Iatan (Packet, 1858-1868)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Cincinnati, Ohio 1858
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled 1868
• OWNERS: Captain H. S. Eaton (1858); Captain John Hein (1868)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John Hein (master,1868); Fred Probst (clerk, 1868)
• RIVERS: Missouri River; Mississippi River; White River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2699; Built for Captain H. S. Eaton and others for the Missouri River. Ran Mobile-New Orleans, 1865, and served as a troop transport boat during the Civil War. Did cattle trade out of Shreveport, Louisiana in 1868; Captain John Hein, owner and master
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Drawing of sidewheel Iatan, Civil War troop ship at Jefferson City, Missouri