1985/04/01.
Not to be used for commercial purposes before 1985/04/01.

17132. Steamboat Queen City on the Ohio River

IDNO:
017132
Title:
Steamboat Queen City on the Ohio River
Date:
1908
Description:
Not to be used for commercial purposes before 1985/04/01.
Sign on the side of the steamer says: 'Cincinatti Centennial Exposition'.

17133. Steamboat Granite State

IDNO:
017133
Title:
Steamboat Granite State
Date:
1888
Description:
Sign on the side of the steamer says: 'Cincinatti Centennial Exposition'.

17134. Steamboats Saint Paul and Washington

IDNO:
017134
Title:
Steamboats Saint Paul and Washington

17135. Steamboat Advertising Poster for Montana and Idaho Transportation Lines

IDNO:
017135
Title:
Steamboat Advertising Poster for Montana and Idaho Transportation Lines
Date:
1865
'Ike Bonham built Mason City, West Va, 1878, operated as a Packet in the Vicksburg Miss-Davis Bend, Big Black, Sunflower, and Yazoo River trades- Exploded, Bedfords Point (below Vicksburg)- March 13, 1886- "Watchman William St Andrews, and five roustabouts were killed- Capt McElroy, Master, engineer, Girard, fireman Jim Alexander and others were scalded and injured. The Str 'L. D. Sargeant' brought the injured to Vicksburg- The wreck drifted on a sandbar and sank in shallow water- The vessel was raised, rebuilt, appearance changed, and ran as an excursion boat, New Orleans to Grand Isle, La.

17136. Steamboat Ike Bonham on the Ohio River

IDNO:
017136
Title:
Steamboat Ike Bonham on the Ohio River
Description:
'Ike Bonham built Mason City, West Va, 1878, operated as a Packet in the Vicksburg Miss-Davis Bend, Big Black, Sunflower, and Yazoo River trades- Exploded, Bedfords Point (below Vicksburg)- March 13, 1886- "Watchman William St Andrews, and five roustabouts were killed- Capt McElroy, Master, engineer, Girard, fireman Jim Alexander and others were scalded and injured. The Str 'L. D. Sargeant' brought the injured to Vicksburg- The wreck drifted on a sandbar and sank in shallow water- The vessel was raised, rebuilt, appearance changed, and ran as an excursion boat, New Orleans to Grand Isle, La.