Eureka (Packet, 1872-1877?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Madison, Indiana 1873
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain King (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Kentucky River; Ouachita River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1913; Built for the Cincinnati-Kentucky River trade and came out new in September 1872, with Captain King, master. That November she was advertised to leave Cincinnati for New Orleans but was tied up at Cincinnati by creditors. She was still in the Cincinnati-Kentucky River trade in 1875, and running on the Ouachita River in 1877
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At the suspension bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio