La Crosse (Packet, 1907-1914)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1889 at Stillwater, Minnesota
• FORMERLY: Ravenna
• BECAME: Orion
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Taken out of service in 1914
• OWNERS: Captain H.C. Wilcox and son
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3319; She was built from the rafter, Ravenna. Renamed La Crosse in the early 1900s and ran in the La Crosse-Wabasha trade. According to the La Crosse Tribune, April 13, 1909, she was the last steamer to call the port of La Crosse (Wisconsin) home
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Women standing on the deck of the La Crosse