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Name: F.J. OCCONNELL (towboat?)
Name: F. W. BROOKS
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull freightboat/packet. Size: 99 tons.
Launched: 1863, Burlington, Iowa
Area: 1867, Oct. was anounced this boat would make semi-weekly trips to Buffalo City,
and above, White R.
1867-68, briefly on Red R.
1869, March till fall, U. White R.
Owners: Henry A. Heuffner and William Retter
1867, sold on court house steps to Christian Pinkepank for $120
1867, later, Captain G.W. Gable
1869, July, purchased by Thomas Cox, Batesville
Captains: 1869, William C. Shipp
Name: F.Y. BATCHELOR
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size:180' X 30' X 3.5'
Power: 13's-5 ft., 2 boilers, each 42" X 24', Five 10" flues.
Launched: 1878, Apr. 8, Freedom, Pa., McCaskey and Kerr yard.
Destroyed: 1907, Mar. 6, Running water, S. D., wrecked by ice.
Area: U. Mo. R.
1878, June 28, arrived at Fort Custer on Bighorn R. then back to Ft. buford
Aug. made fast run Bismarck-Ft. Buford
1890, made last steamboat freight run to Ft. Benton
1890, late, and after, around Bismarck
Owner: 1978-85, Leighton and Jordan
1885, went to Block "P" Line
1906, purchased by Capt Joseph Leach, Jr.
Captains: 1878 - pilot, Grant Marsh
1890, master, Thomas Mariner; pilots, Bob wright and Ben Jewell
Comments: Built in 64 days under supervision of Capt. C.W. Batchelor.
1878, Aug., set upstream record from Bismarck to Fort
Buford: 307 mi. in 55 hr. 25 min.
1879, Nov. struck rocks. Was sunk, refloated and stripped down to
freight carrier
Name: FACILITY
Type: Size: 117 Tons
Area: Miss., Ark. and White Rs.
Captains: 1828, Philip Pennywitt
Comments: 1828 became the first steamboat to ascend the Verdigris
in Ark.. It brought Creek emigrants; departed with 500
barrels of pecans. Credit
: Was one of first up White R.
Name: FAIR PLAY/COTILE
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet Size: 130'X 27'X 4.7'
Launched: 1859, New Albany, Ind.
Area: Out of New Orleans/Vickburg.
: While in U.S. service she was based at Evansville running
Ohio R. between Smithland and Louisville.
:1866, N.O - Bayou Macon and Tensas
Dwstroyed: 1869, May or so, St. Louis, dismantled.
Owner: When launched, Capt. George W. Carras
: 1862, Aug 18, A southern boat, she was captured by U.S. forces
and converted to a tinclad.
: 1865, Aug. 18, Mound City, Ill. sold to Capt. Charles C. Duncan,
New Orleans.
:1867, Aug. acquired by Good Intent Dry Dock Co. N.O. which
sold her to A.H. Gieword and A.P. Kip of N.O.
:1869, Apr. sold to Louis A. Highly, N.O.
: A month later sold to David Campbell, St Louis.
Captains: When new, Capt. George W. Carras
: While in U.S. service, Lieut. Leroy finch, U.S.N.
: 1865 -, Charles C. Duncan
: 1866 R.G. Rawlings
Comments: When captured by U.S. forces she had on board a load of rifles
destined for Rebel forces.
: At one time while in U.S. service riverboat captain
Jacob H. Singleton was Acting Ensign on board.
: 1865, Oct. 6, Capt. Charles C. Duncan renamed her the COTILE.
Name: FAIR PLAY (Towboat)
Comments: Mentioned in this 1873 Article
Name: FAIRPLAY
Launched: 1877, Cincinnati, Oh.
Name: FAIRPLAY
Launched: 1891, Ashland, Ky.
Name: A FAIRY
Launched: ?1900-1911?
Area: California Delta
Name: FALCON
Launched: 1844
Area: 1846, U. Miss. R.
Comments: Source
Name: FALCON
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 177 tons.
Launched: 1852, Memphis, Tenn. Size: 177 tons.
Destroyed: 1855, Mar. 24, Algiers, La., burned.
