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Name: E. DOUGLAS
Type: Sternwheel tow boat Size: 112.3' x 24.2' x 4.6'
Launched: 1896, in Wabasha, MN
Destroyed: 1916, April, disamantled
Area: 1896 - 1907, Miss, R.; 1907 - , Black Warrior R.
Captain(s): 1907, Pickley, E. V., Pilot, Nicholes, Charles
Comments: This information from Jerry Canavit
Name: E.A. OGDEN
1847-50
1. Name: E.A. OGDEN
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 280.5' X 36' X 6.', 399 tons.
Launched: 1855, St. Louis, Mo.
Destroyed: 1860, Feb. 22, Jefferson City, Mo. Don't know how.
Area: Mo. R.
: 1857, Diary of E.F. Beadle has arriving at Omaha June 11, June 30,
July 19.
: 1858, Summer, St. Louis - Sioux City
Captains: 1855, Hamilton Lee
: 1858, Wm. Thompson
Comments: Said to have made enough to pay for herself in first 6 months.
Name: E. A. WOODRUFF
Type: Snagboat
Area:Ohio R.
Comments: Notes from The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. July. 12 1897
Name: E. H. DURFEE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull poacket. Size: 206' X 35'
Power: 16's-6 ft., 3 boilers each 38" X 26'. By John Herbertson, Brownsville, Pa.
Launched: 1871, Pittsburgh, Pa. at Eberman and McFall Yard.
Destroyed: 1881, May 23. Overloaded. Went down at mouth of
Gasconade R. Boat and cargo total loss.
Said to have been overloaded. Boat valued at $18.000.
Area: Out of Pittsburgh, mostly to U. Mo R.
1876, Aug., took 6 companies of the 5th U.S. Infantry to Indian wars.
Under Capt. Keith (below), Lower Missouri R. to St. Louis
Owners: Built for Capt. William Coulson and others (The Coulson Line), possibly including
Capt. Frank M. Dozier.
Later, Capt. George G. Keith and others
Comments: In all, made 7 trips to Fort Benton.
: Named for one of the owners of the firm of Durfee and
Peck, Fur Traders, Levenworth Ks. who donated a fine carpet
for the new boat.
Name: E. H. FAIRCHILD
Launched: 1850s?
Area: Ohio R. and Miss. R. and Mo. R.
Owner: Lightning Line
Name: Name: E.M. RYLAND
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet. Size: 267 tons.
Area: MISS. R.
Launched: 1857, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1861, Oct. 8, St. Louis, burned and lost.
Owner: E.M. Ryland
Comments: From The Diary Of Joseph T. Anderson, shopkeeper,
Commerce Mo.(Though the writer refers to this boat by several Initials, "E.M."
are the correct ones.)
- Wednesday Evening, March 20th, 1861 ". . . .The Ryland
landed here 4 o'clock going down. Took 7 cords wood, but
put off no freight. . . . "
- Friday Evening, March 20th, 1861. " . . . Steamer
E. M. Ryland landed here at quarter past ten o'clock
last night. Took ten cords of woodand weightd anchor
again. . . ."
- Tuesday Night, March 26th, 1861 ". . . . The R. E. Ryland
landed about 3 o'clock today and put off some goods for
H. Brock and Dennings. . . . "
- Wednesday Night, March 27th, 1861. "Business has been dull
today. . . . The R.E. Ryland landed about 3 o'clock this
evening going up; took 10 cords of wood. . . . "
- Monday Night, april 1st, 1861. " . . . The E. M. Ryland
came up about eight o'clock tonight and took ten cords of wood."
- Saturday Night, April 6th, 1861. "Business has been very brisk
today. Steamers running pretty briskly. . . . The Dickey and
the Ryland both landed at the same time about 4 o'clock. The
Ryland took six cords of wood and brike for Columbus. . . . "
- Sunday Night April 7th, 1861. " . . . About half past eight o'clock
the E. M. Ryland landed and took 11 cords of wood. We sent sixty-five
dollars to Berthold Smith & Co. by him. . . . "
- Wednesday Night, April 17th 1861. Business tolerable. River on
stand. Boats plenty. We received sone good news this morning
on the Ryland but Baker did not come back. Considerable confusement
about the war newe still coming stating that a fight we are bound
to have."
- Thursday Night, April 18th 1861. "Business tolerable. River
falling. Boats very plentiful. Ryland went up this morning. Perry
down. L. Budrgess and John Jehlen got off the Ryland. . . . ."
- Sunday Night, April 21st 1861. "I lay down about 10 o'clock and went
to sleep and while I was sleeping the Ryland came and began to take wood.
She took on about 6 cords before I awoke, took 6 more and started. . . ."
- Thursday Night, May 2nd 1861. "Business very good. Weather
pretty but cold. River about on a stand. Ryland went up and Perry down
today. No mail came. Reason we do not know.
- Monday Night, May 7th 1861. "Business dull. Nothing of notice passed
during the day. . . . Ryland went up after night. I came from church
to her call. She took two families aboard. After she left I went back
to church."
- July 10th 1861. " . . . The Ryland landed about day break today and took
off Savors from New Orleans. . . . "
Name: E.O. STANDARD
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull, freight only packet. Size: 260' X 44' X 7.'.
Power: Hartupee compound engines, 12's, 24's-5 ft., 3 boilers, each 36" X 25'.
Wheel, 18'; dia. with 28' buckets
Launched: 1875?, St. Louis
Destroyed: 1881, Apr., near Cairo, Ill, sunk in collision
Area: St. Louis-New Orleans
Owner: Capt. William J. Kountz
Captain: C.H. Seaman
Comments: Machinery came from CARRIE V. KOUNTZ
1. Name: E. W. COLE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 201' X 31' X 5.4'
Power: Engines, 16's- 4-1/2'. Three boileres, each 42" diameter X 26'.
Launched: 1879-80 at howard yard, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Destroyed: 1891, Jan. 1, Welham's Landing on Miss. R., Snagged & lost
Area: 1883, Oct., Memphis-Vicksburg
1886, Came out of Pine Bluff, Ark. with load of cotton.
1890, Running New Orleans-Bayou Lafourch
Captains: 1883, Oct., J. Frank Ellison, his first command.
