Island Queen (Packet/excursion, 1905-1912)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet/excursion
• BUILT: 1893 as the St. Joseph at Madison, Indiana
• FORMERLY: St. Joseph
• BECAME: Morning Star July 1912
• OWNERS: 1905: Captain John F. Klein; September 1908: Harrison P. Dilworth
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain B.W. Hebel
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2798; Captain John F. Klein bought her at Natchez, Mississippi, early 1905 and brought her to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and renamed her the Island Queen. She ran excursions to a park on Neville Island, Ohio River about where the Dravo Corporation now is located. Sold September 1908 to Harrison P. Dilworth and was renamed the Morning Star in July 1912
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Winter scene at shore