Steamboats docked at Des Arc, Arkansas, c. 1863, including the Pocahontas,the Ella and the Emma No. 2 [graphic]. [186-?]

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Gillet, Orville, 1832-1914. Steamboats docked at Des Arc, Arkansas, c. 1863, including the Pocahontas,the Ella and the Emma No. 2 [graphic].

Steamboats docked at Des Arc, Arkansas, c. 1863, including the Pocahontas,the Ella and the Emma No. 2 [graphic]. [186-?]

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The steamboat Pocahontas, Ella and [Emma] docked at Des Arc, Arkansas. A sign on the front reads, "For St. Louis." According to information found on the Internet at http://members.tripod.com/%7EWrite4801/riverboats/e-2.html , the POCAHONTAS was a "Type: Sidewheeler, wood hull packet, Size: 163 tons, 180' X 32', Launched: 1857, Pittsburgh, Pa., Destroyed: 1866, Aug. 9, Near Ft. Randall, S.D. on Mo. R., Snagged and lost while carrying Indian supplies., Area: U. Miss., Mo. and Ohio Rs., Captains: 1862, Staines, Henry B., Comments: An island near sinking was named Pocahontas after this boat." EMMA was a "Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet., Size: 189 tons., Launched: 1859, Freedom, Pa. for Capts. J.H. and Frank Maratta, Beaver County, Pa., Destroyed: 1865, June 20, Shreveport, La.,snagged and lost. Area: 1859, fall, Louisville-Nashville trade, 862, Jan., running Pittsburgh-Cincinnati, 1864, Cumberland R., reportedly under contract to U.S., Owners: 1865, Feb., Sold to Capts. Vint and Oliver Shinkle, Covington, Ky, Captains: 1862, Jan., J.H. Maratta, Comments: from Way's, 1., "In January 1865 the Louisville ferry JOHN SHALLCROSS hit her (EMMA'S) wheel, disabeling her. The towboat GYPSEY came to aid with the result that both went over the falls. The SHALLCROSS also was carried down the middle Chute to the Kentucky shore below Corn Island." According to STEAMBOATS AND FERRIES ON WHITE RIVER: A HERITAGE REVISITED, The Emma No. 2 continued to run the White River after the Civil War ended.

1 negative : b&w 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)

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