I did a Goggle search yesterday and as I remember it, prewar, the Blue Wing was a very popular steamboat and suffered through a number of resurrections from the turn of the prior century.
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This site provides some insight as to the prewar career of Blue Wing

George Martin

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/franklin/holton.ja.txt

The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Frankfort, Ky. May,
1920, Vol. 18, No. 53. "Famous Steamboats and Their Captains on Western and Southern Waters. (Conclusion) by Ella Hutchison Ellwanger. pp. 37-40.
Franklin County.

CAPTAIN JOHN A. HOLTON, THE FORKS OF ELKHORN. Here was another popular commander of a "Blue Wing." As fast as one "Blue Wing" was sold or burned, another "Blue Wing" would arise, Phoenix like, to take its place. It was the most popular boat that ever plied the little Kentucky River. . . .