Henrietta (Packet/towboat ca. 1892-1910)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet/excursion/towboat BUILT: Originally a rafter, J.E. Staples, built in Stillwater, Minnesota, 1879; later David Bronson
• FORMERLY: J.E. Staples; David Bronson
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled, 1910; machinery went to towboat Hibernia
• OWNERS: Berlin and Healy; Spring, 1902: Captain R.A. Talbot and Myron H. Sherman; Fall, 1902: Captain Shep Green; March, 1904: John S. Summers and Arthur A. Peck
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1896: Captain A. Woodward; 1897: Captain E.W. Durant (master); 1899: Captain E.E. Miller (master), Harry Darling (pilot); 1904: Captain W.L. Berry
• RIVERS: Minnesota River; Missouri River; Cumberland River; Tennessee River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2580; By 1898 the Henrietta was handling excursions between St. Paul and St. Peter, Minnesota. Berlin and Healy later took her to the Missouri River and ran excursions at Omaha. Spring of 1902 under new ownership she ran excursions at Sioux City, Iowa. That fall under Captain Green she ran the Dover-Nashville trade on the Cumberland River. New owners in 1904 converted her into a towboat and she then towed ties out of the Tennessee River
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Many passengers on all decks