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Steamboat Owners Starting With " E " |
1. Name: Eagle Packet Co. of St. Louis
Principals: 1862, Henry Leyhe, William H. (Buck) Leyhe, Albert Wempner, J.W. Bishop, G.R. Smith
1875-84, Capt. John Reid Williams, Pres.
Area: U. Miss R., Mo. R.
Boat(s): 1861, YOUNG EAGLE
1880, purchased JOSIE from Diamond Jo Line.
1881, bought IMPERIAL and dismantled her for machinery
GRAY EAGLE, JOSIE
1888, March, purchased the BENTON McMILLIN, lenghtened her and renamed her D.H. PIKE
1899?-1910, WAR EAGLE/CAPE GIRARDEAU
1901, purchased the R.C. GUNTER
1906-18, ALTON
1918, Purchased the WM. CARIG. Rebuilt and renamed her GOLDEN EAGLE
1923-35, CAPE GIRARDEAU
Owner(s): One or both: Harris, Capt. Daniel Smith and Harris, Capt. Robert Scribe ,
Captains associated with: William Raymond Massie, George G. Keith,
1901-10, Buck Leyhe,
Comments: 1946, Leyhe management of Eagle Packet Company ended with sale of GOLDEN EAGLE
along with operating rights to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Miller and Mr. and Mrs. E. Willers
The Captains Harris are mentioned in these: Article and Article
Name: Ealer, Henry A.
Boat(s): 1856 - ?1861?PLANET
Name: Eanes and Jackson
Area: 1902, Nov.-1906, Sept.,Mobil-Demopolis trade in Ala.
Boat: 1902, Nov.-1906, Sept., LIBERTY the 3rd one)
Name: Eastman
This listing is prompted by site visitor who asks,
"Do you have any information on the Steamboat Monmouth which sank in the
Mississippi in 1837? The owner's name was Mr. Eastman. I'm including this
boat in a book I'm writing and having difficulty in digging up info on it."
Denise Fleischer
Name: Eckert, Thomas F. of Cincinati
Boats: 1845 - 1848, PAUL JONES
Source: Way's Packet Directory, 1884 - 1994
Name: Evansville and Boling Green Packet Company
Officers: 1912, Lee Howell, pres.; T.A. Williams, superintendent;
Jeff Williams, agent at Evansville;
Lucian Graham, agent at Boling Green
Boats: 1906, EVANSVILLE
1. Name: Evansville and Memphis Packet Company
Officers: 1871, Mar 4, Pres., W.S. Nisbet]
Boats:1871, Mar. 4 - 1871, June, MARY MILLER
1877 - Jan. 1880, SILVERTHORN
