Arkansas City (Packet, 1882-1896)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1882 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Howard Boatyards
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Demolished May 27, 1896
• OWNERS: Anchor Line
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain C. B. Zeigler (Master)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0351; Original price $75,350; owned by the Anchor Line of St. Louis-New Orleans fame. Home port or owner's residence circa 1882 was St. Louis, Missouri. Captain Zeigler was a great story teller and famed as an entertainer. The Arkansas City was demolished in the St. Louis tornado, May 27, 1896. Value at time of loss: $40,000
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: On boatyard ways