City of Owensboro (Packet, 1885-1895)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1885 at Jeffersonville, Indiana at Howard Ship Yards
• BECAME: City of Osceola
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold in 1895 to the Lee Line and renamed City of Osceola
• OWNERS: Louisville and Evansville Packet Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain David L. Penny (master); Captain Marion Ryan (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1115; Homeport or owner's residence circa 1885, Louisville, Kentucky. Original price $19,500. Much of her equipment came from the Grey Eagle (built 1871). The City of Owensboro once went high and dry in a cornfield at Scuffletown in Canadian Reach on the Kentucky shore