General Meade (Packet, 1875-1888)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1875 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Snagged and lost in Pelican Bend, September 4, 1888
• OWNERS: Captain William J. Kountz
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Henry N. Dodd; Captain Charles P. Woolfolk (master, 1881); Mrs. Woolfolk (pilot); T.J. Anderson (pilot); Captain Archie Bryan
• RIVERS: Missouri River; Mississippi River; Osage River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2259; Came out with compound engines. Ran on the Missouri River. In her latter days, when she ran St. Louis-Osage River-Rocheport, Captain "Steamboat" Bill Heckmann in recollecting her said he did not see any compound engines. "At that time she had 12's-5 ft", he said. Once the General Meade broke loose in ice above Fort Randall, South Dakota and floated 12 miles to opposite Yankton Agency, South Dakota. She snagged opposite Jefferson City, Missouri on September 5, 1884. When she was lost in 1888, she had 4,000 sacks of wheat on board
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Men carrying sacks of cargo onto the General Meade on the Missouri River