Colonel Crossman (Packet, 1857-1858)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1857
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Exploded boilers, February 2, 1858, New Madrid, Missouri
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1st trip: Captain Yore; mid-1857: Captain J. Cheever
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River; Missouri River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways -1217; Home port was St. Louis. She ran the Louisville-New Orleans route. When her boilers exploded on February 2, 1858 at New Madrid, Missouri, there was loss of 14 lives
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: 1857 bill of lading