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3. Name: Farwell
Area: 1850, June, San Joaquin R. Calif.
Boat: 1850, June, MARIPOSA
* Name: Fehrenbach, John
Comments: Mentioned in this Document
Name: Fetco
Boat: KATE SWINNEY
Name: Fink
Area: Late 1860's, Ohio R.
Boats: POTOMAC
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. July. 12 1897
Name: Fisher, Ike
Boats: *1884, went out as pilot on DIURNAL
Name: Fitch, John
Boats: 1876, Capt./owner of JOHN FITCH
Name: Fitzgerald, Mike
Area: 1999, Louisville Ky.
Boat: 1999, BELLE OF LOUISVILLE
Name: Flemming, Pete
Area: 1859, Upper White R., Ark.
Boats: 1858, ADMIRAL
1859, Owned with Capt. T.J. Wood, the OAKLAND
Comments: mentioned in this Article
*Name: Flesher, Marion
Boats: At one time, MATTIE ROBERTS
1881, towboat JACOB HORNBROOK
* Name: Flesher, Newt
Boats: 1882, Feb., towboat HORNBROOK
Name: Fowler, Charles
Born:*Probably Brooklyn, NY
Area: 1862, Sabine R.
Boats: 1862, JOSIA H BELL
Comments: See source Article
Name: Fowler, Dick
Died: 1876, May, 17, when PAT CLEBURNE blew up and burned.
Area: 1876, Cairo-Memphis
Boats: 1876, PAT CLEBURNE
1880, showen in Way's Packet Directory to be part owner with brother Joe
of JOHN S. HOPKINS. A nifty trick considering Dick died in 1876.
Show you care, send a Bear!
Name: Fowler, Joe
Boats: 1887, when launched - ROSA LEE
Comments: Brother to Dick Fowler, above
Name: Frapper, William
Boat(s):
Area: Cosco Bay, Maine
Comments: Regional Editor of The Steamship Historical Society of America
quarterly journal.
: Author of Steamboat Yesterdays on Casco Bay
Name: French, A. B.
Boat(s): His first showboat, QUICKSTEP, Showboat
1890's: FRENCH'S NEW SENSATION, Showboat, C.O. was towboat
Area: 1890's: Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph, Aug 18, 1897
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio.
Name: French, Callie M.
Boats: 1897, Mar. MARY STEWART, towboat
: 1897, Mar. FRENCH'S NEW SENSATION, showboat
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Mar. 31 1897
Name: French, Daniel
Boats: 1813, COMET No. 2
1814, Capt./Co-owner of ENTERPRISE
1820s, early, Capt./owner of WASHINGTON
Comments: Early 1910s, Co-owner with Shreve, Henry of
Monongahela Steam Navigation Co.
Name: Frisbie
Area: 1897, Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. May. 12 1897
Name: Fritts, Jacob (Jake)
Died: 1875, Aug. 14, killed when the HUGH MARTIN blew her boilers
Boats: 1869, owned with Col. R.K. Byrd the MARY BYRD
1875, Aug. HUGH MARTIN
At one time, owner of the EMORY CITY with Col. R.K. Byrd
Name: Fry, B. H.
Boats: 1846, May, ALABAMA
Name: Fulton, Robert
Boats: 1907, CLERMONT(NORTH RIVER);
1912, COMET, COMET No. 2, CAR of NEPTUNE;
NEW ORLEANS
1820? PARAGON, RARITAN
Comments: from the Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly