Author Archives: leelinesteamers

There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can. —Mark Twain

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. —Mark Twain My Uncle Bayliss related a story about pan handlers who would ask his grandfather James Lee Jr. for a … Continue reading →

The Memphis Commercial Appeal Mid-South Memories for July 10, 1912 and 1887: 1887:  Mrs. Lide Meriwether, the Memphis suffragist, said yesterday that women have been voting in all elections in Wyoming for 19 years, in Washington Territory for five years, … Continue reading →

      This report came from records my brother George Lee salvaged in the early 1980’s from the Lee Building downtown Memphis.

Thank you for visiting LeeLineSteamers.com.   My goal is to find pictures of all Lee Line Steamer boats and to display them on this web site.  Recently I found in the University of Wisconsin La Crosse online archive of 3600 plus … Continue reading →

  Way’s Packet Directory Boat #0461:  Sternwheel Packet built at Jeffersonville Ind., by Howard Shipyard, 1899.  190 ft x 38 ft x 5.8 ft.  Built for the Lee Line of Memphis, which ran her to Friars Point.  When still very … Continue reading →

The Memphis Commercial Appeal Thursday June 28, 2012 Mid South Memories for June 28 1912:  “A wireless station on a steamboat on the Mississippi last night, for the first time in history, both caught and dispatched messages.  The station was … Continue reading →

 This document is from a treasure trove of documents my brother George retrieved from the Lee Building sometime in the early to mid 1980’s.  The Lee Building was the administrative headquarters for the Lee Line and successor family ventures after … Continue reading →

              The Memphis & Arkansas City Packet Company was a competitor of the Lee Line.   After the liquidation of the Lee Line in 1926, the KATE ADAMS (3rd) was merged into the Valley Line … Continue reading →

The DEAN ADAMS was purchased by the Lee Line from Major John D. Adams following his purchase of the KATE ADAMS (the first) built in 1882 at Sewickley Penn.  DEAN ADAMS was built at Sewickley in 1880 and was 190 … Continue reading →