Comments: Was offered for sale in Feb., burned in Mar. - Hmmmm?
From The Olden Times.com.
Memphis Daily Eagle and Enquirer, Feb. 28, 1855
Name: FALCON
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 50 tons.
Launched: 1863, Zanesville, Oh.
Destroyed: 1868, off the lists
Area: McConnelsville-Zanesville-Dresden, Capt Ayres
Briefly, Ironton-Proctorville, Capt. William Bay
Owners: Capt. Monroe Ayres
Capt. Willian Bay
Later, Sold to Wabash R.
Captains: Monroe Ayres
: William Bay
Comments: Started as freight barge and made into a steamboat by Capt. Monroe Ayres
: Mentioned in this Article
Name: FALLIE
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Mar. 31 1897
1. Name: FALLS CITY
Launched: 1853, Louisville, Ky. Murray & Gay yard.
Destroyed: 1857, off the lists.
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 308' X 36' X 6.5'.
Power: 30's-9 ft., 5 boilers, each 46" X 28', 5 flues.
Area: 1853, Louisville-Wheeling trade
1854, went to Louisville-New Orleans trade
Owner: probably Capt. Sam Mason
Captains: 1853, Sam Mason; Chief Mate, George Peppers
Companies Associated With: 1853, Wheeling Union Packet Line
Comments: 1853, Feb. 5, Shift Trail Bar, below New Matamoras, Oh., collided
with PITTSBURGH.
1853, June, while aground at foot of Blennerhassett Island, was
straffed by tornado, wrecking her cabins stem to stern.
: from The Wheeling Register, Monday, March 31, 1879
1. Name: FALLS CITY
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 155' X 27' X 4.5',
Launched: 1855, Wellsville, Oh.
Destroyed: 1864, Apr. 19, Loggy Bayou, La., Sank and burned.
Area: Built for Upper Miss. R., later ran St. Louis-st. Paul.
Owner: original, Merchants of St. Anthony Falls
Later, Capt. Timothy Matthews of Mobile, in part
Captain(s): 1857, Sometime after, Timothy L. Mathews in part.
Comments: There are two tales of ice problems that this boat endured. Which,
if not both actually occured, I do not know.
1856, late Feb, Torn from docks and swept downstream
in ice flow during Great Ice Gorge at St. Louis.
1857, Apr., Lake Pipin. Sunk by ice
* Name: FAME
Launched: 1826, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Area: * 1827, Feb. logged at Port of Cincinnati
Comments: Mentioned in this Document
1. Name: FANNIE DUGAN See Post Card Pictures
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 165.4' X 28.4' X 4.5'
Power: Engines, 18's- 6ft. Three boilers, each 38" X 22'
Launched: 1872, Portsmouth, Oh.
Destroyed, sometime after moving to Fla., sank in St. Johns R. near Sanford, Fla.
Area: Built for Portsmouth-Proctorville trade
1876, went to Portsmouth-Pomeroy trade
Owners: Built for Capt. John McAllister and possibly Frank Morgan
1873, Frank Morgan sold his interest.
1876, Became part of Portsmouth & Pomeroy Packet Co. when
Widow McAllister merged her interests with those of the Bay Line
1882 or so, sold to Capts. Tucker and Walker, St. Johns R., Fla.
Captains: At first John McAllister.
After John McAllister died, Jack McAllister became master.
Comments: 1883 or so, Ran in hot competition with the CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.
: roof bell went to the CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
1. Name: FANNIE HARRIS
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet Size: *150' X 30' X 3' 10" 160 tons
Launched: 1855, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1862, Dec. 27, Point Douglass, Hastings, Minn., lost in ice.
Area: U. Miss. R. , Dubuque - St. Paul
Owner: *2nd owner was a St. Louis Captain.
: *1856, March, 3rd owners, Dubuque merchants
: 1856, Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith and Minnesota Packet Company
Captain(s): *1856, Jones Worden
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
: *Boat's name had nothing to do with the Harris family of Galena,
was for the a reigning belle of Cincinnati.
*Jones Worden's Steamboats and Steamboating Career by Frederick J. Worden
Name: FANNIE OGDEN
Launched: 1862
Area: Mo. R.
