Grey Eagle (Packet, 1865-1888)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1865 at Warsaw, Illinois
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank at Henry, Illinois and removed from documentation in 1888
• OWNERS: Eagle Packet Company; Captain Sol York
• OFFICERS & CREW: Fred R. Condit (master, pilot); James Mefford (pilot); Captain J. Bishop (1865); Henry Leyhe (captain, 1865); William Leyhe (engineer, 1865; captain, 1871); Captain D.M. Morris (master, 1873-74); Charles Curtis (pilot, 1873); Jack Anthony (engineer); H. Culter (pilot, 1874); W.H. Hyde (engineer); Captain John Reid Williams
• RIVERS: Illinois River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2461; First home port, Keokuk, Iowa. She ran Keokuk-Quincy, later ran in the Peoria-Henry trade and still later ran Lacon-Peoria