Expansion (Packet, 1900-1910)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1900 at Bismarck, North Dakota
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Lost in ice at Bismarck on March 13, 1910
• OWNERS: Benton Packet Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Grant Marsh (master/pilot)
• RIVERS: Missouri River; Yellowstone River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1940; After she was lost, part of the hull was used on the motor vessel Expansion
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: From right to left: Expansion, Far West, Rosebud