Boat/Owner/Capt.
Year and Place Built
Details
Annie L. 1881, Murraysville, WV Stern wheel Towboat, wood hull, 115.8 X 20.3 X 3.1
Capt. Newt Flesher
Argand 1896, Levanna, OH Stern wheel, wood hull, 132.6 X 24 X 5
Capt. Newt. Flesher & Gordon C. Green, owners
Belle V. Flesher 1905, Levanna, OH Stern wheel, wood hull, 150 X 33 X 6
Capt. I. N. Flesher
Champion No. 2 1882, Mason City, WV Stern wheel Ferry, 76 X 22.8 X 3.4
B. T. Flesher, Owner
City of Huntington 1900, Middleport, OH Stern wheel Ferry, 84.3 X 26.8 X 3.6
Capt. Ben Flesher, Owner
City of Huntington 1887 Stern wheel Ferry
Capt. Ben Flesher, Owner
D. T. Flesher 1901 Stern wheel Towboat, 108.2 X 21.3 X 3.4
Owned by Fleshers of Mt. Vernon
Grace Virginia 1900, Parkersburg, WV Stern wheel Ferryboat, 99.3 X 28.2 X 3
Capt. B. T. Flesher, owner
G. K. Flesher 1913, Parkersburg, WV Stern wheel Packet, 135 X 27 X 3.5
Operated out of Evansville, IN as a Passenger boat from 1913 - 1918 with a crew of 10, then ran as a towboat with a home port of New Orleans from 1918 until 1920 or 1921
Emma 1885, Parkersburg, WV Stern wheel Packet, 72 X 27 X 3.5
Capt. Millard Flesher, operated out of Middleport, OH
Harry 1879, Murraysville, WV Stern wheel Towboat, 81 X 15 X 2.5
Capt. Harry Flesher
H E. Spillman 1882, Jefferson City, IN 127 X 23 X 4.5
Capt. I. N. Flesher
H Webber 1870, Cincinnati, OH Stern wheel Packet, wood hull, 97 X 13 X 2
Americus & Andrew Flesher, Noble, IN
Hazel Rice 1895, Hamar, OH Stern wheel Packet, 125 X 22.6 X 4.3
Flesher Sand & Gravel Co., Mt. Vernon, IN
Helen 1909, Boonville, MO
Capt. Ben Flesher, owner
I N Flesher 1908, Pt. Pleasant, WV Stern wheel Towboat, 126.8 X 26 X 4.6
Capt. I. N. Flesher, Owner
Katherine 1889, Jeffersonville, In Stern wheel Ferry
Little Lafie 1892, Manchester, OH Stern wheel Ferry, 84 X 29.2 X 3
Capt. Ben Flesher, Owner
Little Queen 1896, Middleport, OH Stern wheel Packet, 82.2 X 14.3
Capt. Ben Flesher, Owner
Prairie City 1873, Cincinnati, OH Stern wheel Packet, wood hull, 122 tons
Capt. H. H. Flesher (brother of A. J. Flesher)
R W Skillinger 1871, Murraysville, WV Stern wheel Packet, wood hull
Capt. F. M. Flesher (brother of A. J. Flesher)
Scarab 1906, Pierre, SD 101 X 31 X 3.7
Flesher Towboat Co., Mt. Vernon, IN
Note: This
is a partial list of Flesher Steamboats that only includes vessels that I have
been able to document.
Note 2: The dimensions given are the centerline length of the hull, with at the widest part of the hull and depth, all in lineal feet. The overall length of a stern wheel steamboat is much greater than listed due to the paddlewheel hung at the rear. The side-wheel boat is much wider than listed due to the guards necessary to enclose and support the wheels. (Only the hull dimensions are given.)
[1] Sources: Way’s Packet Directory, Complied by Frederick Way, Jr., Way's Steam Towboat Directory and S & D Reflector Magazine, published by Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, various issues. A search of Waterways Journal for the twenty year period of 1891 - 1910 discovered forty-seven different times Flesher's are mentioned and several articles written by Capt. B. T. Flesher.
Written by Bob Krepps © 2002 & 2005 all rights reserved. Permission granted to copy for personal & non-commercial purposes only. Any additional information on Flesher owned steamboats and their history will be greatly appreciated. I am also looking for photos of these steamboats and their owners.
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