October 28 Sunday – The Alonzo Child arrived in St. Louis.

October 21 Sunday – The Alonzo Child left for St. Louis

October 20 Saturday – The Alonzo Child arrived in New Orleans

October 9 Tuesday – The Alonzo Child left for New Orleans.

October 6 Saturday – The Alonzo Child arrived in St. Louis.

September 29 Saturday – The Alonzo Child left for St. Louis. Before leaving, Sam wrote a short note from New Orleans to his brother Orion.

September 28 Friday – The Alonzo Child arrived in New Orleans

September 19 Wednesday – Sam piloted the Alonzo Child (493 tons), co-pilots Horace Bixby, Will Bowen, Sam Brown; Captains David DeHaven and James O’Neal. This was the last steamboat that Sam would pilot. The Alonzo Child left on this date for New Orleans.

September 8 Saturday – “Special River Correspondence” ran in the St. Louis Missouri Republican but is not now believed to be written by Sam [MTPO notes with Aug. 1, 1876 to Cist].

August 31 Friday – The Arago arrived in St. Louis.