The Internet Delivers Its Surprises

Many people have been quite generous with their historical information and memorabilia.  Most recently, Mr Russell Weisman, a Senior Historical Preservation Specialist for the state of Missouri, shared new information on Thomas W Poe and his towboat, the str Fearless.  Mr Weisman described Thomas W Poe’s efforts to get into the grain barge transportation business between Kansas City and St Louis in 1880. 

 

I wish Mr Weisman the best of luck in his attempt to locate the wreck of the str Fearless  which sank in the Missouri River about 40 miles from its mouth near Lower Bonhomme Island on 26 Aug 1882.  Thomas W Poe died eight months earlier on 31 Dec 1881 while on a trip to Pittsburgh with the str Fearless.

 

Based on this information, I will update my Thomas W Poe biography and research Kersey Coates and the Mississippi Valley Transportation Co and Kansas City Barge Line.

 

 

 

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