COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F21.267(i).jpg
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.267(i)
Title:
Stw. Joe Fowler
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject:
Steamboats
Subject:
Rivers
Description:
Starboard side of the sternwheeler JOE FOWLER (Way #3031) near Paducah, KY. According to Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, the JOE FOWLER, a sternwheel packet boat (182 x 31.6 x 5.5) was built in 1888 by Howard Steamboat Company in Jeffersonville, IN. She was built by the Fowler Family of Paducah, KY for the Evansville-Paducah trade and is mentioned in a number of the roustabout songs collected by Mary Wheeler. The "Jumpin' Joe" as the roustabouts called her, later ran out of Parkersburg, W.VA and Evansville, IN before being converted into the CRESCENT which burned November 17, 1920 on the Green River.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
Circa 1935
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/TIFF
Language:
English
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Citation:
Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
