Nellie Kent (Packet, 1868-1879)

Photographer

Doremus, John

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1868 at Osceola, Wisconsin (hull); completed at La Crosse Wisconsin
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1879
• OWNERS: Captain Wm. Kent
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Wm. Kent (master, 1871); Captain Russ Ruley (pilot); Captain Oscar Knapp (master); John A. Kent (pilot); David Cunningham (steward, 1871); Thomas J. Connelly (engineer, 1871); Robert Hill (carpenter, 1871); Mark Humphrey (first clerk)
• RIVERS: St. Croix River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4137; Built by John A. Kent. First home port, St. Paul Minnesota. She ran between Prescott and St. Croix Falls. She ran tri-weekly from St. Paul to Taylors Falls. After she was dismantled, her equipment went to building the Mary Barnes