Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
PETERS LEE in the Ohio River after launch at Howard Shipyard. A tugboat is ready to catch her. PETERS LEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (220 ft. x 42 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, Tennessee, PETERS...
Belvard J. Peters was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, November 3, 1805. He attended Buck Pond Academy, in Woodford County, then Transylvania University, where he graduated in 1825. He read law under Chief Justice John Boyle, received a license...
Professor Burns, Jasper Peters and an unidentified man sit on the lawn outside Marvin Hall on the Oneida campus. Jasper Peters, a long-time friend of Professor Burns, taught at the school in the early years and built one of the first homes in the...