Butte (Packet, 1879-1883)

Date

• April 1881

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Hull built at Sewickley, Pennsylvania and then completed at Pittsburgh in 1879
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned and lost 12 miles above Old Fort Peck, Montana on August 1, 1883
• OWNERS: Block P Line; Benton Transportation Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Johnson (master) at time of fire
• RIVERS: Missouri
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0748; She was the first boat built by the Sewickley yard and was launched in April 1879. The third boat of the Block P Line, she made 25 trips to Montana in the Missouri service
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Butte caught in an ice crush in April, 1881 at Yankton, South Dakota