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"Loss of the Steamer Arkadelphia City" newspaper clipping

Arkadelphia City Story

Ferry boat at dock on river

Arkansas City Ferry

"Sinking of the Arkansas Traveler" newspaper clipping

Arkansas Traveler Steamboat Article

Side view of steel truss bridge over river

Tug boat in the center of river pushing a barge

Steel arch bridge being built over a river with train cars on tracks in the foreground

Baring Cross Bridge

"Towboat sinks near Osceola" newspaper clipping

Bart Tully Article

"Bart Tully Sinks

Bart Tully Article

Aerial view of suspension bridge over river with tree covered hills in the background

White man wearing a fedora hat looking over a tree-lined river and bridge in the distance

Before Norfork Lake

Steamboat sinking in river with smoke billowing out of its smokestacks

Belle Zane Steamboat

Side view of concrete arch bridge over river taken from shore

Concrete dam and buildings with power station on water

Blakely Mountain Dam

View of concrete dam and lake with islands from above

Blakely Mountain Dam

Concrete bridge over shallow creek

Blansett Bridge

Railroad bridge crossing river; automobile bridge in the distance to the right

Concrete arch highway bridge over river

Buffalo River Bridge

Row of cylindrical objects in long corridor

Bull Shoals Dam Power Plants

Steel arch bridge with concrete platform and supports

Cache River Bridge

Underside of concrete bridge with steel trusses

"From the South" newspaper clipping

Cambridge Steamboat Article

"The Steamboat Car of Commerce" newspaper clipping

Car of Commerce Steamboat Article

"Another Awful Steamboat Disaster!" newspaper clipping

Caroline Steamboat Article

"Another Steamboat Conflagration" newspaper clipping

Caroline Steamboat Article

Stone arch bridge over creek

Cedar Creek Bridge

"The well known very light draught fast running steamboat Cherokee..." newspaper clipping

Cherokee Steamboat Ad

"Steamboat Explosion" newspaper clipping

Cherokee Steamboat Article

Steel arch truss bridge over nearly dry creek bed

Train approaching bridge with people standing around

People standing on the decks of steamboat "Choctaw"

Choctaw Steamboat

Steel truss bridge with concrete supports over river

Clarendon Bridge

Steamboat steaming down the river with people lined up along the deck

Clearing the Raft

"We regret to learn that the steamer Clermont number 2 which Captain Collins had placed upon the White River route instead of the Saint Francis has been snagged and sunk" newspaper clipping

Clermont Steamboat Article

"The following particulars of the loss of the s. b. Clermont on White River on the night of the 4th" newspaper clipping

Clermont Steamboat Article

"Mississippi Steamer Sunk" newspaper clipping

Clermont Steamboat Article

"Loss of a Steamer on the Mississippi" newspaper clipping

Clermont Steamboat Article

Large structures being built in river

"We are highly gratified ..." newspaper clipping

"Loss of Life" newspaper clipping

Congress and Saladin, Collision of

Large group of people walking past large Corps of Engineers sign

Corps of Engineers Sign

Newspaper advertisement featuring drawing of steamboat

Cote Joyeuse Steamboat Ad

"Steamboat Accident" newspaper clipping

Cote Joyeuse Steamboat Article

Horse drawn carriage on ferry landing on shore

Cotter Ferry; 1904

Steel truss bridge partially covered with ivy and concrete platform

Cypress Creek Bridge

Lock and dam on river as seen from shore

Dardanelle Lock and Dam No. 10

Pontoon bridge with wooden railings on river with boats

Dardanelle Pontoon Bridge

Aerial view of dam and river

David D. Terry Lock and Dam

American flag over dam on river

David D. Terry Lock and Dam

"Steamboat Disaster and Loss of Life" newspaper clipping

Defender Disaster Story

"Another Steamboat Disaster Three Lives Lost" newspaper clipping

Defender Disaster Story

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