Moonlight Race Between The Natchez and The Eclips
Painting from
Museum of the City of New York 

1. Name: GEORGE C. WOLFF

From
Olden Times.com
The Denison Daily News
Denison, Texas
August 27, 1873

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	Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet.  Size:198' X 37.5' X 5.7'
	Power: Engines, 17-1/2's- 6 ft., 3 boilers, each 38" X 26 ft.
			Machinery from the CITY OF PEKIN
	Area: Built for Ill. R. trade. Ran Ill. R.-St. Louis
			Also ran St. Louis-Shreveport.
	Launched: 1872, Madison, Ind. for Illinois Packet Company
	Destroyed: 1873, St. Francis Island, near Helena, Ark.
				Way's claims 12 lives lost.
				Newspaper article above claims only one lost, or could
				the newspaper have a typographical error in the word "and"?
				Should that word have been "all"?
				Also see Comments, below:
			   1874, May 2, Bowling Green Bend at Babbler's Wood Yard,
				Snagged and lost for good.
	Captains: St. Louis-Shreveport, Lloyd T. Belt
			  1873, 
			  1874, May 2, when snagged and lost, William W. Crapster was master.
	Comments: Named for Claiborne Green Wolff.
			  His Name wasn't George, but that's what he was called.
			: After boiler explossion, the hulk was towed to Memphis and rebuilt.
			: Captain  Henry S. Carter was aboard and taken to Memphis aboard the JULIA.
				I am not certain whether he was an officer on the Wolff or a passenger. D.

Name: GEORGE COWLING/ALTON


From
Kris Killman, Artist

    Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
    Size: 140 X 26' X 4.5'
    Power: Engined, 14's- 4-1/2 ft.  Two boilers.
    Launched: 1904, Metropolis, Ill.
    Destroyed: 1927-28, winter, Mouth of Green R.,
               while being moved to Green R., ice cut her seams.  Lost.
    Area: Paducah-Metropolis
          1921, went to Paducah-Gonconda trade
          1923 went to Louisville-Stephensport trade
          Later to Paducah-Evansville trade
    Owners: when new, Capt. E.J. Cowling
            Later was sold to Miss Annie I. Baker, Paducah, Ky.
            1921, Mar. sold to Capt. George Street
            1923, Sold to Williams Bros., Evansville, Ind. and renamed ALTON
    Comments: Whistle came from the DICK FOWLER
            : Named after Captain E.J. Cowling's father.
            : A tidbit about this boat

Name: GEORGE E. STAR
    Type: Side-wheeler    Size:
    Launched: 1880s?
    Area: Columbia R..  Seattle to Bellingham?
    Comments: A slow boat.

3. Name: GEORGE E. WASHINGTON
    Launched: 1840s? LATE?
    Area: 1850s, early, Sacramento R., Calf. 

Name: GEORGE LAW/CENTRAL AMERICA
	Launched: 1850s?
    Destroyed: Sank in gale with $280,000,000 in gold from Panama
               aboard.
    Owner: George "Liveoak" Law
    Captain and pilots: Capt. George Law
    Comments: Ran Panama to East Coast trade

Name: GEO. POPE


From Site Visitor
Doug King

    Type: sternwheel, woodenhull packet
    Area: Unknown
    Comments: Above picture is source of this listing

Name: GEORGE PRINCE/OUACHITA
	Type: Sternwheel steel hull packet.
	Size: 144' X 29.5' X 6.2'.
	Power: Cross compounding condensing engines. 12" . 24"- 7ft.
	Launched: 1822, Nashville, Tenn. by Nashville Bridge Co. 
	Destroyed: 1940, Jan., Dismantled
	Owners: Royal House Route Company, Vicksburg, Miss.
            Later, Capt. L.V. Cooley, New Orleans
	Captains: Under Royal House, George Prince
	Comments: Capt. Cooley changed the name to OUACHITA
            : Machinery came from PERCY SWAIN            

Name: GEO. S. WEEKS
    Launched: 1850s or 60s?
    Area: U. Miss. R.
    Comments: Mentioned in this Article

1. Name: GEORGE SPANGLER
    Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet
    Size: 124' X 25' X 4.2'
    Power: Engines, 10-1/2's - 3 ft. One boiler.
    Launched: 1873, Madison, Ind.
    Area: 1877, New Orleans-St. Martinsville
          1879, Mo. R.
          Spent some time on Osage R., in Mo.
    Owners: built for Capt. Nat Williams
    Captains: 1877, W.C. Smith

1. Name: GEORGE STRECKER


Picture From Dave Strecker
Great grand nephew to Geo.

    Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet.
    Size: 127.6' X 23.8' X 3.9'
    Launched: 1880, Long Reach W. Va.
    Destroyed: 1887, Beverly, burned
    Area: 1885-86, Marietta-Middleport
    Owner: 1885-86 capt. Sheldon S. Stowe
    Captains: Possibly at one time W.D. Crammond, Hawesville, Ky.
    Comments: Whistle went to BEN HUR and others.
            : Named for George (Gottlieb) Strecker, owner boilerworks
              on Harmer side of Muskingum R.,  Marietta, Ga.

Name:  GEO. W. MORE??

Name: GEO. W. KENDALL (Named after George Wilkins Kendall)
    Size: 182'X 33'X 8 1/2', light draft: 3'
    Launched: 1849, Oct 10, Wheeling, W. Va., by M'Lure and Dunlavy
    Area: Ohio and Miss. Rivers.
    Owner: Partly, Capt. Norton
    Captain(s): Norton 
    Comments: First run: 1849, Nov. 13, Wheeling to Pittsburgh.
              Engines by Phillips Foundry, Wheeling
    Comments: Source:  Articles from Daily Wheeling Gazette, 1848
			: Named for George Wilkins Kendall

* Name: GEORGE WASHINGTON
	Size: 360 tons
	Power: High pressure
	Launched: 1825, Cincinnati, Oh.

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