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Name: JO DAVIES
1. Name: JO HORTON FALL/VALLEY QUEEN
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet
Size: 158' X 28' X 4.'
Power: Compound engines, 9's, 18's- 5 ft. 2 boilers, each 38" X 24'.
Launched: 1913, Jeffersonville, Ind. by Howard Yard
Destroyed: 1934, on Mo. R. trip at Omaha, Neb. sunk and lost
Area: Under Ryman Line and under Nashville Nav. Co., Cumberland R.
1921, Nov. went to Greasy Creek
1926, short trades to Caruthersville. Mo. and elsewhere
Owners: Built for Cumberland River Steamboat Company, ie, Capt. Tom Ryman, Jr. and others
The Nashville Navigation Company later took her over.
Later still went to Capt. Peter Lee and renamed VALLEY QUEEN, an excursion boat
Captains: 1921, Charles Hill
Comments: 1915, fall, Capt. Ryman, Jr. was shot and killed aboard this boat. See
: Capt. Peter Lee converted her to an excursion boat.
1. Name: JOE KINNEY
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet. Size: 231' X 38.4' X 6.8', 739 tons.
Power: Engines, 22's- 7 fr. 3 Boilers
Launched: 1872, Madison, Ind.
Destroyed: 1882, Glasgow Bridge, Glasgow, Mo. on Mo. R.,
Tiller line parted, struck bridge, stove in her side, sank, lost
Area: St. Louis - Mo. R.
Owners: Kansas City Packet Company
Captains: George G. Keith
Comments: Was carring 4,500 sacks of wheat when sank. Cargo was lost.
* Name: JOE NEWMAN
Area: 1881, Sept. 22, said to be leaving the Parkersburg trade
Comments: Thus far I find no other reference to this boat - D.
1. Name: JOE WHEELER
Photo donated by
Ken McCulloch
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 155.8' X 33.5' X 3.5', 65 TON.
Power: Engines, 13's-4 1/2'2 boilers, each 38" X 20'
Launched: 1898, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dismantled: 1919
Area: until 1907, Joppa, Ill. to Chattanooga, Tenn., then Chattanooga to Kingston
1901 or so, U. White R.
Owners: At first, Tennessee River Transportation Co.
Captains: 1901 or so, Thomas B. Stallings, White R.
Comments: Her machinery came from the J.C. WARNER
: When dismantled, her parts went to tow boat CAPTAIN LYERLY
: Mentioned in this Article. Also See for picture and brief article.
Name: JOE WILLIAMS
Type: COAL TOWBOAT Size:
Launched:1870's?
Name: JOEL C. MARBABLE
Launched: 1883
Area: Coosa R. (Ga. and Ala.)
Comments: from Articles on the Coosa River.
To riverboats starting with the name JOHN
Name: JOHNSTON
Launched: 1818: In Wheeling, W. Va..
Comments: Notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA,
WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951
Name: JONATHAN PADELFORD
Type: Sternwheel excursion boat. Size: 125', 250 passengers
Launched: 1970, Dubuque, Iowa
Area: 1999, St Paul Minn.
Captains: 1999, Jim Kosmo
Comments: One of the few truly authentic sternwheelers on Miss. R.
Name: JOSEPH KINNEY
From The Gallery
Of
Michael Blaser
Launched: 1870's?
Destroyed: 1882, Wrecked near Euphrase Bend, Mo. R.
Area: Mo. R.
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage
Name: JOSEPH L. STEPHENS
Type: FERRY BOAT Size:
Launched: 1871
Destroyed: 1887
Area: Mo. R. Boonville, Mo.
Owner: Porter, Capt. John
Captains: Porter, Capt. John, Wilson, R. C.
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly.
Name: JOSEPH H. OGLESBY
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 225' X 35', 399 tons.
Launched: 1856 , Cincinnati, Oh. for Capt. Henry A. Ealer and others
Destroyed: 1858, Aug. 28, Above Glasgow, Mo. Euphrase Bend, Mo. R.,
snagged and lost.
Area: 1856, Louisville-New Orleans
1857, June 10, Mo. R., According to The Diary of E.F. Beadle,
arrived Omaha. Was her first trip to Omaha. Gave
manditory party.
