Author Archives: leelinesteamers

Congratulations Jennifer and Jose Velazquez on being able to start your restoration of the James Lee House.

                        A newly seem Lee Line brochure was recently listed and sold on EBay.  Sadly I did not see this brochure until after it sold.   One of the inside … Continue reading →

This rare postcard just appeared for sale on Ebay.  The listing dates the card 1910.

    Page 1 James Lee Born 1808 died 1889      Captain James ‘Sunrise Jim’ was eldest of 12 children born to John and Sara Lee in Dickerson County, Tennessee on December 15, 1808; all of these children were given … Continue reading →

This page was copied from the microfilm version of William Tippitt’s History of the Anchor and Lee Line on file at the Tennessee State Library, Nashville Tennessee.   While at the library recently, we ordered digital copies of this 2 roll … Continue reading →

The steamer in the center is the REES LEE, formerly the SS BROWN.  This card like the card of the sunken GEORGIA LEE below is one that I had not seen before.  There are several different postcards of the St. … Continue reading →

This great postcard turned up on Ebay recently, it was postmarked June 29, 1909.   In May 1909, she broke free from the chains used to pull her out for repairs and made a run for the river as Way’s Packet Directory describes … Continue reading →

Thank you cousin Gerry Lee for sending this picture of our Great Great Great Grandfather James Lee Sr founder of the Lee Line Steamers.

              This rare Memphis Arkansas City Packet Company depicts the KATE ADAMS.   The three editions of the KATE competed against the Lee Line for many years.  The last KATE became part of the Delta … Continue reading →

                Here is a new find for my Lee Line Pass collection.  Currently in the collection are passes from 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1905