J. M. Grubbs (Towboat, 1898-1929)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1898 at Delhi, Ohio
• BECAME: William C. (1929)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold and renamed in 1929
• OWNERS: Captain W.P. Vaughan (1902-04); T.J. Hall and Company (1908-15); Steven E. Price (1923)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Chester Foster (engineer, 1923); Captain Steve Price (master, 1923)
• RIVERS: Big Sandy River; Salt River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1268; Originally a freight and passenger carrier between Catlettsburg, Kentucky and Pikeville on the Big Sandy River. When owned by T.J. Hall she towed on contract jobs. She was probably the last steamboat up the Salt River. After being sold to Steven Price, she towed the showboat Columbia. When Captain Price died, the boat and showboat were sold to Menke Brothers through W.C. Sanderson of Evansville, Indiana. The names of both boats were changed at that time
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: On the ways