Captains: 1957, Capt. Joseph H. Oglesby
Name: JOSEPH WALTON
Type: Towboat Size:
Launched: 1890's?
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Mar. 31 1897
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Apr. 28 1897
Name: JOSEPH B. WILLIAMS ("BIG JOE")
Launched: 1870s?
Area: Miss. R.
Comments: became a barge-boat
* Name: JOSEPHINE
Area: 1827, Feb., logged at Port of Cincinnati
Name: JOSEPHINE
Launched: 1830s?
Area: U. Miss. R.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
1. Name: JOSEPHINE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet/snagboat
Size: 178'X 31' X 4'
Power: 15's-5 ft., 2 boilers
Launched: 1873, Freedom, Pa. (hull), completed at Pittsburgh, Pa..
Capt. Grant Marsh superintended construction.
Destroyed: 1907. March 8, Running Water, S. Dakota, lost to ice.
Area: 1873, U. Mo. R.: Yellowstone R.
1874, Mo. R., Fort Benton Service
1875, back on Yellowstone conducting exploration of that river.
Owner: 1873-1880s, mid, J.S. Coulson, Eliza Coulson, Sallie B. Coulson,
(see Coulson Line)
James C. McVay, and Fanny Maratta.
1880s, mid, government service
1907 or so, sold to Capt. Joseph Leach
Captain(s): 1873, Marsh, Grant.
: 1891, Gould
: At one time, probably during indian wars, Josephus Todd
Comments: Named for Daughter of Gen. Davis S. Stanley.
: 1873, went up Yellowsotone R. for Custer's Seventh Cavalry
: 1875, Marsh, Grant took her 483 mi. up the
Yellowstone R., farther than any steamer has ever gone since,
to Hell Roaring Rapids above Pompey's Pillar, 483 mi. above
river's mouth.
: 1875, Transported Canadian troops bound for Alberta and Saskatchewan.
: 1876, Went to Sioux Wars. Transported troops of Custer, Terry,
Crook, and Gibbon.
: Altogether she made around fifty trips to Montana, most to Ft. Benton.
Comments: I have listed her above as a also having been a snagboat.
This because of a post card in my files. See
Comparing the artist's conception above and this post card
it looks as though they were the same boat.
: Machinery was salvaged and went to a Yukon R. Steamer
1. Name: JOSEPHINE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet/towboat.
Size: 155.2' X 28.8' X 5.5'. 244 tons.
Power: 16s'-4 1/2 ft., 2 boilers
Launched: 1878, Dubuque, Iowa.
Destroyed: 1896 or 99, Dubuque, dismantled.
Area: 1878-1880s Fulton, Ill.- Burlington, Iowa trade
Owner: 1878-?80?, Diamond Jo Line
Captain(s): 1880s, Al Dawley
Comments: received machinery from and succeded DIAMOND JO in Diamond Jo Line
: Named for wife of L.D. Richardson, long time representitive of Diamond jo Line.
Name: JOSIAH H. BELL
Type: *Sternwheel, wooden hulled packet/gunboat/blockade runner
Size: *171' X 30' X 6.7', 412 tons.
Power: Upright steam engine and three boilers.
Launched: *1853, Jeffersonville, Ind. at the Howard Yard.
Destroyed: 1865, Sabine R. 4 mi. south of Orange, Tx., scuddled and
stripped of engines to avoid being captured by Union.
Area: 1853, possibly made a round trip St. Louis-St. Joseph.
1854, was running Trinity R., Tex. in cotton trade out of Galvenston, Tex.
1859, Sabine R., running ties and rails for Texas and New Orleans Railroad.
1863, Sabine R., served the Confederacy as a cottonclad gunboat See
with one 64-pound rifled cannon mounted on it.
Owners: Robert Mills of Galveston, Tx.
Captains: *Before 1859, Tom Peacock
1862, Charles Fowler
Comments: Named after Josiah Hughes Bell, friend of owner Robert Mills.
: Source for most of above. Also See
1. Name: JOSIE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet/towboat. Size: 146.2' X 28.6' X 4.8'.
Launched: 1873, Madison, Ind.,
Destroyed: 1895, sometine after, Cape Girardeau, Mo., burned.
