Hazel Rice (Packet, 1895-1930)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1895 at Harmar, Ohio at the Knox Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled 1930
• OWNERS: J.W. Rice; Chicago Mill and Lumber Company (1916); Captain W.L. Berry; Captain Lewis Tanner (1918); Evansville and Bowling Green Packet Company (1929)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain L.A. McMurtey (master)
• RIVERS: Muskingum River; Kentucky River; White River; Saint Francis River; Green River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2562; Built for J.W. Rice. Her engines were from the Lizzie Cassel. Frequently leased to the U.S. Engineers, Zanesville District where she towed dredges and equipment. Captain Tanner ran her Madison-Monterey and also took an excursion to Beattyville on the Kentucky River in June 1919. In spring 1926 she towed for the Flesher Sand and Gravel Company, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. When Captain Jeff Williams dismantled her, he used much of her equipment to build the towboat Tom Williams
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Left to right: Hazel Rice, Northern