Steamboat Waybills, page 14 Addie E. Faison 1892 waybill with photo Courtesy of La Crosse Steamboat Collection Photographs at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse ADDIE E. FAISON Sternwheel Packet Way's Packet Directory Number 0061 Built in Marietta, Ohio at Knox Yard, 1887 Parts of the old steamer HEADLIGHT were used in the building of the FAISON. Ran out of Vicksburg, Mississippi to the Yazoo and Sunflower Rivers Sank and lost at Nelson Landing, Mississippi November 20, 1893 Waybill L. Combs - the LESLIE COOMBS - at Powhatan Point along the Ohio River. Have concluded that this 1865 waybill for the "L. COMBS" referred to the steamer LESLIE COOMBS: LESLIE COOMBS Way's Packet Directory Number 3428 Sternwheel packet boat Built at Madison, Indiana in, 1860 - 199 tons Ran Cincinnati-Kentucky River, Capt. George Stivors, then Louisville-Madison, spring 1861, same master. Ran Marietta-Zanesville, Capt. A.B. Crane, early 1862. Ran Wheeling-Clarington, Capt. Fred Kimpel, 1866. Went to U.S. marshal sale early 1869 and bought by Clark Hanes, Wheeling, West Virginia. He resold her to Portsmouth, Ohio, parties in April 1869. Brought two barges of railroad freight cars Cincinnati to Maysville, Kentucky, June 1871. Condemned at Ironton, Oh., September 1871, and was beached on the shore of the Kentucky River on April 8, 1872. Powhatan Point is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,592 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waybill from the KATIE STOCKDALE dated October 8, 1883 for 25 boxes of crackers sent by The Holmes Biscuit Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio to Thompson & Jackson of Parkersburg, West Virginia. KATIE STOCKDALE Way's Packet Directory Number 3253 Sternwheel packet boat. In 1877 th hull was built in California, Pennsylavania and the rest of the boat's construction was completed at Pittsburgh. 228 x 34.5 x 5. Engines, 16's - 7 foot Four boilers. Originally owned by J. T. Stockdale (one-quarter), Willis Stockdale (one-half), and Thomas S. Calhoon (one-quarter). Named for youngest daughter of J.T. Stockdale. Entered Pittsburgh-Cincinnati trade, December 1877, Capt. T. S. Calhoon. Clerks included Nat Earhart, Martin F. Noll, C.M. Buchanan, C. Barringer, H.C. Caldwell, A. J McConnell, and Charles W. Knox. Whistle and cabin furniture came from the GLENCOE. James Rowley, Sr. and George Hughes were the original pilots on her. She came out with plain-topped stacks but had fancy tops added, similar to the SCOTIA's in August 1880. Sank in a collision with the towboat B. D. WOOD on February 3, 1882. Started out as the Saturday boat out of Pittsburgh but by 1882 swapped over to become the Monday boat. On February 10, 1884, the pilot house was sawed off level with the pilot wheel to get her under the Parkersburg bridge. The iron paddlewheel she came out with was not successful and was replaced with a usual one. Dismantled at Harmar in 1890 and her equipment went to the new KEYSTONE STATE. The hull with cabin intact was towed to Pittsburgh and rebuilt into an excursion barge for John F. Klein, renamed CITY OF PITTSBURGH, later IDLEWILD, neither name approved by U.S. Customs and she again became KATIE STOCKDALE. Sprung a leak and sank at the Pittsburgh wharf August 2, 1895, at 5:00 A.M. The wreck was raised, towed to the head of Davis Island, Ohio River there beached and burned. Waybill from the CHEROKEE 1897 CHEROKEE Sternwheel Packet Boat Way's Packet Directory Number 0996 Built at Dubuque, Iowa, 1888. 216.4 x 33.9 x 6. Engines, 17's - 7 ft. Four boilers, each 40" by 24 ft. The Iowa Machine Works built this long, slim steel hull packet for the St. Louis-Memphis trade. In 1894 she made a special trip St. Louis to Shreveport with groceries and hardware, Capt. Henry Keith. In 1897 she ran St. Louis-Illinois River in place of the D.H. PIKE. About 1906 she was sold to the St. Louis & Chester Packet Co. and renamed CHESTER. Waybill dated 21 Feb 1851 from the NEW WORLD NEW WORLD Way's Packet Directory Number 4193 Sidewheeler built at Cincinnati, Ohio 1849. 199 tons 161 x 25 x 5. Went to New Orleans, owned in part by Capt. L.G. Moore, master of Union County, Arkansas, who was associate with the boat until 1853. Thenceforth control was in the hands of Samuel Ayles, New Orleans, Capt. A.P. Hyatt, master. Off the lists in 1856. Waybill EMPRESS 24 April 1852 EMPRESS Way's Packet Directory Number 1856 Sidewheeler built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1850. 