This is the steam ferryboat "Little Minnie" which was
was operated by the Ash family between Lamb and Carrollton.
It ran from 1884 to about 1895, when it was replaced by the
gas powered "Leon" ferry.

This tin-type of the Little Minnie was probably taken circa 1884
at present-day Point Park at Carrollton. With this photo you
have nearly all of the ferries that ran between Lamb and Carrollton
(that we have photos of anyway). There was a horse-powered ferry
that predated the Little Minne. The Little Minnie wooden hull
was 65' x 16'.

-Capt Steve Huffman
www.hspsi.org/barbara_h