Valley Gem (Packet, 1897-1918)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1897 at Harmar, Ohio at Knox Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Destroyed by ice at Morgantown, West Virginia in February 1918
• OWNERS: Captain Newton Price (1898); C.F. Siler (1898); J.H. Shipps (1898); Charles F. Hearing (1898); H.S. Shaner (1898); Lee Humphrey (1898); Captain Orville Noll (1917)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Newton Price (master, 1897-1917); Captain J. Orville Noll (master, 1917-1918); T.M. Price (clerk); ? McLaughlin (pilot, 1900)
• RIVERS: Muskingum River; Monongahela River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5535; She was built for the McConnelsville-Zanesville trade on the Muskingum River. From 1898-1917 she ran this trade, making one round trip a day. Captain Noll bought her in 1917 to use in the Pittsburgh-Fairmont trade on the Monongahela River. She was the last packet in the Fairmont trade
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Passengers disembarking from the Valley Gem