Owner: 1862, Joseph Kinney; 1863, John P. Keiser
Captain(s): 1862, Joseph kinney; 1863, John P. Keiser
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly.
Name: FANNY
:1847-
1. Name: FANNY/U.S. Tinclad GROSBEAK/MOLLIE HAMBLETON
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet.
Size: 1864, 179' X 27' X 5.5', 195 tons.
1865, Aug. 17, described as 163.8' X 28.4' X 4.7
Launched: 1864, Cincinnati, Oh. for Capt. Albert Stein
Destroyed: 1871, June 9, Galveston, Tx., sank and lost.
Power: 1864, 15's-5 ft., 2 tubular boilers, each 40" dia. X 18',
each with 15 5" flues.
1865: Aug. 17, engines said to be 16's - 5 ft.
Wheels: 20' dia., 6-1/2 ' buckets
Area: 1864, trips to Pittsburgh
1865, Memphis-St. Francis R.
Owners: 1864, Capt. Albert Stien
1864, Dec. 3, sold to U.S. Gov.
1865, Aug. 17, sold to Robert Curran or Keames for $11,000.
Later, sold to Trinity R. in Tex.
Captains: 1865, Oct., T.R. Bowman
Comments: 1864, Dec. 3, became U.S. Tinclad #8, GROSBEAK
1865, 2 AM April 27, Went to aid of doomed SULTANA when she exploded.
1865, Oct. 11, renamed MOLLIE HAMBLETON
Comments: from site visitor, Bill Allen
The Groesbeak, 1863 is mentioned in a Civil War diary. It was to
be the first trip for the Groesbeak, and was boarded by the
troops of the 78th Illinois Infantry Regiment (Volunteers) on
the 29th of Jan. 1863.
: (I know, Way's launch date doesn't match. What can I say? Dave)
: A little more
3. Name: FANNY ANN
Launched: 1860s? Early?
Area: 1862, San Joaquin and Mokelumne Rs., Calf.
Owner: Haggerty, Capt. John
Captain: Haggerty, Capt. John
Name: FANNY BULLITT
Launched: 1850s?
Area: Ohio r. and Miss. R. and Mo. R.
Name: FAR WEST
Type: Sidewheeler Size: 130' X 20' X 6' hold
Launched: 1834, Booneville, Mo. on Mo. R.
Destroyed: 1836, St Charles, Mo.
Area: Mo. R.
Owner: Justinian Williams
Captain(s):Justinian Williams
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage
*Name: FAR WEST
Captains: 1862, Apr., William Blake
1. Name: FAR WEST
Type: Sternwheele wooden hull packet.
Size: 190' X 33' X 6'foot. Could carry 200 tns. and 30 cabin passengers.
Drew 20 inches, un-ladened.
Power: 15's- 5 ft., 3 boilers.
Launched: 1870, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Destroyed: 1883, Oct. 30, Mo. R., Mullanthy Bend, 7 mi. below St. Charles, Mo., snagged and lost.
Area: U. Mo., Yellowstone Rs.
1876-77, for 2 yrs. was on Yellowstone R, in government service
Also made some Osage R. trips
Owners: Built for Capt Sallie B. Coulson of Coulson Packet Line
Later, Northwest Transportation Co. called the Peck Line, Sioux City/Yankton,ND.
Later sold to Capt. Henry M. Dodds and Victor Bonnet
Captains: John .M. Belk; Grant Marsh.
: At times, Mart Coulson
: 1881, Master and pilot, Henry Jasper King
Comments: 1877, At levee at Bismark, Dakota Territory.
1876, May 27, With Grant Marsh as Capt. became Custer's
support boat.
: 1876, July 4 & 5, Brought Custer's survivors down
: 1872 season, raced NELLIE PECK, Sioux City to Fort Benton and back
Mart Coulson on the FAR WEST beat Capt. Grant Marsh and the
NELLIE PECK by 3 hours, the WEST's time being 17 days
and 20 hours.
: 700 mi. to Fort Abraham Lincoln in 54 hrs. Pulled into
Ft. at 11 PM July 5 1876.