1886, E.W.B. Noland
1890, Max Blanchard
Name: E. W. STEVENS
Launched: 1847 in Wheeling, W. Va. for Tyler, Ralston & Co of Wellscille, Ohio,
by Phillips & Co..
Area: Ohio R.
Owner: Tyler, Ralston & Co. of Wellsville, Ohio
Captain and pilots: Capt.
Comments: Notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA,
WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, June 24, 1951
Name: EADS SUBMARINE No. 1
Type: Salvage boat Size:
Launched: 1843?
Area: Miss. R.
Owner: Eads, James
Captain and pilots: Capt. Eads, James
Comments: First boat salvaged from riverbottom.
Name: EADS SUBMARINE No. 2
Type: Salvage boat Size:
Launched: 1849
Area: Miss. R.?
Owner: Eads, James
Name: EAGLE
Launched: 1817?
Area: Baltimore
Owner: Weems Line
Captain: Weems, George
Comments: Source
Name: EAGLE No 1
Launched: 1821?, Cincinnati
Area: Ark. R.
Comments: 1822, March 17 the EAGLE became the first steamboat to reach
Little Rock, Ark.. She carried supplies for Dwight Mission among
the Cherokees. Credit
Name: EAGLE
Type: Stern-wheeler - Ferryboat Size: 125 X 25 ft.
Destroyed: 1897, ?Feb 27?. Burnt when gasoline stove exploded at
Lexington Mo. Total loss. Wreck was removed by U. S.
Snag boat C. R SUTER, June 16, 1897. (Yet the below
info suggests she was still active in Aug. 1897????
Were there 2 EAGLES?
Area: Ohio R. and (?Mo. R.?)
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Mar. 31 1897
Name: EARLY BIRD
Area: 1870s, Sabine, Neches and Trinity Rs., Tex.
Owner: 1870s, Capt. Jules Poitevent, a Trinity R. plantation owner
Comments: See source Article
Name: EAST ST LOUIS Source
Type: Excursion steamer Size:
Area: 1920's?, Ohio R.
Name: EASTPORT
Comments: A confederate Ironclad that was captured. Blown up
to avoid recapture when her keel had become wedged on a
bed of sunken logs.
: See The History and Archaeology of Two Civil War Steamboats:
Name:ECHO
Launched: 1830's
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: from Tulane University's web site
Norton, N.S., letter, 1838, 1 piece, Manuscripts Collection
M910. On board the steamboat Echo , on the Ohio River,
Norton describes river travel and financial arrangements
of river boats. (from a listing, actual paper is not shown)
Name: ECHO NO. 3
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 157' X 30' X 2.5'
Launched: 1865, California, Pa.
Destroyed: 1869 shortly after quarentine, dismantled
Area: Allegheny R., Pittsburgh-Oil City
Eventually went to Kanawha R. to handle salt
Later went to Nashville and St. Louis
1869, Jan., quarentined at mouth of Kanawha R. with smallpox aboard.
Owners: James Rees, 2/3 & Benjamin Coursin, 1/3, both of Allegheny County, PA.
1868, James H. Rees purchased entire.
Captains: 1865 or so, Ezekiel Gordon
1868, Frederick Ford
1869, William Penn Wright
1. Name:ECLIPSE
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 228' X 30' X 8.', 530 tons.
Launched: 1842, Louisville ky.
Destroyed: 1850, dismantled.
Area: L. Miss. R.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
3. Name:ECLIPSE
Launched: 1840's?, LATE?
Area: 1840S, late, Sacramento R., Calf.
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 55 tons
Launched 1849, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1857, off the lists.
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 350' X 37.4' X 8.4', 1,117 tons
Power: 36's-11 ft., 16 boilers, later 8 42" dia X 32'.
Wheels: 42' dia. with 15' buckets.
Launched; 1852, New Albany, Ind. Cost $375,000
Destroyed: 1860, Feb. 21, New Orleans, blown into channel and dammaged by
collision with shiping.
A month later her furnishings were auctioned off
and her hull given over to be a wharfboat at Memphis.
Area: built for New Orleans-Louisville trade
1860, Spring, New Orleans-Vicksburg trade
Owners: 1853-57, Principal owner, Capt. Edward T. Sturgeon
1857, Jan-Apr., Capt. Lewis W. Broadwell of New Orleans
1857, Apr.-1858, James M Broadwell
1858- Robert Bell, New Orleans
1860, Capt. Harry I. Spotts
Captains: 1852-57 Edward T. Sturgeon of Louisville, Ky.
1857, Jan. Capt. Lewis W. Broadwell of New Orleans Then James M Broadwell
1860, Harry I. Spotts
Comments: extremely elegant.
1853 broke record for run from N.O. to Louisville. Did
it in 4 days, 9 hr. and 31 min.
Raced A.L.SHOTWELL in '50s
Made run N.O. - Louisville 1852, 4days 19hr. 0min.
Made run N.O. - Louisville 1853, 4/9/30
Made run N.O. to Natchez, 1853, 0/19/47
Made run N.O. - Donaldsville 1853, 09/5/42
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 216 tons.
Launched: 1853, Belle Vernon, Pa.
Destroyed: 1860, off the lists.
Area: went to Brownsville, Tx. Brazos R.
1. Name: ECLIPSE
From Olden Times.com
The Daily Advocate - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
November 21, 1856
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 150' X 27' X 4.', 156 tons.
Launched: 1854, California, Pa.
Destroyed: 1860, off the lists.
Owners: 1854, Built for Capt. George D. Moore, Basil Coyle, And William Akley.
Later, Cox, Brainard and Co., Mobile ala.
Captains: for C.B. & Co., H.W. Buckley.
1856, Lewis W. Broadwell (Source above ad)
See Coulson Line
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 223 tons.
Launched: 1862, Elizabeth, Pa.
Destroyed: 1865, Jan. 27, Johnsonville, Tenn., boilers exploded. 27 killed.
Owners: Built for Capt. George D. Moore and others, see Coulson Line
Bought by Capt. James L. wise, Cincinnati
went to USQMD during C. War
Captains: For USQMD, William G Vohris
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sidewheel ferry boat. Size: 60' X 14' X 3.5', 27 tons.
