Big Foot (Packet, 1875-1876)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1875 in Pittsburgh area
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank 10 miles above Eufaula, Alabama, Saturday night, December 9, 1876
• OWNERS: Captain Adam Poe; Central Rail Road of Georgia
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Adam Poe
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0615; From the Memphis Daily Appeal in 1876, the Big Foot sank to her boiler deck and her cargo of cotton floated off a total loss. Large image of Indian on top of pilothouse represents the Wyandot chief Big Foot, famed for a battle at Yellow Creek, Ohio
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Note Indian on top of the pilothouse.