Grand (Packet, 1905-1921)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1905 at Grand Rapids, Michigan by Captain M.J. Godfrey
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Bayou Teche, Louisiana on May 17, 1921
• OWNERS: Memphis and Little Rock Packet Company; Captain R.C. Johnson, Memphis (circa 1912); Captain Joseph Chotin (1920)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Henry C. Daniels; Sam G. Smith (clerk); Captain R.C. Johnson (master); Mrs. Nettie Johnson (master and pilot on the Arkansas River)
• RIVERS: Fox River; Wisconsin River; Lake Michigan; Mississippi River; Arkansas River; St. Francis River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2417; The Grand was built to run to Grand Rapids to Grand Haven, Michigan to connect with lake steamers for Chicago. Later she ran from Memphis to Little Rock. Then she ran the St. Francis River and ended up hauling rice to Morgan City, Louisiana