BUILT: 1878 at Cincinnati, Ohio at the Marine Railway Company
FINAL DISPOSITION: Lost at Hermitage, Louisiana after spearing a snag on January 1, 1889
OWNERS: Southern Transportation Company (1880); A.M. Halliday
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain J.V. Reynolds (1878); Chris Young (clerk, 1878, 1880; master, 1889); Captain A.M. Halliday (1880); Pres Ellison (1st clerk, 1889); I.M. Young (2nd clerk, 1889); James Steen (chief engineer, 1889); George Trunnell (pilot, 1889); Wash Kinley (pilot, 1889)
RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4391; Her engines came from the first Golden Rule. In the fall of 1878, she came out in the Cincinnati-New Orleans trade. She was named after a Paris C. Brown who was connected with the Marine Railway Company and also with the boat store Parker, Wise and Company
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Passengers standing on two decks and the pilot house of the PARIS C. BROWN next to shore in the late 19th century