BUILT: 1909 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yards
BECAME: Island Maid, 1923
OWNERS: Captain D.W. Wisherd and Sam Gregory
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Walter Wisherd (master, 1913); Captain J.E. Short (pilot, 1913); Captain Trim Wadlington (master, 1913); Captain George L. White (master, 1914); Edgar Wisherd (captain, 1916); John Pierson (pilot, 1916) Harry Wilcox (pilot, 1916)
RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2188; Named for Granderson Winfrey Hill of Alexandria, Missouri for the St. Louis-Calhoun County apple trade. Converted into an excursion boat in May 1912. After World War I she commenced tramping to the upper Ohio River, she also went to New Orleans, Pittsburgh, etc. until sold in 1923 after the steamboat fire at Cincinnati, Ohio (November 4, 1922). Home port or owner's residence circa 1909, St. Louis, Missouri. Original price $28,850
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: G. W. Hill docked in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The old wagon bridge is in the background, man riding a bike in the foreground