COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
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McCracken~13~13
Mary Wheeler Collection
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Filename:
MW.B4.F21.314(i).jpg
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MW.B4.F21.314(i).jpg
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Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.314(i)
identifier
MW.B4.F21.314(i)
Identifier
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Title:
Stw. John S. Hopkins and Roustabouts
title
Stw. John S. Hopkins and Roustabouts
Title
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Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
creator
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Creator
false
Subject:
Sternwheelers
subject
Sternwheelers
Subject
false
Subject:
Steamboats
subject
Steamboats
Subject
false
Subject:
Stw. John S. Hopkins
subject
Stw. John S. Hopkins
Subject
false
Subject:
Roustabouts
subject
Roustabouts
Subject
false
Subject:
Rivers
subject
Rivers
Subject
false
Description:
Starboard side of the sternwheeler JOHN S. HOPKINS (Way #3110) nearing the bank near Paducah, KY. Notice the roustabouts and cargo on the bow. According to Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, he JOHN S. HOPKINS, a sternwheeler packet boat with a wooden hull (200 x 35.3 x 6) built in Sewickley, PA and finished in Pittsburgh, PA in 1880. It was owned by the Evansville, Paducah & Cairo Mail Line and run by Paducah, Capts. Joe and Dick Fowler among others. After being damaged by fire in 1882, she was rebuilt at Cincinnati, OH. In April 1912 she was converted into an excursion boat by Capt. J.B. Thompson of Evansville, IN. She burned after being laid up in the Green River in January 1917. The majority of the JOHN S. HOPKINS spent the majority of her years running in the Evansville-Paducah trade.
description
Starboard side of the sternwheeler JOHN S. HOPKINS (Way #3110) nearing the bank near Paducah, KY. Notice the roustabouts and cargo on the bow. According to Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983, he JOHN S. HOPKINS, a sternwheeler packet boat with a wooden hull (200 x 35.3 x 6) built in Sewickley, PA and finished in Pittsburgh, PA in 1880. It was owned by the Evansville, Paducah & Cairo Mail Line and run by Paducah, Capts. Joe and Dick Fowler among others. After being damaged by fire in 1882, she was rebuilt at Cincinnati, OH. In April 1912 she was converted into an excursion boat by Capt. J.B. Thompson of Evansville, IN. She burned after being laid up in the Green River in January 1917. The majority of the JOHN S. HOPKINS spent the majority of her years running in the Evansville-Paducah trade.
Description
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Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
publisher
McCracken County Public Library
Publisher
false
Date:
Circa 1935
date
Circa 1935
Date
false
Type:
Still Image
type
Still Image
Type
false
Format:
Image/TIFF
format
Image/TIFF
Format
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
coverage
Lower Ohio River Valley
Coverage
false
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
rights
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Rights
false
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)