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A Raft Pilot's Log by Capt. Walter A. Blair
1929-Arthur H. Clark Company
Transcribed by Joan Bard Robinson

INDEX

Abner Gile:steamboat,use,185
Acme Packet Co: 181
Active:steamboat,slow,185
Ada B;steamboat,for sale,64;
    bought by author, 67
Adams,Thomas;176
Admiral; steamboat,221
A.J. Whitney; steamboat,221
Albany(Ill.); tornado, 212,229
Alex Mitchell; steamboat, 159
Alhambra; steamboat, 212
Alice Wils; steamboat, 24, 185
Alma (Wis.); 47; trade between and
    Wabasha, 51; wood flats; 77
Alton (Ill.); Lovejoy memorial,167
Alvira; steamboat 185,221
Amboy(Ill.); railroad branch from,
    to Chicago,25
American Lumberman; 21
Annie; steamboat, 77
Annie Girdon; steamboat, 186
Anthony, E.C.;182
Arkansas; steamboat, 77
Arnold, John; pilot, 23
Arrow Transportation Co; 180
Artemus Lamb; steamboat chartered,
    76;78;sold ,178; 216
A.T.Jenks; steamboat, 230
Atlee, Sam; 209
Atlee,S and J.C.; part owners of
    Le Claire Belle, 55; mill,56;177,
    204,209
Bad Axe(Wis.); 68
Badger State Lumber Company; 33
Bagley,Johnny; 56
Bard, Adelle; 135
Bard, Elizabeth;132
    married author,135
Barnes, Capt. J.D; monument to Buffalo
      Bill, 160; 199
Barth, William;discovers coal, 149
Beaver; towboat, 160
Beebe, Capt. E. H.; 23
Beedle, Hiram, Jr.; pilot, 23; 154
Beef Slough; 21, 47-54; men employed,
    48; output of logs,53; 68; low water,
    99; log rafts, 103; closed, 112; 130,
    139, 237
Beef Slough Boom;Company; 33; organized, 47
B.E. Linehan; steamboat, sold, 182
Belle Mac; steamboat, total loss, 182
Belle of Bellevue; steamboat,24
Belle of La Cross; steamboat, 77,159
Belle of Pepin; steamboat, 77
Bellevue(Ia.); 23, 68; wharf-boat, 105; 239
Ben Franklin; steamboat, 175
Betsy Slough; 69, 131
B.F. Weaver; steamboat, dismantled, 189
B. Hershey; steamboat, 78; uses bowboat,
    172; sunk, 181; 234, 237
Bill, Capt. Fred A. ; 20; tells of twin
    boats, 210
Bill Henderson; mailboat, 210
Mr. Black______; 187
Black Hawk; chief, 162
Black Hawk; steamboat, built, 188
Black river; 21; first rafting, 35;
    high, 131; decline of logging, 171; 179
Blair, Capt.W.A. ; birth,23; on Silver Wave,
    43; first year rafting, 55-76; master
    Last Chance, 74; on Silver Wave, 82; at
    Browns Corner,95;last year teaching,105;
    pilot's license,121; mason,135; marriage,135
    last trip on Ten Broeck, 143; decides to quit
    rafting,186
Blow, Joe; author's favorite pilot;27;36
Blue Lodge; towboat,81
Boat stores;described, 70; 105
Borup and Oakes; 37
Bradley, "Judge" : clerk, 156
Brasser, Capt. George : 143,145, 146
Bright, Tom: wood flats, 68
Bro. Jonathan: steamboat, dismantled
    , 181, 215, 229
Browns Corner(Minn.): author teaches
    school at,95, 105
Brownsville(Minn.): wood yard, 67,77
Buckeye: steamboat, 186,221,222
"Bucking" an oar:28
Buckman, John R.: post,G.A.R.161
Buisson, Antoine : 234
Buisson, Capt. Cyprian:78; biographical
    sketch,234-238; naturalist, 237;
    aids author prepare list of pilots,267
Buisson,Capt. Henry: on steamer Hartford,
    48,78,234
Buisson, Cpat. Joseph: 78, 186; biographical
    sketch, 230-233; 234,237; aids author
    prepare a list of pilots, 267
Buisson,Joseph: French-Canadian trader,234
Bun Herzy: steamboat, 143
Burlington(Ia.): destination of rafts, 39;77,112;
    packet service,179'182,188
Burlington Post: 20
Burrow, Vetal: pilot, 130, 131

