Steamboat Ike Bonham on the Ohio River

Identifier:

017136

Title:

Steamboat Ike Bonham on the Ohio River

Description:

'Ike Bonham built Mason City, West Va, 1878, operated as a Packet in the Vicksburg Miss-Davis Bend, Big Black, Sunflower, and Yazoo River trades- Exploded, Bedfords Point (below Vicksburg)- March 13, 1886- "Watchman William St Andrews, and five roustabouts were killed- Capt McElroy, Master, engineer, Girard, fireman Jim Alexander and others were scalded and injured. The Str 'L. D. Sargeant' brought the injured to Vicksburg- The wreck drifted on a sandbar and sank in shallow water- The vessel was raised, rebuilt, appearance changed, and ran as an excursion boat, New Orleans to Grand Isle, La.

Subjects:

Steamboats--Ohio River., Boats--Steamboats.

Corporate Names:

Ike Bonham (Steamboat)

Acquisition Source:

Neville, Bert,

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView