FINAL DISPOSITION: In 1899 she was sold, rebuilt at Paducah, Kentucky and renamed Condor
OWNERS: C. Lamb and Sons; Joy Lumber Company; C. and E.I. Railroad
OFFICERS & CREW: Artemus Lamb (master, May 1873); Stephan B. Hanks (master); Cornelius Knapp (master; commander, 1876); Don Buckingham (1884); Bill McCaflery (captain, 1890); A.O. Day (Pilot, 1894); Lyman Short (commander, 1873); Jerome Short (captain, 1874); Frank Wild (pilot, 1874); Jerome E. Short (pilot, 1876); John Newsom (chief engineer, 1876); Stephan Hawks (master, fall 1876)
RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0167; Operated by C. Lamb and Sons of Clinton, Iowa until 1898; Captain Walter Blair recalled seeing her about 1881 pinch-hitting as a packet between Davenport and Clinton; in June 1894 she left Stillwater with a record tow of logs, 1200 feet long and 265 feet wide; sold to Joy Lumber Company, St. Louis and later by them to C. and E.I. Railroad to handle barges at Joppa, Illinois; C. Lamb and Sons, a large lumber firm at Clinton, was founded by Chancy Lamb; Artemus Lamb was his son and another son was Lafayette Lamb; steamboats were named for all three
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Artemus Lamb at L. Lock on June 13, 1898 pushing 3,600,00 feet of lumber on barges