A photograph of the steamboat Robert E. Lee at about 10 a.m. July 4, 1870, from the bluffs of Carondelet, seven miles below the finish line at the St. Louis riverfront.

ST. LOUIS • The Aug. 2, 1817, edition of the Missouri Gazette announced the steamboat Zebulon Pike was due “in a day or two.” It landed that day at the foot of Market Street to the cheers of ...

Burning of Steamboats at St. Louis--Convention of Flour Dealers. Share full article. July 11, 1867. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Incidents of the Steamboat Fire at St. Louis. Share full article. April 3, 1869. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 3, 1869, Page 7 Buy Reprints.