Launched: 1863, Ormo, Wiss.
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 180' X 31' X 4.'
Power: 13's-4 ft., 2 boilers, each 40" X 26'
Wheel, iron, 16" dia. with 22' buckets.
Launched: 1878, California, Pa., Ebberman and McFall Yard.
Destroyed: 1887, Sept. 3. 15 mi. below Sioux City Iowa, snagged. Boat and
cargo total loss. No lives lost.
Area: Mo. R. Ft. Benton Trade.
Owner: 1878, A.B. Sheperd, Wellsville, Oh. with Alex V. Caughey, Frank S. Moore
and John D. Biggert, all of Allegheny County, Pa.
1887 or so, Last owner, Montana Transportation Company,
?Coulson Packet Line?
[Way's listing calls this the Montana Transportation Company,
leaving some questions, but I would guess it was the Coulson
Line.]
Captains: 1878, master, George D. Moore
1870s?, There is some indication that Grant Marsh was once
her captain.
1870's, late? Isaac P. Baker
Comments: 1878-87, made 11 trips to Ft. Benton.
1881, made trips carring Indians from The Yellowstone R. to agencies
in the Dakotas.
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 90' X 24' X 2.5'.
Launched: 1880, Madison, Ind.
Destroyed: last documented 1866, Louisville, Ky.
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 124.9' X 24.6' X 4.1'.
Launched: 1882, LeClaire, Iowa.
Destroyed: 1917, Dec. 8, Neville Island, Ohio r., struck dyke and burned
and sank.
1. Name:ECLIPSE, originally the CITY of ST. JOSEPH
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size:
Launched: 1903
Destroyed: 1925, Sept. 12, opposite Oceola, Ark. Snagged.
1. Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 100' X 21.2' X 3.'.
Launched: 1901, St. Joseph, Mo.
1. Name: ECOMOMY
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 155' X 30.5' X 4.5'
Launched: 1858, Shousetown, Pa.
Destroyed: 1862, Oct. 17,
Area: Upper Ohio R. principally.
1861, Mar. running Pittsburgh - Cincinnati
Owners: Capt. M.W. Beltzhoover with Samuel C. Young and
Clark & Thaw, Pittsburgh
Captains: 1858, M.C. Beltzhoover
Comments: 1862, Jan. transported U.S. troops, Pittsburgh - Louisville.
*1862, Feb. 25, Out of Ciaro, bound for Ft. Donnalelson, carring Co. K, 14th
Illinois Volunteers struck a floating log and knocked a hole in her bow.
Was beached.
* from letter of Pvt. Duncan McArthur,Co. K, 14th Illinois Volunteers:
Name: EDINBURGH
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 210' X 30' X 5.', 393 tons.
Launched: 1865, Louisville, Ky.
Destroyed: 1873, summer, dismantled.
Area: 1865, Wheeling - Cincinnati
Later, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
1871: Loaded out for Red R. from Cincinnati.
Later, ran Lower Ohio-Arkansas R.
Owners: Built for Capt. Steve Thompson and others.
1870, Feb., sold to Capt. F.Y. Bachelor and others
1771, Jan. 15, Sold to Capt. W.W. Fenton
Later, Sold again
Captains: At first, I.L. Thompson, master with G.W. Thompson, clerk
1870, Sept. J.L. Carter
Comments: 1870, Sept., Isl. 40, Miss. R. sank
: 1873, May 1st., 40mi. below Pine Bluff, Ark., sank
: Mentioned in this Article
Name: EDITOR
Area: Mo. R.
Captain and pilots: Capt. Garrett.
Comments: Plied trade from St. Louis to Nebraska City, Council
Bluffs and Omaha.
Name: EDGAR
Type: Stern-wheeler? Size:
Destroyed: 1884, Mar. 26.Ice. Near Omaha, Neb. Valued at $3,500,
insured for $2,000.
Area: Mo. R. Trade
Name: EDGEFIELD
Type: Sidewheeler Size: 227 tons
Launched: 1824, Charleston
Destroyed: 1835, reportedly sank at Burton's Ferry on Savannah R..
Area: Savannah R.
Owner: Steamboat Company of Georgia
Captain:1823 - 1834, sometime between, Swymer, John
Comments: Source
1. Name: EDINBURGH
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 283 tons.
Launched: 1854, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1859, May 15, Bloody Island near St. Louis, burned.
Area: Mo. R.. Also made runs to New Orleans and 1 run up Red R.
in late '50s.
: 1857, The Diary of E.F. Beadle has in Omaha, June 6, June 27,
July 16, and Aug. 11, stopping at Omaha at night.
Captains: 1856, Dan Able.
Name: EDINBURGH
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 210' X 30' X 5.', 393 tons.
Launched: 1865, Louisville, Ky.
Destroyed: 1873, summer, dismantled.
Area: When new, Wheeling-Cincinnati
: Later Pittsburg-Cincinnati
: 1871, went to Red R.
Later, Lower Ohio R.-Ark. R.
Owners: when new, Capt Steve Thompson and others.
1870, Feb., sold to Capt. F.Y. Bachelor and others.
1871, Jan 15, sold to Capt W.W. Fenton
Later, sold again
Captains: When running Pittsburgh-Cincinnati, I.L. Thompson
1870, Sept., master was J.L. Carter
Comments: 1870, Sept, Island 40, Miss. R., sank. Was refloated.
: 1873, May 1, 40 mi. below Pine Bluff, Ark., sank.
Name: EDNA
Type: Side-wheeler - Glsasgow Packet. Size:
Destroyed: 1842, July 3. Blew up near Green Island at the mouth of
Mo. R. Scalded 55 German immigrants to death when
boiler flues collapsed from overheating.
Owner: McCord
Captain and pilots: Capt. McCord
Comments: Named for one of Captain's daughters.
Name: EDNA
Area: 1870s, possibly Osage R., Mo.
Owners: *possibly Charles F. Lohman and his son Capt. Louis Charles
Lohman, Jefferson City, Mo.
: This listing from family records of Lee Lohman, GGG grandaughter
of Charles F.
