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Title: Henry Stewart
Description: Photo and bio of Henry Stewart, county marshal and co-founder of the Stewart-Peck Sand Company in 1897, born in Connecticut in 1858 and coming to Kansas City about 1877. A pioneer in the [sand] industry, he [Stewart] brought new ideas into vogue, so that pontoon bridges gave way to the more modern plan of bucket dredges, invented by the late Robert Gillham, and the bucket dredges to steam dredges and centrifugal pumps. In 1897 he formed a partnership with Frank Peck under the name of the Stewart-Peck Sand Company, and they now own their own cars, switch properties, steamboats, and dredges, and yards.
Date: 1902
Object Type: Book Section

Title: River Up for War: Ft. Peck Dam Gates Are Opened to Permit Floating of Barges Here
Description: Photo, caption, and article about the high levels of the upper Missouri River allowing for smooth and timely embarkment of "eight ocean-going war craft built in Kansas City shipyards" by the Darby Corporation at "Kaw Point." Description of their following voyage down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and across the Atlantic Ocean for utilization in the World War II effort in Europe.
Date: 1944-01-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: K. C., Mo. River Navigation Company's Westport Landing Riverboat
Description: Photo and article about the boat called "Westport-Landing, a 200 passenger riverboat and party barge" "currently running public excursions and chartered parties from its dock on the south bank of the Missouri River at Grand Avenue." Also a brief history of riverboat navigation in Kansas City via the Missouri River since 1819.
Date: 1970-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: K. C. Awaits the Barges: New Missouri Waterway Won't Starve for Freight, Won't Get Fat Either. ..
Description: Article about the barge commerce of Kansas City on the Missouri River. Describes competition with railroads for freight, actual freight rate changes in recent years, and specific industries and companies most affected by the "recently completed 6-foot channel of the Missouri River."
Date: 1934-06-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Food Mart Unloaded: Kansas City, Kan., Gives Up, Leases Storm-Provoking Terminal to Private Corporation for Year
Description: Article about the end of the legal dispute between Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, over the Kansas side's municipal "food terminal and its river-rail grain elevator, both located on the newly constructed public levee." Dispute ended with abdication of the Kansas side and lease of the market to Greater Kansas City Food Markets, Inc., a subsidiary of Minnesota Avenue, Inc., "owned by J. W. Perry, a capitalist of Kansas City, Kan."
Date: 1940-09-21
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of barges stuck against the second Hannibal Bridge during the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The U. S. Masters the Big Muddy
Description: Photos, map, and article about "[t]he harnessing of the Missouri" River by "the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation," showing Kansas City protected with levies and navigable with a barge entering the city.
Date: 1955-08-22
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Missouri Wins One in River Wars
Description: The U.S. Supreme Court ''decided not to hear a legal case'' about storing more water in the reservoirs in the Dakotas and Montana. This ''means more water will continue to be released from the northern reservoirs for barge traffic and city water supplies downstream.''
Date: 2006-04-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Barges on Shoals: Promised for June, Missouri River Barge Line Still Has a Lot of Obstacles to Surmount
Description: Article about the progress on "Kansas City's barge line" for Missouri River shipping traffic, planned for opening in June 1935 but encountering more navigation, storage, and railroad transfer difficulties.
Date: 1935-04-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Rollin' on the River: Greater Kansas City and Its Neighbors along the Missouri River Grapple with How to Best Use and Preserve both the River and Its Inhabitants
Description: Second of a two-part series of articles with photo (of a barge in the river) and description of matters relating to the Missouri River including transportation (navigation), flood prevention, pollution, and irrigation. Discussion on proposed changes in the river's channel flow by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its positive effects on wildlife but negative effects on industries and farmers, etc., and brief history of the river channel modification including the Army Corps of Engineers and the "Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944," etc.
Date: 2001-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Riverboat Operations
Description: The Franklin D. Roosevelt pushing barges carrying unidentified cargo.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri River
Description: Looking east along the south bank of the Missouri River from ASB Bridge.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Riverfront
Description: Looking southwest at Missouri river and riverbank from ASB Bridge.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri River Barge
Description: Barge on the Missouri River being loaded, located west of the Broadway Bridge on the south bank of the river.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri River Barge
Description: Barge on the Missouri River being loaded, located west of the Broadway Bridge on the south bank of the river. Grain elevator visible in background.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri River Barge
Description: Barge on the Missouri River being loaded, located west of the Broadway Bridge on the south bank of the river. A grain elevator is in background.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flooded River Area
Description: Aerial view of barges and flooding surrounding the Midwest Terminal Warehouse Co., #3 Building during the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri River Channel Opening Ceremonies
Description: Paddleboat and barge during ceremonies at the opening of the six-foot channel between Saint Louis and Kansas City.
Date: 1932-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mud Money
Description: Discusses the conflict between those who use the Missouri River for barge traffic and those who wish to see more recreational uses of the waterway, and how the barge industry contributes money to Missouri Senators Ashcroft and Bond in smaller amounts than could be generated were the river used more recreationally.
Date: 2000-10-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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