J.L. Grandin (Packet?; 1878?-1880)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: March 20, 1878?, Fargo, North Dakota
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Abandoned/Dismantled, 1880
• OWNERS: Grandin Brothers
• OFFICERS & CREW: J.L. Grandin (captain); J. Harry Eldridge (mate), Crocket (clerk), Captain Charles B. Thimens
• RIVERS: Red River, North Dakota
• OTHER INFORMATION: Could possibly have been at Fargo, North Dakota as early as 1876 or 1877
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At shore, loaded with timber; deck hands and crew members posing on all decks