Name: EDWARD BATES
Launched: 1840s?
Destroyed: 1849, May 17, Fire at St. Louis docks
Area: Miss. R.
Name: EDWARD J. GRAY
Launched: 1850s?
Captain and pilots: Clemens, Samuel
1. Name: EDWARD J. GAY
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet
Size: 177' X 39' X 8.5'
Lsunched: 1859, St. Louis, Mo.
Destroyed: 1863, July 17, taken up Yalonusha R. and burned to prevent capture.
Area: St Louis-New Orleans
Captains: John Brooks
1. Name: EDWARD J. GAY
Type: sidewheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 251.3' X 41' X 7.6'
Launched: 1878, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1888, July 30, First Street, New Orleans, burned.
Area: designed for New Orleans-Bayou Sara trade
Owners: 1884, wAS Managed by Capt. T.P. Leathers
Captains: In Bayou Sara trade, J.J. Brown
1884, S.S. Streck
Comments: Machinery came from the GOVERNOR ALLEN
: Roof bell came from the 1850 BRILLIANT
Name: EDWARD SHIPPEN
Launched: 1840, after.
Comments: Made run N.O. to Nathez 1840, 1day 8hrs. 0min.
Made run N.O. - Louisville 1840, 5/14/0
Name: EFFIE ALTON
Destroyed: 1856, June. Crashed into Rock Island Railroad bridge
at Davenport IO. Burned when boat's galley tipped over.
Burned the bridge, too.
Name: EFFIE DEANS
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet Size:157.6 X 33.9 X 5.3'
Launched: 1863, Madison, Ind.
Destroyed: 1866, Apr. 7, burned.to the waterline at levee in St. Louis
Area: Mo. R.
Owner: 1865, 1/2 Keokuk Packet Company, the rest Capt. Joseph LaBarge
and others
1864, La Barge, Joseph, purchased 3/4 of her.
Captains: Capt. La Barge, Joseph
Comments: boat was named for Sir Walter Scott's character in
Heart of Mid-Lothian
3. Name: EL DORADO
Type: Sidewheeler Size: 153 tons.
Launched: 1840s, late?
Area: 1840s, late Sacramento R. Calf.
1850, early, San Joaquine R., Calif. to Stockton
Captain: 1850, early, Warren
1. Name: ELAINE
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet
Launched: 1882, Clarington, Oh./Wheeling, W. Va.
Destroyed: 1898, dismantled
Area: Pittsburgh-Wheeling and Pittsburgh-Parkersburg
Size: 124.5' X 25' X 3.4'
Power: Engines, 12's- 14-1/2 ft. 2 boilers.
Owners: Capt G. W. Conant and others
Captains: When new, Fred Kimple, Jr.
Comments: Machenery went to AVALON
: Mentioned several times in this Document
3. Name:ELBE
Launched: 1840's?, LATE?
Area: 1840S, late, Sacramento R., Calf.
Name: ELCABE
1. Name: ELECTRA/the 2nd SUNNY SOUTH
Type: Sternwheel wood hull packet
Size: 170' X 35' X 5.5'
Power: 14's-5 ft., Two 44" X 26' boilers
Launched: 1897, Jeffersonville, Ind. by Howard Yard
Destroyed: 1916, Apr. 20, 6;30AM, about 25mi. out of Mobile, capsized
Area: 1897 - N.O.-Shreveport
1905-14, Cumberland R.
1907-11, St. Louis-Missouri R. trade.
1911 Mobile-Montgomery trade
1912, made a trip to Columbus, Miss.
Owner: 1897 - 1905, Red River Line
1905-06, Cumberland River Packet Company
1912, May, Bought by Burk, Capt. Owen.
1914, as SUNNY SOUTH, Burke interests. Later by N.O. parties
Captains: 1897, White, Capt. George L.
1912-16, Jackson, Capt. Matt T.
Comments: 1914, Renamed SUNNY SOUTH.
Name: ELFIN
Type: Gunboat
Size: small
Comments: See Raising the Gunboats for ongoing raising efforts.
Name: ELK
Type: Single engine side-wheeler Size: small
Destroyed: 1838. Burned? at Massie's wood yard 5 mi. below Herman
Mo. Capt. La Barge took passengers onto steamer
KANSAS.
Area: Mo. R. Trade.
Name: ELIZA BATTLE
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet
Launched: 1852, New Albany, Ind. Size: 316 tons.
Destroyed: 1858, March 1, Kemps Landing, Tombigbee R.
Captains: 1858, When burned, Stone
Comments: Way's Indicate that 29 persons ost their lives when this boat burned.
Other accounts indicate as many as 80 may have died.
Name: ELISA HOWE Jr.
Launched: never
Comments: Was only a picture on the cover of the Howe Sewing
Machine Co. catalog. Not a real boat.
Name: ELIZA STEWART
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet
Size: 169 tons
Launched: 1847, St. Louis Mo.
Destroyed: 1849, May 17, Fire at St. Louis docks.
Area: 1848, St. Louis-Galena
1848, also made trips up Mo. R.
1849, fall, St. Louis-Keokuk
Captains: 1848, William Eads was master
1848, on Miss. R., William Hight, acting master
1848, on Mo. R., H. McGee
Owners: 1848, Capt. William Eads
Name: ELIZABETH
Type: sidewheel, wooden hull, excursion packet
Name: ELIZABETH LOUISE
Type: Sternwheel Excursion Steamer Size: 149'
Launched: 1981, Jan. 29
Area: California Delta, Sacremento Calf. Sacremento R.
Owner: Hal Wilmunder
Captain and pilots: Capt.
Comments: from current owners THE ELIZABETH LOUISE
"The steam engines on the Elizabeth Louise which drive the paddle
wheel were built in 1884, and were originally installed for the
primary propulsion on the floating sawmill RAY. Later, the engines
spent many years powering the paddlewheel freighter WILLIAM SMITH
The third steamboat which used these engines was named the
COPPERTORY, which was later re-named the DETROITER. After lying in
scrap yard, the engines were purchased for the Elizabeth Louise in 1975.
Construction of the ELIZABETH LOUISE was started in 1975. The hull
as built in Rancho Cordova, California, approximately 21 miles from the
launch point in the Sacramento River near Elkhorn, California.
