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To Riverboats Begining With B, Page 2 To Riverboats Begining With The Name BELLE To Riverboats Begining With The Name BEN Name: B.A. DOUGLASSType: Sternwheel, wooden hull, gasoline powered ferryboat Area: 1920- ,Yankton, S.D. Owners: 1920, purchased by Yankton Chamber of Commerce and Capt. Joseph Giesler. Captain: 1920-?, W.B. Wait Comments: replaced JOSIE L.K. as ferry at Yankton, S.D. Information from Burle County, S.D. Historical Society Name:B.F. JONES, Jr. Type: Sternwheeler Comments: Seen in old photo in Cincinnati Inquirer, Sunday Oct. 10, 1999, Tallstacks 99 Suppliment entitled "Great River Parade" of 1929. 1. Name: B.S. RHEA Type Sternwheel, wooden hull packet Size: 162.3' X 31.9' X 4.5' Area: Cumberland R., out of Nashville, Tenn. Launched: 1878 for Capt. Thomas G. Ryman Destroyed: 1886?, probably as the next B.S. RHEA was being built. Comments: Hull became a wharfboat at Ghent, Ky. : Named for B.S. Rhea, Esq., the "Corn King of Tennessee." 1. Name: B.S. RHEA
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Mark FrazierType: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet Size: 165' X 27.1' X 4.6' Power: Engines 14's- 1-1/2 ft. Launched: 1886, Jeffersonville, Ind. by Howard Yard for Ryman Line Destroyed: 1895, Nov. 5, Cincinnati, during a low water lay up, burned with SCOTIA and towboat SYDNEY DILLON Area: Under Ryman Line, Upper Cumberland R., Nashville-Paduucah Under Capt. Barrett, Louisville- Cincinnati trade Owner: The Ryman Line 1894, purchased by Capt. John Barrett, Cincinnati. Captains: 1886, J.S. Tyner for Ryman Line Name: BADGER STATE Comments: 1856, late Feb, Torn from docks and swept downstream in ice flow during Great Ice Gorge at St. Louis. Forced ashore slightly only damaged. 
Name: BAILEY GATZERT See Article
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The James E. York Post Card CollectionType: Sternwheel packet Launched: 1890: Seattle, Wash. Destroyed: 1923 Area: 1912, Sept 12: Photographed at Cascade Locks, Oregon Comments: Said to be the fastest Columbia riverboat : See R/C model Name: BALTIC Launched: 1850s? Area: Ohio R. and Miss. R. and Mo. R. 1. Name: BALTIMORE Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet. Size: 275' X 38' X 7.' Power: Engines by H.W. Phillips, 30's- 9ft. with 4 boilers, each 46' X 30' with 5, 10" flues. Wheels, 36' dia. with 10' buckets. Launched: 1853, Wheeliong W. Va. by the H. W. Phillips Yard, Wheeling W. Va. Destroyed: 1859, Dec. 13, Snagged and lost at Chain of Rocks above St. Louis. Area: 1853, Wheeling-Louisville. Soon went Louisville-St. Louis and Louisville-New Orleans. Owner: 1853, Wheeling Louisville Union Packet Line
1856, June 12, sold at public auction The Alton & St. Louis Packet Company bought her Captain and pilots: Capt. Comments: Her Bell spent some years in a church in Shipman, Ill. After 1900, bell went to the FRED A. BLANKS : See notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, June 24, 1951 Name: BANNER Area: 1833, Pittsburgh to Cincinatti Comments:Info in this entry is from the diary of an ancestor of web site visitor Kathryn Grogman. 1. Name: BANNER STATE Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet Size: 254 tons Power: 20's-6 ft., 3 boilers Launched: 1851, Brownsville, Pa. Destroyed: 1855, April 11, Mo. R., Brickhouse Bend, snagged and lost. Area: Mo. R. Owner: 1855, Nanson, Joseph S. with Capt. Josh B. Holland Captain(s):Nanson, Joseph S. Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly. 1. Name: BANNOCK CITY Type: Stern-wheeler, wooden hull, towboat/packet Size: 150' X 28' X 5' Power: Engines 13's 4 ft., two boilers. Launched: 1866, LeClaire, Iowa Destroyed: 1877, mouth of Kentucky R., ice Area: 1866, Keokuk; 1873, New Orleans; 1876, Cincinnati-Vevay 1869, towing grain for DJL 1870, June, Cassville-Dubuque Owner: *1869, chartered to Diamond Jo Line 1873, W.H. Kirby and others of Warsaw, Kentucky. Captain: *1865, Erastus Carleton *1871, Jerry Wood 1873-'77, sometime between, Blanks, Fred A. Comments: * From an article by William Petersen in The PalimpsestName: BARKMAN Launched: 1860S early? Destroyed: 18?64 or 5?, Burned Area: 1864-5, Ouachita and Little River carring troops, corn and other supplies for the Confederacy. Comments: Source 1. Name: BATESVILLE Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet. Size: 178 tons. Launched: 1844, Cincinnati, Oh. Destroyed: 1849, dismantled Area: Ark. and White Rs. Also during off season, New Orleans-Alexandria up Red R. Captains: S.T. Smith on Red. R. Name: BATESVILLE Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 120' X 26' X 4', 173 tons. Launched: probably 1869 for Capt. Charles Coles Area: 1869, entered White R. trade running to Marion County. 