RIVERBOATS
Starting With The Name
KATE
Page 1
The KATE ROBINS
From
The James E. York Post Card Collection
RIVERBOATS
Starting With The Name
KATE
Page 1
The KATE ROBINS
From
The James E. York Post Card Collection
Name: KATE
Built: cir. 1849
Destroyed: 1856, Wheeler's Landing, Trinity R. Tex.
with 1000 bales of cotton aboard
Area: 1849-52, out of Pattonia to Sabine Pass on Neches R. Tex.
Owners: Bondies-Roehte and Co.
comments: See source Article
Name: KATE Destroyed: 1877, May, Yankton, S.D., Snagged, sank in 12' of water. Area: 1876 or so, Mo. R., replaced the DR. BURLEIGH as ferry from Yankton, S.D. to Green Island, Neb. Comments: KATE's machinery came from the YANKTON : This info from Bob Karolevitz's column The Way It Was, believed to have been in a 1995 Yankton. S.D.. newspaper. Name: KATE ADAMS No. 1
Launched: 1880s, Early
Destroyed: 1888, Dec. 23, burned
Area: Miss. R.
Name: KATE ADAMS (The 3rd one)
From The Gallery
of
Michael Blaser
Launched: 1899, by Howard Yard. Size: 240' X 7.
Destroyed: 1927, Jan. 8, Memphis, burned at the levee.
Captains: *1917, June 3, when she was stranded, William Hodges
1900-02, Grant M arsh
Comments: One Source
*"Helena, The Ridge, The River, The Romance" published by
The Phillips County, Ark. Historical Society, 1978.
: Was featured in the movie Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Name: KATE BRUNER
Destroyed: 1886, Mouth of White River: Hit the wreck of LIZZIE GILL and sank.
Name: KATE CASSEL
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: hull, 141' X 29' X 5.'. 167 tons.
Power: 14's-4 ft., 2 boilers.
Launched; 1845, California, Pa.
Destroyed: 1864, dismantled
Area: 1854-55, Pittsburgh-Zanesville
1855- U. Miss. R. out of St. Paul
1861- , Ft. Madison-Rock Island
1863-64, U.S. troop transport
Owners: 1854, Stock Company led by Capt. Joseph McVay
1861-63, B.H. Campbell, of Galena
1863-64, Capt. Hillhouse
1864 Acquired by Wheeling group including Capt. Charles Booth,
Capt. Charles Muhleman, Jackson Harrison, Wm. Battell, and
John Mulrine.
At one time was under Galena Dubuque, Dunleigh and Minnesota Packet Company
*Jones Worden's Steamboats and Steamboating Career by Frederick J. Worden
Name: KATE HENDERSON
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 293 tons.
Launched: 1865, Belpre, Oh./Parkersburg, W. Va.
Destroyed; 1874, out of service
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: KATE HOWARD
1855-61
Name: KATE HOWARD
Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet. Size: 235' X 35' X 6.', 504 tons.
Power: Engines, 24's- 7', 3 boilers. Machinery from N.J. EATON.
Launched: 1857, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Destroyed: 1859, snagged and sunk, in the Osage Chute on Mo. R. Another Map
Area: Mo. R., St. Louis-St. Joseph, Capt. Nanson with W.W. Hilliard, clerk.
: 1858, Nov. New Orleans, Bayou Sara and Ft. Adams, Capt. Gross
Captains: Joseph S. Nanson,
1858, E.F. Gross with W.W. Hilliard as clerk
1859, Aug. 4,when snagged, Joseph S. Nanson with Joe Fetco as pilot.
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly.
: When snagged and sunk was downbound, St. Joseph to St. Louis with
tobacco and hemp.
Name: KATE KINNEY NO. 1
Launched: 1864
Destroyed: 1872, "Burned at New Albany, Indiana
Area: Mo. R.
Owner: 1864-72, Kinney, Joseph
Captain(s): Kinney, Joseph
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly.
Name: KATE KINNEY NO. 2
Launched: 1873
Destroyed: 1883, "Burned at Shreeveport, La.
Area: Mo. R., Miss. R.
Owner: 1873-83, Kinney, Joseph
Captain(s): Kinney, Joseph
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly.
Name: KATE KIRKWOOD
Area: 1848, White R.
Captains: 1848, May, Captain Thomas T. Tunstall
Comments: Source
1 Name: KATE ROBINSON
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet
Size: 283 tons
Launched: 1863, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Destroyed: 1872, Mar. 7, Cincinnati, Burned and lost
Area: When new, out of Pittsburgh to Cincinnati and St. Louis
1866, April, advertised Direct from Pittsburgh to Council Bluffs and Omaha
1870, Cincinnati-St. Louis
Owners: Built for Capt. R, Robinson
Captains: 1863-June 68 when he retired from the river, R. Robinson
1868, Marsh Hays took over as master
1870, James Keniston
Comments: 1869, Dec., Near Grand Tower, sank on a log. Was raised
Name: KATE SWINNEY (often spelled SWEENEY)
Type: Sidewheeler Size: 328 Tons
Destroyed: 1855, Aug., sank near Vermillion R..
Area: Mo. R.
Owner: Capt. Pierre M. Chouteau
Captain and pilots: Capt. Pierre M. Chouteau
Comments: Named for Kate, the daughter of Capt. W.D. Swinney of Glasgow, Mo.
One account of boat's demise says passengers and crew were
slaughtered by Indians. Another account is below:
Comments: from article from Elk Point~Jefferson High School,
Elk Point South Dakota.
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