The Elizabeth Louise was launched on January 29, 1981. It was then
Outfitted, and the engines were refurbished and installed. It was
placed into initial operation in the summer of 1984. Further changes and
additions, such as the addition of a bow thruster, were made during the
following year and before the boat began its commercial passenger service
on September 13, 1985."
1. Name: ELLA HUGHES
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 212 tons
Launched: 1867, Paducah, Ky.
Destroyed: 1880, Mar. 17, near New Orleans, sank ahd lost
Area: 1st years, on Cumberland R.
Captains: On Cumberland R., William Dix
Owners: 1876, pruchased by the Cole Circus Co.
1877, sold to Capt. Wm. Wenzel and others for Ouachita R.
Comments: Her passenger cabins were in fact only wooden bunks with curtains for privacy.
Name: ELLA KIMBROUGH, see the GENERAL SHERMAN
Name: EL PASO
Type: 1. Sidewheel wooden hull packet Size:180' X 28' approx.
Power: 1. 18 1/2's-6 1/2 ft., 3 boilers, each 22" X 38'.
Launched: 1. 1850, St. Louis
Destroyed: 1. 1855, Apr. 10, Franklin island, White's Landing near
Boonville, Mo., snagged and lost.
Area: Mo. and Platte Rs.
Owner: *1850, Mar. 4, #30 T. H. Barnney (new)
*1851, May 27, #48 I.B. Holland/A. Wineland etc.
*1852, Feb. 2, #5 A. Wineland.
*1852, Sept. 1, #86 A. Wineland & A. Wineland etc.
*1854, Feb. 28, #11 Harry, Thornburgh & A. Wineland etc.
*1854, May 25, #67 H. L Weleny & A. Wineland
*1854, Oct. 10, #104 W. C. Easter
*1855, Apr. 10, Bennet, Itzen, Capt. Andrew Wineland
*1855, Feb. 19, # 6 T. Edds"
At one time, Capt. Terrell, Bill
Captains: *John Durack 1850, Andrew Wineland 1852, 1853, 1855
1854, William Eads
1. 1855, Apr. 10, When lost, Master, Wineland, Andrew,
pilot, Capt. William Massie; mate or pilot, P.S. Ray
Comments: See much more info HERE
: * from St. Louis Registrations list.
Comments: 1853, was first steamer to reach Milk R.
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage
1. Name: EMBASSY
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size:236 tons
Launched: 1849, Wheeling, W. Va.
Destroyed; 1856, off the lists.
Area: 1849, Pittsburgh-St. Louis
Later, Nashville-Memphis
Captains: 1849-?, E. Bennett
Comments: 1849, June 9, mouth of Green R., near three Mile Bar, Collapsed
two boiler flues. 10 killed, 25 injured.
CHANCELLOR towed dammaged boat to Evansville.
Name: EMERALD
Area: Mo. R.
Name: EMERALD LADY/BELLE of CINCINNATI
Type: Excursion boat/Casino boat
Area: Presently (1999), Cincinnati
Owners: Presently, BB Riverboats
Captains: At one time, Donald J. Sanders
1. Name: EMIGRANT
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 343 tons.
Launched: 1856, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1860, Nov. 19, Doziers Landing, above Port Royal, Mo. burned.
Area: St. Louis-St. Joseph, Mo.
1857, June 22, Diary of E.F. Beadle has her arriving up to Omaha.
Owner: Capt. William Terrell
Captain: William Terrell
Name: EMILIE
Type: Side-wheeler Size: 225 X 32
Launched: 1858?
Area: U. Mo. R.
Captain and pilots: Capt. LaBarge, Joseph
Comments: 1862, June 6, Raced SPREAD EAGLE on U. Mo. from morings
near Ft. Berthold in Dakota Territory. SPREAD EAGLE
rammed EMILIE'S bow to keep her from winning.
Emilie won race by 4 days on June 17th.
: 1860, Apr., 8 - 10 mi. below Dakota City, Neb. took passengers
and freight fron sinking GUS LIMA. (Dakota City Herald)
3. Name: EMILY JANE
Launched: 1840s, late
Area: 1840s, late, Sacramento R., Calf.
1. Name: EMMA
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 54 tons.
Launched: 1857, Elizabeth, Pa.
Destroyed: 1859, off the lists.
Area, Mo. R. out of Omaha.
Comments: 1857, The Diary of E.F. Beadle places her in Omaha, May 23,
June 8, up from below. July 6, again in Omaha up from below.
1. Name: EMMA
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 189 tons.
Launched: 1859, Freedom, Pa. for Capts. J.H. and Frank Maratta, Beaver County, Pa.
Destroyed: 1865, June 20, Shreveport, La.,snagged and lost.
Area: 1859, fall, Louisville-Nashville trade
1862, Jan., running Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
1864, Cumberland R., reportedly under contract to U.S.
Owners: 1865, Feb., Sold to Capts. Vint and Oliver Shinkle, Covington, Ky,
Captains: 1862, Jan., J.H. Maratta
Comments: from Way's, 1., "In January 1865 the
Louisville ferry JOHN SHALLCROSS hit her (EMMA'S) wheel, disabeling
her. The towboat GYPSEY came to aid with the result that both
went over the falls. The SHALLCROSS also was carried down the
middle Chute to the Kentucky shore below Corn Island.
: Mentioned in this Article
Name: EMMA
1867-72
Name: EMMA
1869-79 Map
Name: EMMA
1885-95
Posters, fine art, memoribilia and more
1. Name: EMMA
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 64' X 18' X 3.'.
Power: one engine, one boiler
Launched: 1872, about 50 mi. above sioux City, Iowa, on Mo. R.
Destroyed: 1885, Aug 18, dismantled after becoming stranded opposite Ewung's Landing when Osage R.
river fell.
Area: 1872, Mo. R.; 1873-1885, Osage R. Mo.
Owners: 1872, George and Fay Mattison
1873-85, Capt Louis Charles Lohman.
Comments: 1873, Aug. 1, 20 mi. above Omaha, sunk during storm.