1871-2, Frequent trips to Marion County landings. 1873, Mar. was running Memphis-White R. 1876, late, with Capt. Will C. Shipp as pilot, Smith took boat over stubborn shoals to mouth of Bull Creek and brought out 2,000 bushels of wheat. Later Capt. Shipp took her to mouth of James R. Owners: 1869-71, Capt. Charles Coles 1872, Capt. Albert B. Smith Captains: 1869, Charles Coles 1873, Mar., Albert B. Smith 1876, William C. Shipp Comments: See Article Name: BARRETT Launched: 1870s? Area: Miss. R. Name: BARRY K Comments: I know nothing about this boat 1. Name: BASTROP Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull, packet Size: 285 tons Launched: 1873, Madison Ind. Destroyed: 1879, Apr. 24, Sank in Bayou Bartholomew. Area: 1877, N.O, - Monroe, La. Owner: 1873, New Orleans and Ouachita Transportation Company Captain: 1873, master, Blanks, Fred A., Name: BAY CITY Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull Size: 247'X 66'X 15', 1,283 tons Power: Vertical beam engine, 52" X 144", 860 hp. Launched: 1878, San Francisco, William Collyer Destroyed: 1929, dismantled Area: California Delta Owner: South Pacific Coast and Southern Pacific R.R.s Name: BAYOU CITY Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 165' X 28' X 5' Launched: Jeffersonville, Ind. Area: 1859, Galveston - Houston Owner: When launched, J.H. Sterrett Comments: 1864?, Was Gunboat on Sabine R. Tex. 1. Name: BAXTER/ORIOLE Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull, packet Size: 121' X 22.4' X 3.6' Power: 9"-30", 1 boiler, 40" X 16' Launched: 1901, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. for Carr Line which soled her imediately Destroyed: 1915, Mar. 27, 9th Street, Pittsburg in Allegheny R., Burned. Area: 1901 Parkersville-Waverly then Marrietta-Parkersburg trade. 1902, Kanawha R. 1910, Frankfort, Ky., excursions 1912, local trades above Marietta. Owner: 1901 sold to Capt. Richie, Parkersburg. 1902, Feb. Sold to Capt. E.A. Calvert, Charleston, W. Va. 1907-12, Huntington and Point Pleasant Packet Company 1912, May, sold to Beaver Family, St. Marys and Matamoras 1912, Aug. 1/2 owner, Clermont C. Green, St. Marys 1913, sold to Capt. David Boyles and Charles N. Buckley, Parkersburg 1915, Mar., Sold to Capt. William F. (Buck) muller, Ambridge, A week later sold to C.P. Krantz, Pittsburg Captains: 1901, William Hall 1902, E.A. Calvert 1907, William D, Kimble 1912. George S. Beaver? Comments: much of her equipment came from the LEXINGTON. : 1907, Dec. 2, renamed ORIOLE : 1914, given new hull and converted to towboat
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The James E. York Post Card Collection1. Name: BAYARD Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 354 tons. Launched: 1864, Monongahela City, Pa. Destroyed: 1876, Dec. 13, St. Louis, cut down by ice Area: 1864, Monongahela R., Pittsbutgh-Elizabeth 1864, Dec. went to Pittsburgh-Parkersburg trade till 1869 Owners: 1864, Dec. sold to Capts. William J. Kountz and J.C. Saint 1865, Mar., Capt. George D. Moore purchased control 1869, Apr., sold to st. Louis & Leokuk Packet Company. 1874, was in Keokuk Northern Line Captains: 1864, Master, Joel C. Peebles 1864, Dec. J.C. Saint, master; Capt. George D. Moore clerk. 1865, Mar., George D. Moore assumed command. Name: BEAR Launched: 1890s? Area: West coast Owner: U. S. Government Name: BEAUREGUARD Comments: Coast Guard? * Name: BEAVER Size: 148 tons Power: Mongrel Launched: 1827, Cincinnati, Oh. Name: BEAVER Area: Ohio R. Captain(s): Pownall H. C. Comments:From: Notes from The Tribune Telegraph, Name: BEAVER Type: Side-wheeler, tug-boat Launched: 1835 Destroyed: 1888, hit rocks Area: Columbia R.; Puget Sound Owner: Hudson Bay Co.; Tolmie, D. Comments: Was sailed as brig to Columbia R.1. Name: BEAVER Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 100 tons Launched: 1847, Shousetown, Pa. Destroyed: Way's Packet Dir. says she burned at the foot of West Street, Pittsburgh, hitched to a tow and ready to depart. Lytle-Hod-ldcamper says she was lost in collision with the L.M. KENNET, 1854, Apr. 28, 1854, Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Area: Upper Ill. R. Out of Pittsburgh. Captains: 1847, Sharp Hemphill Comments: Machinery went to J.W. HAILMAN Name: BEEType: Snagboat Size: Launched: 1880's Area: Ohio R. Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. May. 12 1897Name: BECKY THATCHER, Formerly the MISSISSIPPI
