Copyright: 120.17999 Missouri River Packet Co. Stock Certificate, 1871
Name/Title
Missouri River Packet Company Stock Certificate for Joseph Kinney, 1871
Entry/Object ID
AM9999.120.17999
Scope and Content
Missouri River Packet Company Stock Certificate for Joseph Kinney, Feb. 24,1871. 100 Shares. Photocopy on mat.
Legend asserts: Kinney was a noted steamboat men operating on the Missouri River. He built and owned many steamboats, operating the Star Line. His home, Rivercene, was the first mansion to grave the Missouri. The railroads eventually took business from the steamboat trade.
Stamped: Dr. E.B. Trail, Compiler of Missouri River Staemboat History, Berger, Missouri.
Handwritten on back:
Feb. 16. 1956
Our records show tatha the steamboat Joseph Kiknney was sunk in a collision with a piece of the bridge at Glasgow, Missouri, in 1878 signed Bartlett Boder.