STEAMBOATS FROM THE PAST

This is another of the Greene boats, The GORDON C. GREENE. She was owned by the Greene Line Steamers, and operated as an overnight passenger boat. The boat was originally named the CAPE GIRARDEAU built in 1923, by the Eagle Packet Co., of St. Louis.

The boat was purchased by Captain Tom and Mary Greene on March 21,1935, and started her first trip with tourists to Florence, Alabama. The boat was 210 ft X 38' and had a draft of 6.5 feet. This boat became the family boat of the Greene Line. This company, Greene Line Steamers was based out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

There will be more pictures and information as time goes by.

                  The Steamer Tom Greene                                                               The Greenland

The Gordon C. Greene on Chattanooga trip.                                  The R.C. Gunter, Guntersville, AL named for this family

Nathan B. Forrest, famous Southern General, Gunter Line.            Joe Wheeler, Wheeler Dam on Tennessee River named for Joe Wheeler.

James N. Trigg, Packet Boat on TN, MS and Oh Rivers                                        Steamer Bessie Smith