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His writings are collected in Estill McHenry (ed.), Addresses and Papers of James B. Eads (1884). Florence L. Dorsey, Road to the Sea: The Story of James B. Eads and the Mississippi River (1947), is the standard work, a well-documented biography, based on research in technical and family papers. Louis How, James B. Eads (1900, reissued 1970), is by Eads’s grandson. H.J. Hopkins, A Span of Bridges (1970), offers a good account of the building of the bridge. Quinta Scott and Howard S. Miller, The Eads Bridge (1979), includes a photographic essay.
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| Anniversary information added. | May 19, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 04, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 28, 2024 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: The State Historical Society of Missouri - Historic Missourians - Biography of James Buchanan Eads. | Jul 24, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The State Historical Society of Missouri - Historic Missourians - Biography of James Buchanan Eads. | Feb 02, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Illinois State Museum - Biography of James Buchanan Eads. | Feb 02, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Civil War in Missouri - Biography of James B. Eads. | Feb 02, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Biography of Jean de Brebeuf. | May 03, 2013 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 27, 1999 |
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