Museum of the Islands

Preserving the past for the future on Pine Island, Florida

The Steamboat “Grey Eagle”

The Grey Eagle, one of the eight steamers owned by the Menge Brothers Steamboat Line. For 22 years, the steamers plied up the Caloosahatchee River past the landings of pioneer settlers.  This picture was from 1890.

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Credit this photo: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/41036

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