New St. Paul (Packet, 1852-1857)

Date

• ca. 1852-ca. 1853

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1852 at Wheeling, Virginia
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Snagged and lost at Auberts Island, below St. Auberts, Missouri on the Missouri River on August 9, 1857
• OWNERS: Captain James Bissell
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain James Bissell (master); Captain Brower; Captain Daniel Smith Harris (1852)
• RIVERS: Missouri River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4186; Rebuilt at New Albany, Indiana from 1855-1856 and at that time her paddleboxes were lettered New St. Paul
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The New St. Paul docked at Galena. Barely visible behind her, is the packet Nominee