1. Name: EMMA C. ELLIOTT
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 214' X 36.2' X 7'
Power: 21's- 6 ft., 4 boilers, Paddlewheels, 26' dia. w/12' buckets.
Launched: 1871, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Destroyed: Dismantled
Area: 1871, N.O. - White R. trade
: Memphis- Cincinnatti
: St. Louis-Grand Tower for Anchor Line
Owner: 1871, Elliot Bros.
: 1873, sometime after, acquired by Anchor Line
: Contractors building the Merchants Bridge at St. Louis
Captains: 1871, Elliott, John D.
: for Anchor Line; George Lennox
Comments: Ships bell was of 500 melted silver dollars.
Name: EMMA DUNCAN
Area: Miss. R.
Comments: From The Diary Of Joseph T. Anderson, shopkeeper,
Commerce Mo.
- Sunday Night, April 28th 1861. "still more alarming
news about the war. The Emma Duncan went down about
seven o'clock this morning and took a passenger with
horse. . . . "
: Either owned or built by Capt. C.W. Batchelor
Name: EMMA GRAHAM
1855-61
Name: EMMA GRAHAM
1861-1872
Name: EMMA GRAHAM
1872-1876
Comments: parts went to next EMMA GRAHAM
1. Name: EMMA GRAHAM
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 22' X 35' X 5.'
Power: rees engines, 18's- 6-1/2', 3 boilers.
Launched: 1877, Cincinnati, Oh. at Knox yard.
Area: Built for Pittsburgh-Cincinnati trade
1879: Used the "People's Warf Boat", Wheeling, W. Va.
Captains: When new, Hod Knowles, A.J, Salvin, clerk.
1884, July, Capt. Hod Knowles
*1885, Tom Hunter
Owners: 1878 - ?, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Line
Later purchased by Capt E.B. Cooper
Comments: 1881, Mar. 28,, midnight, in Beaver Shoals, collided with MONTANA
1885, Nov. 6, leaving Ripley Landing, W. Va. backed over stavebarge,
William F. Brookhart was pilot on duty
sank just above there. MINNI BAY took her passengers to
Ravenswood, W. Va.
Parts were put in storage until 1934 when Capt. Tom R. Green
bought engines and took to Huntington, W. Va. on The GORDON C. GREEN.
Later they were scrapped.
Notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA,
WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951
: Many mentions in these documents
Name: EMMA MARIE, originally the TELEPHONE
1. Name: EMPEROR
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 240' X 32' X 8.', 397 tons
Launched: 1848, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Destroyed: 1856, July 1, Mobile, lost. (Don't know how - D)
Area: 1850-51, New Orleans-Vicksburg trade
1852 & 54, New Orleans-Bayou Sara trade
Captains: 1850-51, M.W. Jenks
1852, J.A. Cotton
1854, Landry
Owners: 1854, sold to Mobile, Ala.
Comments:
Name: EMPEROR of RUSSIA
Type: Size: 134' X 30' X 9-1/2'
Launched: 1816
Area: Eastern Boat
Owner: Hudson River Steamboat Company
Comments: Source
Name: EMPIRE
Comments: Made run N.O. - Louisville 1837, 6/17/0
Name: EMPIRE
Type: Sidewheeler Size: 260', 1,000 ton
Launched: 1844
Area: Great Lakes
Captain and pilots: Capt.
Comments: The first steamer in U.S. exceeding 1000 tons, this
lavish vessel ushered in the era of the "Magnificent
Palace Steamers" that lasted until around 1855.
Mentioned in this Article
3. Name: EMPIRE
Type: Size: 149-1/2 tons.
Launched: 1840s, late
Area: 1840s, late - 1853, Sacramento R., Calf.
Name: EMPIRE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size; 152' X 29.5' X 3.6', 152 tons
Launched: 1854, Calafornia, Pa.
Destroyed: 1856, Apr. 15, Island #37, snagged and lost.
Area: Miss. R.
Owners; 1854, A.S. Sheperd, Pittsburg and George Doyl, Steubenville, Oh.
1855, Cox, Brainard and Company
1856, Wm. Underwood and A. Palacio, Portland, Ky. and
Wm. G. Underwood and J.B. Russell, New Albany, Ind..
Captains: 1855, Charles Miller
Comments; FALL CITY took off passengers and freight and took to Memphis.
Name: EMPIRE CITY
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 150' X 34.5' X 5.6', 260 tons.
Launched: 1854, California, Pa.
Destroyed: 1866, Jan. 12, St. Louis, lost in ice.
Area: 1854- outbreak of war, Pittsburgh-St. Louis
1862-65, in U.S. service as transport.
Owners: 1854, James Vandergrift, Issac Hamilton, C.P. Caughey, Samuel
Barr, Jr. and William H Stackhouse of Pittsburgh and David
G. Mulford, New York.
186? Sold to Capt Jacob Hazlep, St. Louis
Captains: 1854, P.S. Mulford
Later on Pittsburgh-St. Louis run, Ben Way, Master
1862-65, Jacob Hazlep, master.
Name: EMPIRE CITY
3. California Delta, 1871, Empire City-Mumford, CA
Owner: 3. 1871, California Pacific Railroad
1. Name: EMPRESS
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 845 tons.
Launched: 1861, Madison, Ind.
Destroyed: 1864, Oct. 28, Island 34, snagged, sank and broke in two.
Area: 1861, St. Louis-New Orleans
1862, April, After being impressed into U. S. service, left St, Louis for
Tenn. R. with nurses, hospital supplies. Met with IMPERIAL there.
IMPERIAL was being outfited as floating hospital.
EMPRESS returned St. Louis w/900 wounded.
Captains: during war, John Molloy
Comments: From The Diary Of Joseph T. Anderson, shopkeeper,
Commerce Mo.
- Saturday, August 31, 1861. "We are still on Burnums
Island. . . ." " . . . Yesterday morning Mr. Gaither
and several other men went to Cairo on the EMPERESS which
had lain here all night, as witnesses against A. Moore
and others for stealing horses. . . ."
: 1863, Aug. 10, Capt. Molloy was decapitated by Confederate cannonball
when stepping from his cabin on Texas deck.
Name: EMPRESS OF THE NORTH
Type: Sternwheel overnight excursion boat. Size: 360', 3,200 tons.
Launched: 2003
Cruises: 4, 7 and 11 nights.
Comments: See American West Steamboat Company/EMPRESS OF THE NORTH
Name: EMULATOR Source
Type: Sternwheeler? Size:
Launched: Date unknown. Built by Walton Bros., William and Edward
Area: Magnetawan R./Lake Cecebe, Ontario Canada
Owner: Walton Bros.
Name: ENDEAVOR originally the JOHN. T. MOORE
1871-96 or so
Name: ENDORS
Type: 1840s? Size:
Destroyed: 1849, May 17, Fire at St.Louis docks
Name: ENOCH TRAIN
1. Name: ENOS TAYLOR
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 116' X 20' X 3.5'
Power: 10's - 3-1/2ft.; 1 boiler, 40" dia. X 20'
Launched: 1893, Higginsport, Oh. for Capt. Robert Taylor, Higginsport
Destroyed: 1912, DeKoven, Ky. Burned.
Area: at first, briefly, Madison, Ind.-Monterey, Ky., and up Ky. R.
1895, fall, Madison, Ind.-St. Louis and Natchez,
delivering new barges built at Madison for U.S. Gov.
For several years ran Gallipolis-Huntington.
1902-04, towed Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theater
1904 late - Wabash and Saline Rs. towing logs
Owners: Originally, Capt. Robert Taylor
1902-04, late, Feb., Purchased by E.E. Eisenbarth
1904, late sold to Bruns-Bokersox Lumber Co., Shawneetown, Ill.
Captains: 1883-1902, Robert Taylor
1902-04, E.E. Eisenbarth
Comments: Named for owners son.
Name: ENTERPRISE No. 1
Type: Size: 45 ton
Launched: 1814, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1817, Rock Harbor, lost
Area: Pittsburgh - New Orleans
Owner: French, Daniel and Shreve, Henry, and their
Monongahela Steam Navagation Co.
Captain and pilots: Capt. Shreve, Henry
Comments: 1815, First boat to ascend the Miss R. and Ohio R.
Did it in 25 days.
1815: 1st boat of its kind to make run N.O. - Natchez,
4/11/20
1817, May, Made run N.O. to Louisville 1815, 25/2/40
Comments: from Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly.
: Also See
Name: ENTERPRISE(Z?)E No. 2?
Launched: 1830s? late?
Area: 1840, U. Miss. R.
Comments: Ran supplies for Andrew Jackson
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
3. Name: ENTERPRIZE
Launched: 1840's mid?
Area: Sacramento R. Calf.
Comments: 1849, Aug. 31, Listed in the Alta Californian as plying trade
on the waters of the Sacramento R.
Name: ENTERPRISE Fictional Source, Better Source
Type: Sternwheeler Size:
Launched: 1959
Destroyed: 1960?
Area: Miss. R.
Owner: Warner Bros.
Captain: Gray Holden (Darrin McGavin)
Pilot(s): Bill Blake (Noah Berry Jr.), Ben Frazer (Bert Reynolds)
Comments: Was the star of Television series "Riverboat"
William D. Gordon was Travis.
Comment: I do not know what boat, if any real boat, was used to
make this series - Dave
Name: EQUATOR
Launched: 1850s ?
Area: U. Miss. R.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
1. Name: ERA No. 8
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 121.9' X 25.3' X 4.'
Launched: 1867, Madison, Ind.
Destroyed: 1882, removed from documentation
Areas: Originally, Red River
*Early 1870s and maybe longer, Sabine R. Tex.
Owners: At first, Red River Packet Company
1869, Feb. 25, purchased by Capt. W.H. Blessings
Minority stockholders, L.A. Campbell and Capt. John W. Cannon
Captains: At first S.H. Kouns
1869, Feb. owner, Capt W.H. Blessings became master
*1870s, early, G. B. Burr, Sabine R. Tex.
Name: ERADICATOR
Type: Smag-boat Size:
3. Name: ERASTUS CORNING
Launched: 1850s? Early?
Area: 1851 or 2, San Joaquin R. Calf.
3. Name: ESMERALDA
Launched: Somewhere between 1860 and 1911
Area: U. San Joaquin and Tuolumne Rs., Calf.
: Also see: California Delta
Name: ESSEX
Area: Miss. R.
Comments: 1865, Apr. Helped in rescuing SULTANA'S passengers.
Name: ETNA
Launched: By 1815
Area: Hudson and Miss. R.
Owner: Livingston, Robert and Fulton, Robert. and their Ohio
Steamboat Navigation Company.
Name: ETOWA BILL
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet
Area: Coosa R.
Comments: Picture is the source for this listing
Name: EUDORA
Launched: 1840s?
Destroyed: 1849, May 17, Fire at St. Louis docks
3. Name: EUDORA
Launched: 1840's late? Size: 196 tons.
Area: 1853, Sacramento R. Calif.
Name: EUGENE
Type: Sternwheeler, wood hulled packet
Size: 170'X 34' X 4.4'
Power: Rees engines, 12's-5 ft. Two 48" X 20' boilers with 10" flues.
Launched: 1887, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Destroyed: 1898, Dismantled at Pittsburgh in Rees shop
Area: Miss. R., Memphis-Arkansas R. Trade
Comments: Parts were used in LUCILLE NOWLAND
: Source Way's Packet Directory, 1884 - 1994
: Photo of model owned by Ray Harrington
Name: EUPHRASE
Destroyed: 1840, wrecked at Euphrase Bend, Mo. R.
Area: Mo. R.
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage
: Euphrase Bend was named after this boat.
1. Name: EUREKA
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 112 tons.
Launched: 1847, Elizabethtown, Pa.
Destroyed: 1851, Nov. 20, Tombigbee R., Ala., lost in collision with CORINNE.
Area: 1851, Up White R. to Elbow Shoals, Mo. (MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE)
Name: EUREKA (Source)
Type: Gasoline powered. Probably a sternwheeler
Area: 1901 or so, U. White R.
Name: EVANSVILLE
1854-64
Name: EVANSVILLE
1869-89
1. Name: EVANSVILLE/CRESCENT CITY/EVANSVILLE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 120.2' X 30' X 5.2'. 22 staterooms.