: Carried the peace commissioners up to meet with The Sioux.
: In all, made 18 trips to Ft. Benton
: One reference, Time Life book "The Rivermen", Plaza Library, Kansas City, MO.
: Mentioned in this Article.
: Artwork by Gary R. Lucy, FAR WEST at Citadel Rock
Name: FAR WEST
Type: Sternwheel excursion boat. Size: around 100'
Comments: Info from The Times Bismarck, N.D., Sept. 27, 1984
This boat began excursion service out of Bismarck and Pierre
that year. Photo shows her as having one deck with pilot
house above.
Name: FARLAND
Area: Miss. R.
Captain(s): Pettit, Jeremiah M.
Name: FASHION
Area: MISS. R.
Owner: United States Mail Line.
3. Name: FASHION
Launched: 1840's late? Size: 87 tons.
Area: 1853, Sacramento R. Calif.
1. Name: FASHION
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 220' X 36' X 5.5'
Power: Engines, 17's- 6 ft. 3 Boilers.
Launched: 1877, Jeffersonville, Ind. by Howard Yard.
Destroyed: 1890, June, downbound at Riggs Island.
Hit bank at night after pilot mistook lantern in a house for government light.
Area: 1877, Louisville - Henderson
1878 - Pittsburgh - St. Louis
Under E.B. Cooper, Pittsbutgh-Cincinnati
Owners: 1877, Built for Louisville & Henderson Mail Line - 1878
1878 - Capt. W.S. Packer and others.
Later purchased by E.B. Cooper. Capt. Anthony (Tony) Meldahl also had an interest.
Captains: E.B. Cooper
Comments: When sank, was caring Hostetters Bitters, a remedy of high alcoholic content.
Bottles were strewn down river for miles and found for years afterward.
Name: FAVORITE
Launched: 1859, Cuncinnati, Oh.
Area: 1859, U. MISS. R.
Owner: 1869, Davidson, Commodore W. F.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
1. Name: FAVORITE
Type: Sidewheel batwing wooden hull
Size: 102' X 14.8' X 2.2'
Launched: 1870, South Point, Oh.
Area: 1877, advertised Catlettsburg-Pikton on Big Sandy R.
1895 during low water, Wheeling-New Matamoras
Captains: 1877, F.M. Spurlock with Tom Dickenson as clerk.
1895, S. Walker Litten with Fred Hornbrook as clerk
Comments: Mentioned in this Document
Name: FAYETTE
Launched: 1837, Pittsburgh Area
Area: U. MISS. R.
Owner: United States Mail Line.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: FEDERAL ARCH
Destroyed: 1856, Feb. St. Louis Ice Crush
Area: Miss. R.
Name: FELIX X AUBREY
3. Name: FELIZ
Launched: 1840s? late?
Area: 1850s, early, U. Sacramento R., Calf.
Name: FERD(INAN) KENNER
Comments: From The Diary Of Joseph T. Anderson storekeeper,
Commerce, Mo.
- Sunday Night, April 21st 1861. "I took a walk with Burke
and Plannert. We gathered a lot of flowers and returned
home about nine o'clock at which time the Ferd. Kenner
landed, put off Powells Brothers and took Kalep Martin. . . . "
1. Name: FINANCIER
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 125 tons.
Launched: 1845, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Destroyed: 1850, Oct. 12, Exploded boilers. Capts. son, King, and 2nd.
engineer William Greene died.
Area: 1848, advertised Pittsburgh-Lafayette, Ind.
1849, fall, went to U. Miss. R.
Owners: 1845, Capt. Adam Poe, and others
1846, purchased by Capt. William J. Kountz
1849, Fall, purchased by Capt. James Ward and others.
1. Name: FINANCIER
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 117 tons.
Launched: 1850, Freedom, Pa. for Capt. Adam Poe
Destroyed: 1856, off the lists.
Area: tramp trips.
Owner: 1850, Capt. Adam Poe and others of Georgtown, Pa.
1. Name: FINANCIER
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 93' X 18' X 3.4'
Launched: 1855, Jefferson Parrish, La. for Capt. E.C. Alexander
Destroyed: 1857, off the lists.
