JC Ferries Page

Jefferson City Tribune, Wed., July 04, 1894

Statie Fisher, a center-wheel ferryboat built at Jeffersonville, Indiana, at the Howard boatyard in 1875. 122' × 28' × 4' and 106 tons, with one engine (16.5" × 5') and one boiler (22' × 42"), which allowed a working pressure of 100 lbs. The Howard yard lists the boat as the KATIE FISHER. The boat was owned by the Jefferson City Ferry Company, of which Phil E. Chappelle was president. She was sunk in ice on February 1, 1888, at Jefferson City, Missouri. She was raised and sunk again by ice during the winter of 1893 in Missouri.

The State Journal, Fri., May 15, 1874

The Daily Tribune, Tues., Feb. 08, 1881

Morning Star, a stern-wheel packet built at Boonville, Missouri, in 1877.66 tons, with two engines (10' × 3') and one boiler (18' × 40"), which allowed a working pressure of 130 lbs. She was owned by D. A. Stine and R. D. Willis. The boat was snagged 4 miles below Jefferson City, Missouri, on February 23, 1880. She was raised and repaired. She was finally lost in ice lying in winter quarters at Jefferson City, Missouri, on February 5, 1881.

The Peoples Tribune, Wed., July 08, 1874.


The State Journal, Fri., July 10, 1874

Belle of Jefferson, a stern-wheel vessel, possibly a ferry. The boat sank when a boiler exploded near Jefferson City, Missouri, on July 3, 1874. The steamer was raised, repaired, and equipped with a new boiler. The boat struck a snag and sank in Missouri on July 13, 1875, Becoming a total loss.

Dew Drop, a stern-wheel packet built at Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1857. The boat was rated at 148 tons, with two engines (13.5" × 4') and two boilers (24' × 33"), which allowed a working pressure of 132 lbs. She burned near the mouth of the Osage River on June 12, 1860.