New Items - Paintings The steamboat MOHAVE (usually spelled MOJAVE) Yuma, Arizona on the Colorado River The Yuma Collection Kenneth Riley Signed Limited Edition Print 17.5 x 29.5" Western Art - The Connally Collection Listed on ETSY by SpicewoodFrameworks Painting by Leslie Ragan featuring the towboat NORTHERN pushing barges in the foreground for a 1935 railroad travel poster which had the following text under the artwork: "Cincinnati on the Ohio Gateway to the South - New York Central Lines" This mural of the WAR EAGLE at 520 South Third St., La Crosse, Wisconsin Vernon County Museum Notes Kristen Parrott, curator January 4, 2017 This mural of the WAR EAGLE can be seen at 520 S. Third St., La Crosse. The steamboat will be the subject of the Vernon County Historical Society's next program, which is set for Jan. 10. Angie Cina Steamboats on the Mississippi will be the subject of our first public program of 2017 - specifically one steamboat, the War Eagle. If you've ever passed by the mural of the War Eagle painted on the side of 520 S. Third St. in La Crosse and wondered about its significance, now's your chance to learn the story. Local historian Robert Taunt of La Crosse will talk about the WAR EAGLE, and the 1870 fire that destroyed her, Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m., at the museum. The steamboat was traveling north to St. Paul on May 14, 1870, having just passed by Vernon County, when she docked in La Crosse and took on a load of lamp oil. The oil leaked, was ignited, and soon the whole boat was ablaze. Most of the passengers escaped unharmed, but several died. The WAR EAGLE burned to the waterline and sank in the Black River. Artifacts recovered decades later are currently housed at the Riverside Museum in Riverside Park, La Crosse. They include tools, dishes, bottles, a sword, a doll's hand, and a wooden beam. The WAR EAGLE is also featured in the book, "Paddlewheels on the Upper Mississippi 1823-1854: How Steamboats Promoted Commerce and Settlement in the West," by Nancy and Robert Goodman. This book is available for sale in the museum's gift shop. From it we learn that the War Eagle was actually the second steamboat by this name, and that she was built in 1854 as a packet boat for travel between Galena, Ill., and St. Paul, Minn. She had velvet carpets and oil paintings, and was the lead boat in the 1854 Grand Excursion along the Upper Mississippi River. The Vernon County Museum, 410 S. Center Ave., Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665 • 608-637-7396 • museum@vernoncountyhistory.org. Frank Leslie's steamers America and United States colliding on the Ohio River, December 4th 1868 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper December 26, 1868 engraving on page 287 "Terrible steamboat accident - The steamers America and United States colliding on the Ohio River, December 4th 1868." Painting of "fictional character" steamboat FRED C. DOBBS "Fred C. Dobbs Paddle Steamer" PAINTED CIRCA 1950 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOAT JAMES NEIL BOYLE 1931-2006 LISTED AT AUCTION Oil on Canvas 30.00" x 24.00" | Lot 4126 illustratedgallery.com "Fred C. Dobbs" was a fictional anti-hero created by B. Traven in his 1927 novel THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE In John Huston's 1948 movie version of the novel, Fred C. Dobbs was portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in one of his most memorable roles as an amateur prospector who became paranoid and homicidal towards his two partners after they had gathered a fortune in gold dust from the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico. Steamboat Oil Painting 'Beating The Storm' by Bryant Wade Logan Original Steamboat Oil Painting 'Beating The Storm' by Bryant Wade Logan 24" x 36" in rustic frame. Painting location is Ripley, Ohio. Includes signed Certificate of Authenticity. J.M. WHITE at Baton Rouge by Burny Myrick L. Ruth Gallery of Louisiana Art Baton Rouge, Louisiana Jack Woodson's painting of the GORDON C. GREENE Jack Woodson's serigraph of the GORDON C. GREENE. Need to find one of the original serigraphs since this was only a "print on demand" reproduction, made from a high resolution scan of Woodson's first edition that was published sometime before 1997. Watercolor of the LIBERTY by Ralph Richards Colorful spontaneous watercolor of a sidewheel steamboat by Carsten Wieland File can be downloaded on ETSY Brushpark-Watercolors: Carsten Wieland@brushparkwatercolors Watercolor Steamboat Sunset PRINTABLE Watercolor Art | Etsy BLASER WITH HIS STEAMBOAT RACE BETWEEN THE NATCHEZ AND ROB'T E. LEE AT NEW ORLEANS 1870 taken in his basement studio - by Dave Thomson Oct 2007: Michael Blaser in his Bettendorf, Iowa studio with a work in progress: the Mississippi River at New Orleans on June 30, 1870; the beginning of the race between the ROB'T E. LEE and the NATCHEZ. Stobart Rob't E Lee Natchez Under The Hill Wharfboat Moonlight Night With the exception of images credited to public institutions, everything on this page is from a private collection. Please contact Steamboats.com for permission for commercial use.* All captions provided by Dave Thomson, Steamboats.com primary contributor and historian.