Owner: E.C. Alexander and others of New Orleans.
1. Name: FINANCIER
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 153.6' X 35' X 6.4'
Power: 18's- 5 ft., 3 boilers each 38" X 26'. Two 14" flues.
Launched: 1864, McJeesport, Pa.
Destroyed: 1866, Apr. 12, Ohio R. Crows island near Braden, Pa.
Burned when passenger, Mrs. Rothchild, lit a camphene
lamp and it exploded. Mr. and Mrs. Rothchild, two
children and 6 others died.
Area: Pittsburgh-St. Louis
Owners: Capt. John Darragh and others.
Captains: John Darragh
Comments: Capt. Darragh's wife, Sara Laughlin Darragh, and daughter,
Ella Jane Darragh, age 7, died when the boat exploded. Source
Name: FINANCIER NOTE: A FINANCIER is mentioned in this Article. I do not
know which, if any of the above it is. - - Dave
Name: FIREFLY
Type: Size: 100' X 19' X 7'
Launched: 18?11?
Area: 18?11?, New york City - Newburgh, NY
Owner: 18?11?, Hudson River Steamboat Company
Comments: Source
3. Name: FIREFLY
Launched: 1840s? late?
Area: 1850s, early, U. Sacramento R., Calf.
Name: FLEETWOOD
Captains: *1881, Dec., J.T, Campbell
Name: FLETCHER
Launched: 1860 EARLY?
Area: 1865 Lower Ouachita R. and Little River carring troops, corn and
other supplies for the Confederacy
Comments: Source
Name: FLORA
Launched: 1850s or 60s?
Area: U. Miss. R.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: FLORA
Destroyed: 1879. Aug., Neches R., capsized by hurricane, sank.
Area: Neches R., Tex.
Owners: Capt. G.B. Burr
Comments: See source Article
Name: FLORA
Type: Sternwheeler Size: 141'
Launched: 1885
Destroyed: 1932, Brodrick, Calf. fire that took a score of old riverboats.
Area: California Delta Rivers
Comments: Played the part of the "DIXIE" in the second version of
the movie Huckleberry Finn. Source
Name: FLORA JONES
Comments: Mentioned in this Article.
Name: FLORENCE
Type: Size: 60 tons
Area: Miss. R., Ark. R.
Comments: 1824, took 100 recruits up to the new military post at
Fort Gibson, Ark. Credit
Name: FLORENCE
1857-59
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull ferry, Paducah, Ky.
Name: FLORENCE
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 200' X 34', 399 tons.
Power: 22 1/2's- 6 1/2' ft., 3 boilers.
Launched: 1857, Elizabeth, Pa.
Destroyed: 1864, Mar. 29, Atchison, Ks., snagged and lost.
Area: St. Louis-Sioux City, S.D., made one trip to Ft. Stewart, 100 mi.
above Yellowstone R..
Owners: 18?? sold to Capt. J.C. Coeplan and others.
Captains: 18??-64, when snagged, Copelan
Comments: 1857, June 16, Diary of E.F. Beadle has her arriving Omaha.
1860, Apr. 21, was at Dakota City
Source, Dakota City Herald, 1860, Apr. 21
Name: FLORENCE
1861-62 when renamed Tinclad # 12
Name: FLORENCE
Name: FLORENCE
*Name: FLORENCE MARMET
* Name: FLORIDA
Size: 230 tons
Launched: 1826, Cincinnati, Oh.
Comments: Mentioned in this Document
Name: FLORIDA
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet
Size: *546 tons, 2,500 bales of cotton
Launched: *1856, Louisville, Ky.
Destroyed: *1865, Sept. 13, Sabine R., Orange, La. capsized by hurricane, never refloated
Area: At first, Louisville-New Orleans
*1859, Neches R. Tex. carring rails and ties for Texas and New Orleans R.R.
Comments: *1861, went to Confederate registry as transport and tender
: See source Article Also See
Name:FLORIDA
Area: Mo. R.
Comments: Plied trade from St. Louis to Souix City, Helena,
Niobrarah, and Ft. Randall.
Name: FLOYD
Area: 1880's, Osage R., Mo.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article.
Name: FLYING EAGLE
Comments: From site visitor, Stephen Booth:
Was the last steamboat to use channel through the Bay de Charles,
Hannibal Mo. Boat struck the Wabash bridge and sank off Hannibal
on June 3 1903.
Name: FONTENELLE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 205.5' X 33.8' X 4.3'
Power: Engines, 14-1/2's- 4-1/2 ft. Three boilers .
Launched: 1870, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1881, spring, Yankton, S.D., cut down by ice.
Area: Mostly Mo. R. service.
1872, made several trips up Red R.
1876, was on Arkansas R., Capt C.L. Brennan
1876-77, spent winter frozen in at Pascals Island some 60 mi. above Fort Sully on Mo. R.
Owners: built for Capt. John H. Shaw
Captains: 1876, on Ark. R., C.L. Brennan
Comments: This boat made seven trips to Fort Benton and four to Crow Island.
: Was associated with the Kountze and Peck Lines.
: 1874, was 1st to arrive at Fort Benton.
: 1876-77, winter while frozen in, crew went by wagon to Ft, Sully.
: 1877, Sept., involved in battle with Nez Perce Indians. See
: 1871, Aug. 21, 10 mi. above St. Joseph, Mo., snagged and raised.
Name: FOREST CITY
Type: Sidewheeler Size:
Area: Casco Bay (Portland), Maine
Owner: Casco Bay Steamboat Co.
Name: FOREST CITY
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 207 tons.
Launched: 1851, Brownsville, Pa.
Desteoyed: 1859, off the lists
Area: 1851-53, Wheeling-Louisville
1853, fall- 1857, Pittsburgh-Wheeling
1857 - Vicksburg-Napoleio, Ark. trade
Owners: 1851-53 ran in Wheeling Union Line
1853, fall sold to Capt. George D. Moore and others.
1857, Nov., sold to Capt. Porterfield of Vicksburg
Captains: 1851, A. Murdoch
1853, George D. Moore. Benjamin Way, Wellsville, Oh. also commanded.
1857, Porterfield.
Comments: 1857, handled U.S. Mail Vicksburg-Napoleon, Ark.
3. Name: FORT SUTTER, also see JOHN A. SUTTER
Type: sternwheeler
Launched: 1912
Area: San Joaquin R. California
Name: FORTUNE
Type: Sidewheeler
Launched: 1845, early?
Area: U. Miss. R.
Captain(s):Atchinson, Mark
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: FRANCIS SKIDDY
Launched: 185?
Name: FRANK GILLMORE
Area: 1889: Monongahela R.
: 1897, Ohio R.
Owner: 1897, May, Purchased by Capt. Briggs
Captain(s): 1897, May, Briggs
Comments: Some info from The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. May. 12 1897
Name: FRANK PARGUAD
Type: Side-wheeler Size:
Launched: 1860s?
Area: Miss. R.
Captain and pilots: Capt. White, J. M.
Comments: Engines went to ROSA LEE
*Name: FRANK KEELING, JR.
Launched: 1850s or 60s
Owner: Capt. Franklin A. Keeling
Captain: 1850s OR 60s, Keeling, Frankin A.
Comments: *
1. Name: FRANK McHARRY
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull ferry. Size: 125.5' X 34.5' X 4.2'
Power: Engines, 14s-4ft., 2 boilers each 45" dia. X 25', 16 1/2' wheels, 6 1/2' buckets
Launched: 1867, New Albany, Ind.
Destroyed: 1890, dismantled
Owners: New Albany & Portland Ferry Co.
Captains: When new, John B. Mitchell w/Thomas Conner as pilot.
Comments: This boat was rebuilt in 1876 at Jeffersonville, Ind.
Do not know if dimensions above are when new or when rebuilt.
: Was named for the late Capt. Francis (Frank) McHarry.
Name: FRANK STEEL
Launched: 1850s? Early?
Area: 1856, U. Miss. R.
Owner: Davidson, Commodore W. F.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: FRANKLIN, 1816 See
Name: FRANKLIN
Area: Miss. R., Ark. R.
