A. D. Allen (Packet, Towboat, 1901-1930?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet; Towboat
• BUILT: 1901 in Jeffersonville, Indiana at Howard Shipyard
• OWNERS: E. H. Botsford and Frank A. Morgan of Little Rock, Arkansas
• OFFICERS & CREW: Ed Botsford (Captain); Frank A. Morgan (Chief Engineer)
• RIVERS: Arkansas River; White River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0008; T0010; Original price $4,500; homeport or owner's residence circa 1901 was Little Rock, Arkansas. Ran on Arkansas River; rebuilt in 1907; in 1909 ran Little Rock-Pine Bluff; sold in 1910 at Little Rock to U.S. Engineers who used her on upper White River through 1929, possibly later; rebuilt in 1914 at Batesville, Arkansas
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Arkansas River; with passengers, crew including African American members on deck; original before it was rebuilt