Andy Hatcher (Packet, 1889)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1889 in Charleston, West Virginia
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned while tied up on the Big Sandy River at the mouth of Paint Creek
• OWNERS: Built by Captain John Hopkins and others; latter days owned by Captain Green Meek
• RIVERS: Big Sandy River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0263; Ran opposition to the Frank Preston on Big Sandy River; after it burned, the roof bell went to the Paintsville City School, when that building was torn down, it was placed on a pedestal on the City School lawn; the whistle went to the Thealka, machinery went to the sawmill boat Ray, then to the W.F. Smith, Cop-R-Loy, Detroiter, and in 1980 on the Sacramento River steamboat Elizabeth Louise
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Passengers on deck; horses and wagon in foreground