Among the many sketches done over the years by Roscoe
Misselhorn are boats of many kinds. Reproduced here are
a few of the old sternwheelers that plied the Mississippi, the
Ohio and other rivers.
Misselhorn attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts--
Washington University and spent a number of years in
commercial art. He did editorial cartoons for the Meyer-Both
Syndicate in Chicago for eight years and his work has been
reproduced in many magazines, among them the Ford Times
and Highway Traveler, the Grayhound Bus Magazine, and
in a number of books and portfolios. He taught painting and
drawing for Southern Illinois University-Carbondale for many
years and designed several murals including one in the Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and the City Hall of Sparta, Illinois.
His work is in many public and private collections. He continues
to do art work, mostly for his own pleasure and hopes that
these sketches will bring back some of the nostalgia connected
with old riverboats.
Roscoe Misselhorn
1902-1997
A sternwheeler--Sketch made in 1947 of boat moored in St. Louis.
Returned to levee as Cotton Blossom.
Belle of Calhoun--hauled apples from Calhoun County to St. Louis.
The Alton--June 10, 1907. 
The Becky Thatcher
The Becky Thatcher--Original Corp. of Engineers boat presently in
Marietta, Ohio.
Original artwork Roscoe Misselhorn©
Digital Photography Fiddlinsue©
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