OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3230; Home port or owner's residence in 1856, St. Louis, Missouri. Her machinery came from the J.J. Eaton. She ran on the Missouri River, St. Louis-St. Joseph. In 1858 she ran New Orleans, Bayou Sara and Fort Adams. At the time she was lost, she was downbound from St. Joseph for St. Louis with tobacco and hemp. On her first trip on the Missouri River, a calliope had been placed aboard to mark the occasion. It was in such demand that clerk Hilliard finally poured molten lead over the keys to get relief
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Photo of a lithograph of the Kate Howard at Haas Landing. In the background is the Central Brewery and the Booneville Wine Company's vineyard