Fawn (Packet, 1896)
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Packet
BUILT: Evansville, Indiana, 1896
OWNERS: 1896: Captain William Kratz and T.C. Gillette; 1898: Marsden Cellulose Company, Owensboro, Kentucky; 1924: Houston Brothers, Vicksburg; 1925: Yazoo and Sunflower River Transportation Company; 1926: George E. Breece Lumber Company
OFFICERS & CREW: 1896: Captain Gilligan; 1924: Captain J. Warren Kouns
RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2032; The Fawn was built for the Evansville-Spottsville trade but was sold after a year or so. The Marsden Cellulose Company, Owensboro, Kentucky purchased her and added two boilers on her. She then towed corn stalks to Owensboro, used in the manufacture of cellulose. In October, 1926 she was sold to George E. Breece Lumber Company and went to Monroe, Louisiana
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