One of my favorite old steamboats, the ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ. In my perfect world, I would rebuild this Ozark classic as a hands-on, educational museum on the White River. It only takes about 8.3 million and a contractor willing to build it historically correct with the specs.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ in Calico Rock, Arkansas, prior to 1896.
Sternwheel, wooden hull, packet, built in Batesville, Arkansas, in 1896.
1896: Owner/Master, Capt. C.B. Woodbury for White River service.
1903 (May): Master, Capt. William Shipp & Pilot, John Shipp (Shipps Ferry). The ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ was in the Batesville-McBees (1 mile N. Of Cotter) trade.
1904 (December): Condemned at Memphis and sold to Capt. M.F. Bradford.
1906: Rebuilt and renamed the ๐๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ in Madisonville, La. Owned by Bradford Transportation Co. Ran New Orleans, Lower Terrebonne, Sugar Refinery and Houma, and on Bayou Lafourche to Lafourche Crossing.
1909: Capt. T.W. Cook, with A. Rodriquez, clerk.
She escaped a bad windstorm at New Orleans only to be destroyed by fire soon after in September, 1926.
Photo from Dr. Abraham Photo Gallery at the Baxter County Library
Colorization by Vincent S. Anderson
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