Sophia M. Gardner (Towboat, 1912-1917)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1912 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia at the Gardner Docks
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank in a windstorm at Missouri City Bend on April 3, 1917
• OWNERS: Captain Ralph Emerson Gaches; Marshall Rust
• OFFICERS & CREW: C.H. Smith (master/pilot, 1914)
• RIVERS: Missouri River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2322; Named for the wife of George P. Gardner. She was built from the packet Calvert. Used by Captain Gaches to tow showboats