*Or 1901, L. Miss. R. snagged and burned.
Area: 1873, principally on U. Miss. R.
*Frequently towed grain to New Orleans.
*1880-??, general towing in St. Louis area.
*1901, L. Miss. R. towing hardwood logs from
downriver ports to St. Louis.
Owners: *1873, St. Louis and Keokuk Packet Company
1873 or*75-80 Diamond Jo Line
*1880, sold to Eagle Packet Company
Captains: after Eagle Packet Co. purchased, Master, Henry Leyhe;
pilot, Warren Renfrew.
later, Sam Shrodes.
Comments: Peters Towhead, below Memphis, Under Eagle Packet Co., Collided
with L.E. PATTON, was run ashore and sank. Raised.
: *Engines originally in CITY of KEITHSBURGH then in
FANNIE HARRIS.
Later received engines from JOE GALES
:* From an article by William Petersen in The Palimpsest
1. Name: JOSIE L.K.
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull ferry. Size: 71.5" X 14.5' X 3.5'
Launched: 1884, Chamberland, S.D. *for Capt. H. J. King
Destroyed: 1920, Apr 1, Yankton, cut down by ice.
Area: 1886-1920, Yankton, S.D.
*1885, July, was running excursions out of Chamberland, S.D. to American
Island, a natural park on an island in the Mo. R.
Owners: *1884, Capt. Henry Jasper King
King sold the boat to the city of Yankton, S.D.
1900-24, Capt. Joseph Giesler
Captains: 1884-??, Henry Jasper King
**1900-20, Joseph Giesler
Comments: Named for Josie L. King, daughter of Capt Henry Jasper King
: **Replaced the SENATOR as ferry from Yankton, S.D.
to Green Island, Neb.
: * From King Family history
: **From Bob Karolevitz's column The Way It Was,
believed to have been in a 1995 Yankton. S.D.. newspaper.
: Portions of the above are from this Article by Bob Karolevitz
contributed by Mark Frazier
Name: JOSIE SILVEY (Source)
Launched: Pre 1896
Area: 1896-97 season, U. White R., Ark.
Name: JUANITA (possibly JUNIATTAH)
Area: 1830s Ohio R.
Comments: This listing generated by site visitor Carol Gromer
who wrote:
"I am looking for information about a steamer which worked on
the Ohio River in the 1830s. My family was on board a
vessel which they record as "Juniattah." The spelling in the
rest of the reference isn't good; so, I would think the name
might actually be something like "Juanita" maybe."
Name: JUANITA
Area: Under John Clemens, Neches R., Tex.
Owners: Between 1852 and 57 purchased by Capt. John Clemens
Captains: at various times, John Clements and Peter D. Stockholm
Comments: See source Article
Name: JUBILEE
Area: St Louis trade
Captain: 1828, Pilot, Sellers, Isaiah
1. Name: JUDGE FLETCHER (No. 1)
Type: siedwheeler, wooden hull, packet Size: 260 tons
Launched: 1860, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1869, early, Red R., hit a rock
Area: 1860, N.O.-Red R.; 1866, summer, N.O.-Ouachita R.
Owner: 1860, Kouns Line
1868, early, Capt. Harrison L. Watts
1868, Oct., Edgar Nott, of New Orleans
Captains: 1866, Tobin, John W.
1868, Watts, Harrison L.
Under Nott's ownership, Phelps, James E.
At one time, Keeling, Frank
1. Name: JUDGE FLETCHER (No. 2)
Type: Sternwheeler, wooden hull, packet
Launched: 1877, New Albany, Ind.
Area: 1877, Took Gen. Philip Sheridan up to visit the battlefield of
Custer's Massacre.
Owner: Under charter to Capts. Davidson, W.F. and
Davis, John B.
Captains: above and
1. Name: JUDITH
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 184.4' X 33.2' X 4.4'
Power: Engines, 14's- 5ft., 2 boilers.
Launched: 1881, Mound City, Ill.
Destroyed: 1888, July 29, Brickhouse Bend, Mo. R. snagged and lost.
