P-21: Great Kanawha River Steamboat Logbooks, Captains, and Vessels

Logbooks

  • Coal Company Ledger Book, undated

  • Str. Daniel Webster (1829) Account Book, December 25, 1833 - March 5, 1834

  • Kanawha Salines Bills of Lading Book, April 27, 1850 - May 15, 1882

  • Freight Book, April 23, 1851 - October 4, 1851

  • Str. Aurilla Wood (1852) Cabin Register and John F. Hubbard Entry, Before March 29, 1853 - August 13, 1875

  • Kanawha Salt Association Shipping and Salt Production Book, February 6, 1863 - February 22, 1886

  • Str. Rozelle (1878) Freight Book, February 13, 1888 - August 23, 1888

Captains

  • Farley, S.C. (AW Cabin Register), 1853

  • Harris and Corbin (JFH Cabin Register), 1875

  • Johnson, John K. (AW Cabin Register), 1853

Vessels

  • Allegheny Clipper (1848) (KSBL)

  • Allen Collier (1860) (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Aurilla Wood (1852) (AW Cabin Register) (KSBL)

  • Barrel Boats (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Boone* (operating September 1876 – May 1882) (KSBL)

  • Canoes (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Clifford (operating March 1851 – March 1856)

  • Collier (1859) (KSA Shipping Book) 

  • Daniel Boone (1872) (KSBL)(Image from Collection P6)

  • Daniel Webster (1829 – 1834) (DW Account Book)

  • Echo (1858) (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Fannie Freeze (operating June 1879 – November 1880) (KSBL)

  • Flatboats (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Greenwood (operating March 1851 – March 1856) (KSBL)

  • Herman (operating March 1851 – March 1856) (KSBL)

  • Hermann (1848) (KSBL)

  • Hurricane (1853) (KSBL)

  • Ike Bonham (1878) (KSBL)

  • Ingomar (1858) (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Jane Franklin (1851) (KSBL)

  • John F. Hubbard (tow) (1875) (JFH Cabin Register)

  • Justice (1851) (KSBL)  

  • Katydid* (1873) (KSBL)

  • Lame Duck** (operating June 1879 – May 1882) (KSBL)

  • Market Boy (1862) (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Marmora (1857) or Marmora No. 2 (1862) - working 1863 Kanawha Salines (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Modoc* (operating September 1876 – May 1879) (KSBL)

  • Ohio (keelboat) (operating March 1851 – March 1856) (KSBL)

  • Olivia (1847) (KSBL)

  • Phil Morgan (1871) (KSBL)

  • Pittsburg (keelboat) (operating March 1851 – March 1856) (KSBL)

  • Rozelle (1878) (KSA Shipping Book – 1883-1885) (RFB - 1888)

  • Salem (1851) (KSBL)

  • Skipper (1847) (KSBL)

  • Steamboats (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Telephone (1878) (KSBL)

  • Thomas Scott (1849) (1856) (KSBL)

  • Victress (1862) (KSA Shipping Book)

  • Virgie Lee (1876) (KSBL)

  • W.N. Chancelor *(1879) (KSBL)

  • W.P. Thompson*** (1876) (KSBL) 

  • West Virginia* (1871) (KSBL)

* Courtesy of Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

**Includes Duck

***Includes W.P. Tompson, W.H. Thompson, Thompson, Tompson

Abbreviations

  • (AW Cabin Register) – Str. Aurilla Wood (1852) Cabin Register and

    (JFH Entry) – John F. Hubbard (1875) Entry

  • (DW Account Book) – Str. Daniel Webster (1829) Account Book

  • (KSBL) – Kanawha Salines Bills of Lading Book

  • (KSA Shipping Book) – Kanawha Salt Association Shipping and Salt Production Book

  • (RFB) Str. Rozelle (1878) Freight Book