Comments: 1850, aground at Webbers Falls on Ark. R.. Credit
1. Name: FRED A. BLANKS (No. 1)
Type: Sidewheeler, wooden hull packet. Size: 260' X 41' X 9.5'
Power: 26's-9 ft., six boilers, 79' overall.
Launched: 1879, Madison Ind., Dan Morton Yard.
Destroyed: During New Orleans Exposition, she was cut in two by a
steamship.
Area: N.O.-Ouachita R.
Owner: The Blanks Family
Captain(s): 1879, Blanks, Fred A.
Comments: Main deck, 15 1/2' high. She had 32, 9'X 12' staterooms.
Forward panels in the cabin were embelished with scenes
in oils along the Black River where Capt. Fred liked to
shoot alligators. This was the 28th boat the Blanks
family owned.
Name: FRED A. BLANKS (No. 2) See OUACHITA
Name: FRED LORENZ
Launched: 1855
Area: 1857, u. Miss. R.
Owner: Northern Line Packet Company
Captain: 1857, Parker
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: FRED WEYERHAEUSER
Type: /Raft-boat Size:
Launched: 1870s?
Area: Miss. R.?
Comments: 1926, retired.
Name: FREDDIE
Area: 1884, Miss. R.. Ran the 8 mi. from Rock Island to
Andalusia.
Owner: 1884, Streckfuss, Capt. John
Captain and pilots: 1884, Capt. Streckfus, Capt John
Name: FREDERICK
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull towboat/packet. Size: 96.4' X 14.3' X 3.
Engines: 7 1/2" bore, 2 1/2' stroke. 1 boiler.
Launched: 1883, Tuscunbia, Mo.
Destroyed: *1903 Sank at dock. Dismantled
Area: Osage River in Missouri, connecting with MP Railroad at Osage City, Mo.
Owner: *Originally, Capt. Henry Hauenstein
1883-89, Capt. Henry Castrup and Robert Marshall
1889, sold to other interests
1894, Managed by R.M. Marshall
Captains: *1883, Henry Castrup
Comments: 1894, Aug, 10, Jefferson City, Mo., sank of unknown causes.
*Raised and repaired.
:*Designed by Capt. William Henry Hauenstein, who conceived the
idea of a light draft boat propelling a cargo-filled barge. This
system allowed travel on the Osage River when water levels were
low and heavier boats could not pass.
*Source: Excerpts from History of Miller County Missouri, by Gerald
Schultz, Midland Printing Co., Jefferson City, MO, 1933. Microfilm.
*Sent in by site visitor Kelly Hokkanen.
: Mentioned in this Article.
Name: FREEDOM
Launched: 1832?
Area: Ohio R.
Name: FRENCH'S NEW SENSATION, No. ?
See
Name: FROLIC
Launched: 1840s?
Destroyed: 1849, May 17, Fire at St Louis docks
Area: Miss. R.
Comments: became towboat
Name: FRONTENAC
Type: Sidewheeler Size: 170'
Launched: 1817: Ernettstown near Kingston, Ontario
Area: Lower Great Lakes
Comments: Her machinery was designed by Robert Fulton
: Credit
Name: FRONTIER
Launched: 183Os? Early? Size: 63 tons.
Area: *1836, Ill. R. to Hennepin (Ill.?)
Owners: *Possibly associated with Capt. Abraham Kimber, Brownsville
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
: *1836, Made record time St. Louis-Galena
*Source : Article
Name: FULTON
Type: Size: 134' X 39' X 9'
Launched: 1813
Area: Long Island Sound
Owner: Hudson River Steamboat Company
Comments: Source
Name: FULTON the FIRST
Type: Vessel of War Size: 156' X 56' X 20'
Launched: 1814
Area: New York Harbor, Based at Navy Yard
Owner: Hudson River Steamboat Company
Captain(s):
Comments: Source
Name: FULTON
Type: Siedwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 122 tons
Launched: 1839, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Destroyed: 1845, Fall, dismantled.
Area: U. Miss. R., Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
Captains: William Forsythe
1845, E.D. Collier, master; William J. Kountz and C. W. Batchelor, pilots.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
