Phil E. Chappell (Packet, 1877-1888)

Date

• 1878

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Grafton, Illinois, 1877
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned on the Red River, March 10, 1888
• OWNERS: Red River Packet Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: J. A. Ware (master)
• RIVERS: Missouri River; Red River; Osage River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4478; Her machinery came from the Tom Stevens. She ran the lower Missouri River and the Osage River trades until 1883 when she was converted to a cotton boat. After 1883 she ran in the Shreveport trade on the Red River
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At Osceola, Missouri in 1878