304 tons, 179.7 x 28 x 6.3 Went to Mobile, Alabama. She was returned to New Orleans in 1856, then owned by Robert S. Kirk, Mobile (3/4 interest) and her commander Captain John C. Graeff. Sold September 1857 to Captain William Risher, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Burned and lost at Algiers, Louisiana on 29 June, 1858. Waybill from the Eagle Packet Co. for the D.H. PIKE 1897 Waybill from the Eagle Packet Co. at Peoria, Illinois 1897 for the steamboat D.H. PIKE whose name is very faded and barely readable in the upper left corner of the document. D. H. PIKE Sternwheel packet Way's Packet Directory Number 1415 Originally the BENTON McMILLIN built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1883. The McMILLIN was lengthened to become 199.6 x 33.5 x 5.5 by Eagle Packet Co., which ran her between St. Louis & Peoria in the 1890s. On one occasion the St. Louis firm Scharff & Berneheimer chartered her, loaded her out with groceries, sundries, etc., and went to Knox's Point on the Red River, with her. She was dismantled in 1898 and parts were used in building the BALD EAGLE. Waybill CAPITOL from 1855 1855 Steamboat CAPITOL New Orleans to West Baton Rouge Name "STEAMER / CAPITOL" red oval stamp upper left from address (Milgram no. 173), Blue folded printed waybill (G. W. Shaw &Co. - Commission and forwarding agents, New Orleans), datelined "27 Oct 1855," for shipment from New Orleans to West Baton Rouge, with woodcut illustration of a steamboat addressed to H. Grover In care of W.E. Brown West Baton Rouge, Louisiana Manuscript "Capitol" transit instructions at lower left Carried entirely outside the post as a bill of lading and receiving the name-of-boat cachet, accompanied by 2009 Philatelic Foundation certificate #473936 The CAPITOL, a steamboat of 224 tons, was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1854 for Capt. James H.Ure for the Bayou Sara (St. Francisville) trade. 1855 Steamboat CAPITOL New Orleans to West Baton Rouge Name "STEAMER / CAPITOL" red oval stamp upper left from address (Milgram no. 173), Blue folded printed waybill (G. W. Shaw & Co. - Commission and forwarding agents, New Orleans), datelined "27 Oct 1855," for shipment from New Orleans to West Baton Rouge, with woodcut illustration of a steamboat addressed to H. Grover In care of W.E. Brown West Baton Rouge, Louisiana Manuscript "Capitol" transit instructions at lower left Carried entirely outside the post as a bill of lading and receiving the name-of-boat cachet, accompanied by 2009 Philatelic Foundation certificate #473936 The CAPITOL, a steamboat of 224 tons, was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1854 for Capt. James H.Ure for the Bayou Sara (St. Francisville) trade. Waybill CAPITOL from late in 1857 to early in 1858 Stacker Lee Waybill 1910 Lee Line packet STACKER LEE waybill dated the 13th & 14th of September 1910 STACKER LEE Sternwheel packet boat Way's Packet Directory Number 5174 Built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. by Howard, 1902. 225.5 x 45 x 6.5. Engines, 18's- 8 feet. Three boilers, each 44" by 24 feet Owned by the Lee Line, Memphis. Crew in October 1902 consisted of: Capt. Shep Lightner; Luther Brashear and Charles B. Ziegler, pilots; William Brannon and Richard Fryer, engineers John Hermann and Joe Tucker, clerks. Ran St. Louis - Memphis. Captain Tom Greene once said that the name "Stacker Lee" sounded more "Southern" than any other steamboat's name; which reminds us that Courtney M. Ellis, who was an engineer with the Lee Line for a time, recalled a sign over the crew's table which warned "NO STEAMBOATING AT MEALS." The STACKER LEE sank four miles above Memphis, downbound, Oct. 21, 1916 at 11:00 P.M. There was water at the back end of the texas. Purser Nick Jokerst gathered up money and papers and with second clerk Walter Jeffords rowed to Memphis in a yawl and got the tug BART TULLY to come up for the passengers. On the morning of that same day the CAPE GIRARDEAU sank off Fort Gage. Waybill Steamer JULIA DEAN July 1853 on the canal at Zanesville, Ohio JULIA DEAN Sternwheel packet Way's Packet Directory Number 3181 Built at McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1850. 117 tons. 138.5 x 24 x 3.8. Ran Pittsburgh-Zanesville, 1850-1853. Built for N.W. and George Graham of N. W. Graham & Co., Zanesville, Ohio. Her masters included Captains Charles Galligher, Joseph McVay, J.J. Binning, Henry S. Pierce and George Russell. The JULIA DEAN was lost in collision with the RAINBOW at Mount Vernon, Indiana April 26, 1857, with loss of five lives. Waybill CARRIE BROWN 1900 15 December 1900 Waybill from the CARRIE BROWN CARRIE BROWN Way's Packet Directory Number 0874 Sternwheel packet boat Built at Harmar, Ohio in 1890. 122 x 24.4. Engines, 12's - 4 feet Two boilers, 40" by 18 feet Owned by Capt. M.H. Brown and others, Gallipolis, Ohio. She ran Gallipolis - Huntington for 23 years, and Charles Warner was pilot on her the whole time. Burned at Gallipolis, November 17, 1913, at 11:30 P.M. The hull became a wharf boat at Catlettsburg, Kentucky. Engines went to ferry OWEVA, later on PAUL F. THOMAS. The photo of the boat is from "Shep's Place": shepsplace.net With the exception of images credited to public institutions, everything on this page is from a private collection. 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