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$Title{Table 1.: The Record Of Some Famous Trips}
[From Commodore Rollingpin's Almanac.]
Fast Time On The Western Waters.
From New Orleans To Natchez - 268 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
D. H. M. | H. M.
1814. Orleans 6 6 40 | 1844. Sultana 19 45
1814. Comet 5 10 0 | 1851. Magnolia 19 50
1815. Enterprise 4 11 20 | 1853. A. L. Shotwell 19 49
1817. Washington 4 0 0 | 1853. Southern Belle 20 3
1817. Shelby 3 20 0 | 1853. Princess (No. 4) 20 26
1819. Paragon 3 8 0 | 1853. Eclipse 19 47
1828. Tecumseh 3 1 20 | 1855. Princess (New) 18 53
1834. Tuscarora 1 21 0 | 1855. Natchez (New) 17 30
1838. Natchez 1 17 0 | 1856. Princes (New) 17 30
1840. Ed. Shippen 1 8 0 | 1870. Natchez 17 17
1842. Belle of the West 1 18 0 | 1870. R. E. Lee 17 11
From New Orleans To Cairo - 1024 Miles.
Run made in Run made in
D. H. M. D. H. M.
1844. J. M. White 3 6 44 | 1869. Dexter 3 6 20
1852. Reindeer 3 12 25 | 1870. Natchez 3 4 34
1853. Eclipse 3 4 4 | 1870. R. E. Lee 3 1 0
1853. A. L. Shotwell 3 3 40
From New Orleans To Louisville - 1440 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
D. H. M. | D. H. M.
1815. Enterprise 25 2 40 | 1840. Ed. Shippen 5 14 0
1817. Washington 25 0 0 | 1842. Belle of the West 6 14 0
1817. Shelby 20 4 20 | 1843. Duke of Orleans 5 23 0
1819. Paragon 18 10 0 | 1844. Sultana 5 12 0
1828. Tecumseh 8 4 0 | 1849. Bostona 5 8 0
1834. Tuscarora 7 16 0 | 1851. Belle Key 4 23 0
1837. Gen. Brown 6 22 0 | 1852. Reindeer 4 20 45
1837. Randolph 6 22 0 | 1852. Eclipse 4 19 0
1837. Empress 6 17 0 | 1853. A. L. Shotwell 4 10 20
1837. Sultana 6 15 0 | 1853. Eclipse 4 9 30
From New Orleans To Donaldsonville - 78 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
H. M. | H. M.
1852. A. L. Shotwell 5 42 | 1860. Atlantic 5 11
1853. Eclipse 5 42 | 1860. Gen. Quitman 5 6
1854. Sultana 5 12 | 1865. Ruth 4 43
1856. Princess 4 51 | 1870. R. E. Lee 4 59
From New Orleans To St. Louis - 1218 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
D. H. M. | D. H. M.
1844. J. M. White 3 23 9 | 1870. Natchez 3 21 57
1849. Missouri 4 19 0 | 1870. R. E. Lee 3 18 14
1869. Dexter 4 9 0
From Louisville To Cincinnati - 141 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
D. H. M. | H. M.
1819. Gen. Pike 1 16 0 | 1843. Congress 12 20
1819. Paragon 1 14 20 | 1846. Ben Franklin (No. 6) 11 45
1822. Wheeling Packet 1 10 0 | 1852. Alleghaney 10 38
1837. Moselle 12 0 | 1852. Pittsburgh 10 23
1843. Duke of Orleans 12 0 | 1853. Telegraph (No. 3) 9 52
From Louisville To St. Louis - 750 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
D. H. M. | D. H. M.
1842. Congress 2 1 0 | 1854. Northerner 1 22 30
1854. Pike 1 23 0 | 1855. Southerner 1 19 0
From Cincinnati To Pittsburg - 490 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
D. H. | D. H.
1850. Telegraph (No. 2) 1 17 | 1852. Pittsburgh 1 15
1851. Buckeye State 1 1 6 |
From St. Louis To Alton - 30 Miles.
Run made in | Run made in
H. M. | H. M.
1853. Altona 1 35 | 1876. War Eagle 1 37
1876. Golden Eagle 1 37 |
Miscellaneous Runs.
In June, 1859, the St. Louis and Keokuk Packet, City of Louisiana, made
the run from St. Louis to Keokuk (214 miles) in 16 hours and 20 minutes, the
best time on record.
In 1868 the steamer Hawkeye State, of the Northern Line Packet Company,
made the run from St. Louis to St. Paul (800 miles in 2 days and 20 hours.
Never was beaten.
In 1853 the steamer Polar Star made the run from St. Louis to St. Joseph,
on the Missouri River, in 64 hours. In July, 1856, the steamer Jas. H. Lucas,
Andy Wineland, Master, made the same run in 60 hours and 57 minutes. the
distance between the ports is 600 miles, and when the difficulties of
navigating the turbulent Missouri are taken into consideration, the
performance of the Lucas deserves especial mention.
The Run Of The Robert E. Lee.
The time made by the R. E. Lee from New Orleans to St. Louis in 1870, in
her famous race with the Natchez, is the best on record, and, inasmuch as the
race created a national interest, we give her time-table from port to port.
Left New Orleans, Thursday, June 30, 1870, at 4 o'clock and 55 minutes,
p.m.; reached
D. H. M. | D. H. M.
Carrollton 27 1/2 | Vicksburg 1 0 38
Harry Hills 1 0 1/2 | Milliken's Bend 1 2 37
Red Church 1 39 | Bailey's 1 3 48
Bonnet Carre 2 38 | Lake Providence 1 5 47
College Point 3 50 1/2 | Greenville 1 10 55
Donaldsonville 4 59 | Napoleon 1 16 22
Plaquemine 7 5 1/2 | White River 1 16 56
Baton Rouge 8 25 | Australia 1 19 0
Bayou Sara 10 26 | Helena 1 23 25
Red River 12 56 | Half Mile below St. Francis 2 0 0
Stamps 13 56 | Memphis 2 6 9
Bryaro 15 51 1/2 | Foot of Island 37 2 9 0
Hinderson's 16 29 | Foot of Island 26 2 13 30
Natchez 17 11 | Tow-head, Island 14 2 17 23
Cole's Creek 18 53 | New Madrid 2 19 50
Waterproof 19 21 | Dry Bar No. 10 2 20 37
Rodney 20 45 | Foot of Island 8 2 21 25
St. Joseph 21 2 | Upper Tow-had - Lucas Bend 3 0 0
Grand Gulf 22 6 | Cairo 3 1 0
Hard Times 22 18 | St. Louis 3 18 14
Half Mile below Warrennon I 0 0 |
The Lee landed at St. Louis at 11.25 a.m., on July 4, 1870 - six hours
and thirty-six minutes ahead of the Natchez. The officers of the Natchez
claimed seven hours and one minute stoppage on account of fog and repairing
machinery. The R. E. Lee was commanded by Captain John W. Cannon, and the
Natchez was in charge of that veteran Southern boatman, Captain Thomas P.
Leathers.