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BOAT DESCRIPTION: SternwheelBOAT TYPE: Packet; TowboatBUILT: 1901 in Jeffersonville, Indiana at Howard ShipyardOWNERS: E. H. Botsford and Frank A. Morgan of Little Rock, ArkansasOFFICERS & CREW: Ed Botsford (Captain); Frank A. Morgan (Chief Engineer)RIVERS: Arkansas River; White RiverOTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0008; T0010; Original price $4,500; homeport or owner's residence circa 1901 was Little Rock, Arkansas. Ran on Arkansas River; rebuilt in 1907; in 1909 ran Little Rock-Pine Bluff; sold in 1910 at Little Rock to U.S. Engineers who used her on upper White River through 1929, possibly later; rebuilt in 1914 at Batesville, ArkansasPHOTO DESCRIPTION: Arkansas River; with passengers, crew including African American members on deck; original before it was rebuilt

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