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BOAT DESCRIPTION: SidewheelBOAT TYPE: PacketBUILT: Cincinnati, Ohio 1858FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled 1868OWNERS: Captain H. S. Eaton (1858); Captain John Hein (1868)OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John Hein (master,1868); Fred Probst (clerk, 1868)RIVERS: Missouri River; Mississippi River; White RiverOTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2699; Built for Captain H. S. Eaton and others for the Missouri River. Ran Mobile-New Orleans, 1865, and served as a troop transport boat during the Civil War. Did cattle trade out of Shreveport, Louisiana in 1868; Captain John Hein, owner and masterPHOTO DESCRIPTION: Drawing of sidewheel Iatan, Civil War troop ship at Jefferson City, Missouri
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