From Franz Neumeier's Steamboat Gallery Click on picture to enlarge Type: Sternwheeler Size: approx 200'? Launched: 1926 Area: U. Miss, R. Owner: 1926 - 1961: U.S. Army Corp of Engeneers 1963 - 1964: Tourist attraction in hannibal Mo. 1964 - 1975: St. Louis Mo., Renamed to BECKY THATCHER and opperated as a resraurant, museum, gift shop and bar. 1975 - : Moved to Marietta Ohio (at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers where she is a restaurant and showboat theater. 1984, March. Sank but was raised and restored. 1998, Still in opperation. Captain and pilots: Capt. Comments: Shown as a Resturant Bar Museum docked in St louis in print by Misselhorn, Rosco from 19?? Presently: "The Becky Thatcher is a romantic, old-style showboat on the Muskingum River in Marietta. Melodrams and revues are shown here and there also is a restaurant and a lounge inside the boat. The 200-feet long Becky Thatcher was built in 1926 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Becky Thatcher is listed in the National Register of Historic Landmarks." © Copyright by Franz Neumeier Name: BELL KEY Launched: 1840, after Comments: Made run N.o. - Louisville 1851, 4/23/0Use this link to go to Riverboats begining with "BELLE" Name: BELLONA Launched: 1820s? Area: Elizabethtown to New ? Owner: Gibbons, Thomas Captain and pilots: Capt. Vanderbilt, Cornelius 1. Name: BELVIDERE Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 46 tons. Launched: 1859, Covington, Ky. Area: 1860, White R., Marion County landings Owners: 1860, Capt. N. C. Shipp Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet Size: 197' X 33' X 5.' Power: Engines by James Rees, 15's-5 ft. Three boilers, each 38" X 24' Launched: 1875; Pittsburgh, Pa. Destroyed: 1897, July 18th.: under the command of Capt. James P. Boland, boat became sideways when stopping for drawbridge at Souix City. Backed into piling, holing hull. Out of control, she plunged under the unraised drawbridge, destroying her upper works. She was wrecked. Area: Mo. R., Ohio R. and Miss. R. Owner(s): 1875: T. C. Power & Bros. and I.G. Baker & Co. 1889: Sold to Capts. James T. Boland and Thomas B. Sims 1897: Capt.Thomas B.Simms of St Louis. Captain(s): 1875: James McGarry : * 1877, Sept., Grant Marsh : 1889, Sept. 15 Asa P Boland. : 1896, James P. Boland Comments: Much more info : Gary Lucy artwork and comments Comments: * 1877, Sept., was involved in the Nez Perce conflict at Crow Island on U. Mo. R. : 1889, Sept. 15, 5 miles above Washington, Mo., snagged, sunk and raised. Pilot at the time was George G. Keith : 1895, July 31, a tiller line parted. She swerved into a snag and sank. Was raised. See Map 1. Name: BENTON McMILLIN/D.H. PIKE Type: Sternwheel woodenhull packet. Size: as McMILLIN, 155' X 33' X 5.5'; As PIKE, 199.6' X 33.5' X 5.5' Power: Engines, 14-1/2's- 5 ft., 3 boilers, each 40" X 18' Launched: 1883, Jeffersonville, Ind. by Howard yard Destroyed: 1898, dismantled. Parts went to BALD EAGLE Area: ran on Cumberland R. for several years 1886, summer, entered Pittsburgh-Cincinnati trade. 1890S, St. Louis-Peoria cir. 1890s, took load of groceries up Red R. to Knox's Point Owners: 1886, summer- 1888, FALL, Capt. Hod Knowles, Capt. Ira B. Huntington and others 1888 March, sold to Eagle Packet Company. Captains: 1886, summer- 1888, FALL, Hod Knowles with Capt. Huntington as 1st. clerk, Will Brookhart and Aaron McLaughlin pilots. Comments: Capt. Huntington recalled she was first boat lighted throughout by electricity. : Eagle Packet lengthened her at Cincinnati and renamed her D.H. PIKE Name: BERKSHIRE From the Gallery of Gary R. Lucy Click on picture to enlarge
Name: BERTHA ROEBUCK
Area: Sabine and Neches Rs., Tex.