Owners: Originally, Northern Pacific R.R.
Later owned by Benton Transfer Company who rebuilt her into a packet.
Later purshased by Capt. John E. Massengale and Augustus Block
Captains: When lost, Charles W. Able with John Gillham as pilot
Comments: Originally was NORTHERN PACIFIC No. 2, railroad transfer boat.
: Carried a large cargo of wheat when sunk.
Name: JULIA
Launched: 1846, Elizabeth, Pa.
Destroyed: 1850, Sept. 14, Bellefontaine Bend, Mo. R. snagged.
Name: JULIA
Launched: 1848, Louisville, Ky.
Destroyed: 1860, dec. 17, Arkansas R., snagged.
Name: JULIA
Launched: 1859, Wheeling W. Va.
Destroyed: 1862, out of service.
Comments: ?Mentioned in this Article?
Name: JULIA
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 158 tons.
Launched: 1863, Manchester Pa.
Destroyed: 1867, May 10, within 4 mi. of Mankato, Minn., snagged
Area: 1863-65, Pittsburgh-Zanesville
1864, Summer, U.S. Service, Blennerhassett Island-Pittsburgh
Owners: 1863-65, Capt. William Coulson
1865, sold to Northwestern Line
Captains: 1863-65, William Coulson
See Coulson Line
Name: JULIA
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 241' X 41' X 7.', 263 tons
Launched: 1863, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Destroyed: 1876, Jan. St. Louis, dismantled.
Area: St. Louis-New Orleans trade
Owners: 1863, Capt George Pegram and others
Entered into Atlantic and Mississippi Steam Ship Company service
Later, in Anchor Line
1873, purchased by Capt W.C. Blake
3. Name: JUlIA
Type: Sidewheel Wooden hull, Size: 170'X 38'X 10', 520 tons
Launched: 1870,
Power: Steam reciprocating engine, 200 hp
Destroyed: 1888, Feb. 27, boiler explosion
Area: California Delta
Owner: Central Pacific R.R., Southern Pacific R.R.
1856, California Steam Navigation Company
Name: JUlIA originally the BELLE of CALHOUN
1895-1930-31 winter
Name: JULIA No. 2
Type; Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 322 tons.
Launched: 1865, Wellsville, Oh.
Destroyed: 1879, Dismantled
Area: 1865-72, Out of Zanesville, usually to Pittsburgh.
1872- Cincinnati-Kanawha R.
Under Lovel, Cumberland R.
Owners: 1865-72, Capt. William Coulson and others
1872, Capt. R.V. Reynolds
Later, Capt. J.W. Lovell
Captains: 1865-72, Calvin R. Stull
1872, R.V. Reynolds
Later, J.W. Lovell
See Coulson Line
Name: JUlIA BELL SWAIN
Type: Sternwheeler Size:
Launched: 1913
Comments: Named for Julia Bell Swain Shelton
: One Source
Name: JULIA BELL SWAIN
Click on picture to enlarge
Video of the
JULIA BELLE SWAIN
Type: Sternwheeler / Steel hull
Size: Length: 108'; Width: 22'; Engines: 12's-5 ft. from the ferry
City Of Baton Rouge. One water tube boiler.
Launched: 1971 by Dubuque Boat and Boiler Co. for Capt. Dennis Trone
Area: Peoria, Ill. R. day trips
Chattanooga: 2 day trips to Starved Rock State Park
Owners: 1971 - 199?: Trone, Capt Dennis
Presently: Great River Steamboat Co.
Captain(s):
Comments: Named for Julia Bell Swain Shelton, for whom the original
boat was named in 1913
Name: JULIA DEAN
Launched: 1850 as was another boat of the same name, firing much historical
confusion as to which boat was where and when.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article as having the first steam horn.
Name: JUSTICE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 75 tons.
Launched: 1851, West Newton, Pa.
Area: 1851, Youghiogheny R.
1852, Ohio R., Wheeling-Wellsville
1866, U. White R.
Owners: 1851, John and F. Steiner, of West Newton, PA.
1854, sold to U. Miss. R.
Captains: 1852, Ohio R., Murdoch
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
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