M. T. Bryan (Packet, 1903-1922)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Chamberlain, South Dakota, 1903
• FORMERLY: J. H. Keene, then Gros Ventre
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned on the lower Cumberland River, October 5, 1922
• OWNERS: Captain W. L. Berry and others (1921); Nashville Navigation Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain David Martin (master, 1921); Bill R. Smith and Tom Armstrong (pilots, 1921)
• RIVERS: Wabash River; Ohio River; Cumberland River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3667; Originally gas powered and named J. H. Keene, then Gros Ventre. Captain Berry and others of Paducah, Kentucky, bought and rebuilt her there into a steamboat, renamed for the president of the Cumberland River Improvement Association. She hauled corn from Wabash River to Nashville under the command of Captain David Martin. She burned at Eddyville, Cumberland River, October 5, 1922
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Entering a lock