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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramSteamboats Naiad, left, and Fannie Fearn on the Chattahoochee River at the Columbus, Georgia wharf.
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The Naiad was built in 1884 at Columbus, Georgia by Charlie Blaine. It weighed 173 tons and used Apalachicola as its home port. George L. Lapham was Captain during the maiden voyage on September 20, 1884. The boat is reputed to have made more trips on Chattahoochee-Apalachicola in her 20 years than any other boat. It burned at Blountstown, Florida in 1902.
The Fannie Fearn was built in 1890 at Jefferson, Indiana. The home port for this stern-wheeler was Apalachicola, Florida.
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