Power: Engines by C.T. Dumont, 14's- 5 ft.. Two boilers, each 40" X 26'. Two 14" flues.
Wheel: Stern. 17'in dia. working 21' buckets.
Launched: 1880, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1931, July 25, Boling Green, Ky., burned
Area: Green R. trade
1890, July - Nov., was in Cairo-Tiptonville trade
1890, Nov., returned to Green R. trade
1895, went to Wheeling-Clarington trade for about 6 weeks
Returned to Green River Trade
1897, Evansville-Green R. trade
Owners: When new, Evansville, Green and Barren River Navigation Company
1890, July, sold to Capt. Cole Boren and others. Combined, these gents may have been the
Cairo & Tipton Packet Company.
1895, Mar., sold to Capt John F. Klein and others
1897, purchased by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, rebuilt and renamed CRESCENT CITY
1903, L&N R.R. was consolidated into the Evansville & Bolling Green Packet Company
Retained boat's name and trade
Captains: when new, Elmore Bewley
1895, late, in Green R. Trade, Abbott Veatch
1897, Dick Williams, Evansville-Green R.
1903, M.P. Kimbley, same trade
Comments: 1897. was rebuilt and renamed CRESCENT CITY
: 1906 this boat was completely rebuilt by E&BG Packet Co,
renamed and again documented as EVANSVILLE
: 1919, July 11, Aberdeen, Ky., sank and quickly raised.
: Whistle went to the towboat TOM WILLIAMS
Name: EVANSVILLE 1906-31(see above)
Name: EVENING STAR
Launched: 1858
Area: Ohio R.; Mo. R. St. Joseph to K.C.; Miss. R.
Owner: Union Packet Line
1. Name: EVENING STAR
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 343 tons.
Launched: 1864, Freedom, Pa., completed at Wellsville, Oh.
Destroyed: 1869, Aug. 4, St. Louis, burned and lost.
Area: 1864, Mo. R. trade
1867, running Mo. R. trade
At one time, Osage R. Mo.
Captains: 1864, Murphy
Comments: 1866, Jan. took many survivors from exploded W.R. CARTER
to Vicksburg.
: Mentioned in this Article.
Name: EVERGREEN
Type: Sternwheel, woodenhull packet
Size: 119.5' X 22.5' X 3.5'
Power: Compound engines, one boiler, 43" X 20'
Launched: 1902, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Destroyed: 1916, Point Pleasant, dismantled
Area: At first, Winfield-Charleston on Kanawha R.
Later, Gallipolis-Charleston
Owners: Built for The Green Line
Captains: In Gallipolis-Charleston trade, Bert Higgenbottom
Comments: Much of her equipment came from the T.D. DALE
: 1912-13, winter. Hit wall of Kanawah R. lock No. 7.
Caved in one side of hull.
Name: EVERGREEN orginally the KIWANIS
1923-48
3. Name: EXCEL
Launched: 1840's mid - late?
Area: 1850s, early, Sacramento R. Calif.
1. Name:EXCEL
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 150' X 27' X 5'
Power: 12's-4 ft. 2 boilers.
Launched: 1851, McKeessport, Pa.
Destroyed: 1856, Mo. R., Osage Chute, snagged and lost. Map
Area: 1851, Cumberland R.
Later was on Ill. R. then went Memphis to Hatchie R. and Mo. R.
Later still went Mo. R. with Capt Beasley
Owners: 1851 was under W.P. Henry and Company.
Later went to a Mr. Miller, St Louis
Later yet to Capt. Ben F. Beasley
Captains: toward end, Ben Beasley
1. Name: EXCEL/ALMA
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 95.4' X 14.3' X 2.8'
Power: 8" - 26", 1 boiler.
Launched: 1901, Middleport, Oh.
Area: When new, Millwood-Middleport trade.
Later, on Little Kanawha R., Parkerburg-Creston
Owners: 1907, purchased by Albert Monteith
Comments: When new, Capt. Snell.A. Divinney was clerk.
: 1907, Monteith converted to towboat and renamed ALMA.
Name: EXCELSIOR
Type: Side-wheeler
Launched: 1850s?
Area: Miss. R.
Name: EXPANSION
Type: Stern-wheeler. Size: 78 ton.
Comments: Grounded on Yellowstone R. sandbar at low-water season.
Freed by off-loading passengers and freight.
Name: EXPEDITION
Launched: 1818, Pittsburgh, Pa. Size: 120 tons.
Area: U. Mo. and the Miss. R.
Comments: Went up river with WESTERN ENGINEER as part of 1st
expidition up the Mo. R to establish a U. S. military
presence at the mouth of the Yellowstone R..
Comments: from Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly.
: Also See
Name: EXPEDITIOUS
Launched: 1819, at Wheeling, W. Va.
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: Notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA,
WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951
Name: EXPLORER, U. S.
Type: Stern-wheel Ironclad Size:
Launched: 1857
Destroyed: 1857, left tied to a tree on Colorado R. on first
voyage.
Area: Colorado R.
Owner: U. S. Gov.
Captain and pilots: Capt. Army Lieutenant, Ives.
3. Name: EXPRESS
Launched: 1840's mid - late? Size: 104 tons.
Area: 1850s, early, Sacramento R. Calif.
Name: EXPRESS No. 2
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 500.25 tons
Launched: 1870, Wheeling, W. Va.
Destroyed: 1879, dismantled
Captains: when new, S.J. Halderman
1875, A.B. Booth
1878, Martin F. Noll was clerk
Comments: 1879-92, hull served as wharfboat at Wheeling, W. Va.
: Machinery went to the ST. LAWRENCE
Name: EXPRESS MAIL
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 164.7' X 25' X 6', 236 tons.
Launched: 1841, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1846, Apr. 27, Campti, La., Snagged and lost.
Area: 1841-43, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
1843-45, St. Louis-New Orleans
1845, New Orleans- Red River trade, then Cincinnati-New Orleans.
Captains: 1841-43, S.J. Halderman
1843-45, William Kountz, Master; Henry Ealer, pilot.
1845 on, John Smoker, Red River; James Ellis, Cincinnati-N.O.
