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The Cotton Packet Gem The Cotton Packet Gem
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The Cotton Packet Gem
February 6, 2021

Built for the Red River and Caddo Lake cotton trades above Shreveport, La., the cotton packet Gem was constructed in 1898 along the Ohio River. It was a product of… Read More

The Steamer Electra The Electra as a new boat at the Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, Ind., 1897. (Howard Steamboat Museum collection)

The Steamer Electra

June 17, 2019

For a contract cost of $17,000, the packet Electra was ordered from the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1897. The sternwheeler was constructed on a wooden hull measuring 170… Read More

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