Name/Title
Blackstone, Ebenezer (Capt.) & wife, Ferry Boat Operator, Photos, c. 1880Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.70Description
Blackstone, Ebenezer (Capt.) & wife, Ferry Boat Operator, Photos, c. 1880. b/w. Head/shoulders view of Mr. Blackstone (91.1H.70) as older man with very full beard & mustache. wearing light-colored 3-piece suit. Mrs. Mary Hays Blackstone (91.1H.71) is shown in mid-life, head/shoulders view. She has dark hair, center part, pulled back. Her dark dress has lace at yoke, large, double-breasted buttons, finished with a white collar.
Capt. Ebenezer Blackstone settled in St. Joseph about 1859. In addition to other steamboats that functioned from the upper Missouri to St. Louis, he operated a steam ferry across the Missouri River to Elwood, KS. It is said that the Pony Express often used this ferry.
Blackstone became wealthy from his transportation business and mining ventures. He owned a large house on a farm on the Asylum Road out of St. Joseph. He died in 1887 and is buried in Ashland Cemetery.
See 2020.1.35 for file folder with news clippings concerning Blackstone and his operations. and Museum Graphics, Winter, 1952 for article.
Original digital scan located on History CD 01Made/Created
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1880Place
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St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
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Notes
Copied from original photos owned by Susan J. Kackley,3024 Frederick, a descendant of Capt. Blackstone.
