Annie Laurie (Packet 1892-1902)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1892, Harmar, Ohio at Knox Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: beached at Glass Baou in Lake Centennial at Vicksburg, Mississippi
• OWNERS: Vicksburg and Greenville Packet Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain George Wallace (Master); Dana Scott (Clerk); Lou Myrick (Clerk); W.W. Richardson (Pilot);
• RIVERS: Ohio River, Mississippi River, Muskingum River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0293; Annie Laurie was built at Harmar, Ohio at Knox Yard, 1892. Original crew in Zanesville-Parkersburg trade: Captain George Wallace, Dana Scott and Lou Myrick clerks,W.W. Richardson, pilot. In a few years she was sold to the Vicksburg and Greenville Packet Co., and ran that trade with success. 1893 she was chartered to Captain Clagart and later to Captain Milt Harry. Finally was beached above glass Bayou in Lake Centennial at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The cabin and engines were removed and the hull became a barge
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Passengers on shore and deck