Destroyed: Late 1800s,north of Orange, Tex.,
at Kansas City Southern R.R. crossing, burned.
Captains: *at various times, Peter D. Stockholm
Comments: See source Article
Name: BERTRAND 1844-50
Name: BERTRAND
Click on picture to enlarge Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
Size: 161'X 32.9'X 5.2', 251 tons. Launched: 1864, Wheeling W. Va. summer Power: Machinery from the A.J. SWEENEY Destroyed: 1865, ?Apr. 1?. Hit snag and sank at Portage LaFarge, some 20 mi. north of Omaha, Neb.. Deck cargo was salvaged but a large quantity of mecury was unrecoverable and has since beensought many times. Area: Missouri R. Owner: Original owner: J. J. Roe & Co of St. Louis ie: George Feller and Thomas H. Reed, both of Wheeling, West Virgina, and George Laing, Lewis W. Cochran, and Jeremiah Cochran, all of Monroe County, Ohio : 1865: The above men formed the Montana and Idaho Transportation Co. Captain(s):1864, Goodwin, Ben, master, and Yore, James A. 1865, spring, John Jacobs with Horace Bixby as pilot. Comments: Was enrout with supplies for the goldfields in Montana when she sank. Comments: The river changed course. Feb. 1968 the site of wreck was located within the old ox-bow loop some 25 mi. above Omaha. there is a musueum to the preservation of this boat HERE . Comments: from Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly. Comments: From Wheeling Intelligencer, Nov. 26, 1864. Name: BESSIE
Type: Sternwheeler Size: Small
Area: Rio Grande R.
Comments: Source Article
Name: BESSIE SMITH
Type: sternwheel wooden hull packet
Size: 140' X 26' X 3.5'
Built: 1897, Smithsonia and Florence, Ala.
Power: Engines, 10's- 3-1/2'. Two boilers, each 36" X 18'
Destroyed: 1911, Mar. 20, Parkersburg, burned
Area: Built for Tenn. R.
Later went to Upper Ohio R.
Ran Wheeling-Parkersburg under Kimple and Williamson ownership
Owners: purchased by Capts. Fred Hornbrook and Harry Donnally for upper Ohio R. trade.
Later sold to Capts. Fred Kimpel and Sam Williamson
1910, purchased entire by Capt. Martin F. Noll
After burned, Capt. Harry B. Hulings purchased wreck for machinery.
Captains: 1905, Wheeling-Parkersburg, Henry R.Kraft
Comments: Originally a scow bow boat, but was later rebuilt with a model bow.
: Whistle came from the sternwheeler BEN HUR
and was passed onto the LIBERTY.
: Machinery went to towboat UNCLE SAM
1. Name: BETSY ANN
Type: Sternwheel, iron hull packet
Size: 165' X 33' X 5.5'
Power: Cross compound condensing engines, 16" and 32"
When new, 1 boiler, 72" X 12'
Launched: 1899, Dubuque, Iowa by Iowa Iron Works
Destroyed: 1940, dismantled.
Area: At first mostly Natchez-Bayou Sara trade, U.S. Mail carrier
1921 Pittsburg-Portsmouth. Later Pittsburgh-Cincinnati to 1929
1932 went to towing barges
Owner: When new, R.F. Learned, Natchez, Miss.
1921, purchased by D. Grover Gill, Gallipolis, Oh. and others.
1925, late Fredrick Way, Sr. and Jr. bough stock in her
1932, spring, sold to John I. Hay
Captain(s): Fredric Way
Comments: See working model of the BETSY ANN being built.
Name: BETTY
Type: sternwheeler
Comments: Seen in old photo in Cincinnati Inquirer, Sunday Oct. 10, 1999,
Tallstacks 99 Suppliment entitled "Great River Parade" of 1929.
Name: BETTY WRIGHT Source photo
Click on picture to enlarge Type: sternwheeler Size: Area: Ohio R., home port was Wheeling, W. Va. Name: BEZALEEL WELLS Launched: Between 1815 and 1820 Area: Ohio R. Comments: Machinery and boilers by Phillips Works. Comments: Notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951To Riverboats Begining With B, Page 2 To Riverboats Begining With The Name BELLE To Riverboats Begining With The Name BEN 1. Way's Packet Directory, 1848 - 1994 4. She Takes The Horns, by Fredrick Way, Jr.HERBS FOR HEALTH
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