Appendix C — Table of Distances From St. Louis
| LANDING | ESTIMATED, 1858 | DISTANCE BETWEEN PORTS | GOVERNMENT SURVEY, 1880 |
| Alton, Ill. | 25 | — | 23 |
| Grafton, Ill. | — | 16 | 39 |
| Cap au Gris, Mo. | 65 | 27 | 66 |
| Hamburg, Ill. | — | 22 | 88 |
| Clarkesville, Mo. | 102 | 14 | 102 |
| Louisiana, Mo. | 114 | 10 | 112 |
| Hannibal, Mo. | 144 | 29 | 141 |
| Quincy, Ill. | 164 | 20 | 161 |
| La Grange, Mo. | 176 | 10 | 171 |
| Canton, Mo. | 184 | 7 | 178 |
| Alexandria, Mo. | 204 | 19 | 197 |
| Warsaw, Ill. | 204 | — | 197 |
| Keokuk, Iowa | 208 | 5 | 202 |
| Montrose, Iowa | 220 | 12 | 214 |
| Nauvoo, Ill. | 223 | 3 | 217 |
| Fort Madison, Iowa | 232 | 8 | 225 |
| Pontoosuc, Ill. | 238 | 7 | 232 |
| Dallas, Ill. | 240 | 2 | 234 |
| Oquawaka, Ill. | 270 | 13 | 261 |
| Keithsburg, Ill. | 282 | 12 | 273 |
| New Boston, Ill. | 289 | 6 | 279 |
| Port Louisa, Iowa | 294 | 9 | 288 |
| Muscatine, Iowa | 317 | 14 | 302 |
| Buffalo, Iowa | — | 19 | 321 |
| Rock Island, Ill. | 347 | 10 | 331 |
| Davenport, Iowa | 348 | 1 | 332 |
| Hampton, Ill. | — | 10 | 342 |
| Le Claire, Iowa | 365 | 6 | 348 |
| Port Byron, Ill. | 365 | — | 348 |
| Princeton, Iowa | 371 | 6 | 354 |
| Cordova, Ill. | 372 | 1 | 355 |
| Camanche, Iowa | 381 | 9 | 364 |
| Albany, Ill. | 384 | 2 | 366 |
| Clinton, Iowa | 390 | 5 | 371 |
| Fulton, Ill. | 392 | 2 | 373 |
| Lyons, Iowa | 393 | 1 | 374 |
| Sabula, Ill. | 412 | 17 | 391 |
| Savanna, Ill. | 415 | 2 | 393 |
| Bellevue, Iowa | 438 | 21 | 414 |
| Galena, Ill. | 450 | 12 | 426 |
| Dubuque, Iowa | 470 | 12 | 438 |
| Dunleith, Ill. | 471 | 1 | 439 |
| Wells’ Landing, Iowa | 485 | 13 | 452 |
| Cassville, Wis. | 500 | 16 | 468 |
| Guttenberg, Iowa | 510 | 10 | 478 |
| Glen Haven, Wis. | — | 1 | 479 |
| Clayton, Iowa | 522 | 7 | 486 |
| Wisconsin River, Wis. | — | 7 | 493 |
| McGregor, Iowa | 533 | 4 | 497 |
| Prairie du Chien, Wis. | 536 | 3 | 500 |
| Lynxville, Wis. | 553 | 17 | 517 |
| Lansing, Iowa | 566 | 12 | 529 |
| De Soto, Wis. | 577 | 5 | 534 |
| Victory, Wis. | 582 | 7 | 541 |
| Bad Axe, Wis. | 589 | 8 | 549 |
| Warner’s Landing, Wis. | — | 5 | 554 |
| Brownsville, Minn. | 591 | 8 | 562 |
| La Crosse, Wis. | 617 | 10 | 572 |
| Dresbach, Minn. | 627 | 8 | 580 |
| Trempealeau, Wis. | 632 | 11 | 591 |
| Winona, Minn. | 645 | 13 | 604 |
| Fountain City, Wis. | 655 | 7 | 611 |
| Mount Vernon, Minn. | 666 | 9 | 620 |
| Minneiska, Minn. | 669 | 3 | 623 |
| Buffalo City, Wis. | 676 | — | — |
| Alma, Wis. | 684 | 10 | 633 |
| Wabasha, Minn. | 693 | 9 | 642 |
| Reed’s Landing, Minn. | 696 | 3 | 645 |
| North Pepin, Wis. | 701 | 4 | 649 |
| Lake City, Minn. | 708 | 6 | 655 |
| Florence, Minn. | 713 | — | — |
| Frontenac, Minn. | 719 | — | — |
| Maiden Rock, Wis. | — | 10 | 665 |
| Wacouta, Minn. | 723 | — | — |
| Stockholm, Wis. | — | 3 | 668 |
| Red Wing, Minn. | 726 | 8 | 676 |
| Trenton, Wis. | — | 4 | 680 |
| Diamond Bluff, Wis. | 741 | 6 | 686 |
| Prescott, Wis. | 756 | 13 | 699 |
| Point Douglass, Minn. | 757 | 1 | 700 |
| Hastings, Minn. | 759 | 2 | 702 |
| Nininger, Minn. | 764 | 5 | 707 |
| Pine Bend, Minn. | 775 | — | — |
| Newport, Minn. | 782 | 13 | 720 |
| St. Paul, Minn. | 791 | 9 | 729 |
| St. Anthony Falls, Minn. | 805 | 12 | 741 |