Orlando (Packet, 1900-1901)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1891 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard, originally named Ora Lee
• FORMERLY: Ora Lee
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Struck a snag two miles above Peach Orchard Bluff on the White River, July 5, 1901
• OWNERS: White River
• RIVERS: White River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4330; Purchased in 1900 by White River and name changed to Orlando, she sank on July 5, 1901 en route from Memphis to Newport, Arkansas and was lost
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Parked at levee; loading/unloading cotton