Cable Lumber Company: 223
Cairo(Ill.):Illinois Central railroad,25;mentioned,
    172,175,185
Caldwell,Hannah: chapter D.A.R.,161
Camanche(Ia.): 118,187: tornado, 212
Campbell. Lt. John: defeated by Black Hawk, 162
Campbells Island: battle of,marker, 162
Carlton, Harry: cabin boy, 56,86
Carnival City Packet Co: 177,178;organized
    by author,188
Carr, David: 160, 199
Carson and Rand: 55
Cassville Slough: 110
Cat Tail Slough: 175, 211
Champion: steamboat, 186
Chancy Lamb: steamboat, 104;239
    wrecked, 178; dismantled,189 new
    steamboat,189
Charles Rebstock: steamboat, 77
Charles Rogers: steamboat,24, 239
Charlotte Boeckeler: steamboat sold, 172;
    engines, 189;244,246
Chicago(Ill.); 25
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad,178
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul railway;
    erects monument, 163-164
Chippewa Falls; steamboat,221
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co., 34,220
Chippewa River ; 21; operations of M.R.L. Co.,
    33,47,77,93;high,131
Cincinnati(Ohio): 175,229
City Belle: steamboat,216,219
City of Quincy: steamboat, 177
City of Winona: steamboat: 117,171; in
    packet trade, 181, 221
Civil War: mentioned, 161, 195, 223, 234
C.J. Caffrey: raft-boat, 81; dismantled, 189
Clark, Arthur H: 20
Clark, Gen. George Rogers: statue,166-167
Clark, Matt Transportation Co: 126
Clark, William: 167
Clayton(Ia.): wood landing, 68
Cleeland, Tom: 43; encounter with author, 44
Clinton: steamboat, 77
Clinton(Ia.); 54; packet service, 77;81;
    no rocks in river,90;104,181,187;
    first raft ran successfully to,192; 222
Clinton lumber Co: 129, 139, 140, 176
Clinton Nigger: invention and use, 207
Clyde: steamboat, first Iron raftboat,180;
    186 220, 223, 237, 243
Coal: mines opened, 67; price, 64; discovered
    in Happy Hollow, 149; Wanlockhead mine, 240
Coal Bluff: steamboat, 240
Cody, Col. William F: monument, 16o
Coleman, Andrew: rapids pilot, 159
Colman,C.L: in lumbering business, 35
Columbia: steamboat, built, 178
Comfort: excursion barge, destroyed, 177
Condor: steamboat, 178
Control: steamboat, 179
Cook House dispatches: 108
Cooks: known by nicknames;30
 Coon Slough: 70,219
Cothell, Robert: 179
Craft, David: 237
Crib: description,34
Crooked Slough, 131
Cumberland River: 182
Curtis, George M:congressman, 161
C.W. Cowlea: steamboat, rebuilt,181;
    221,233,237
Cyclone: steamboat, burned;179
Daisy: steamboat, sold; 180, 229
Dalles(The): 27
D.A. McDonald: steamboat, 237
Dan Hine: steamboat, dismantled, 189
Dan Thayer: rafter 171, 221
Daniel Shaw Lumber Company: 33, 233
Daniels, J.C: 172
Davenport: steamboat, 159
Davenport(Ia.):28,36;packet service,77;
    81, 181, 182, 188
Davenport, James: engineer, 59
Davenport, Will: author's partner, 55; 56
Davidson, P.S: 35 boat store,70
Davidson Line:see White Collar
Davis, Capt.Wm: 178
Deere family: houseboat, 181
Defenbaugh, James E: 21
Dells Lumber Company: 34, 220
Des Moines rapids: rapids pilots, 277-278
Des Moines river: 166
Desota Bay : raft storage, 129
Diamond Bluff(Wis.): 69
Diamond Jo: steamboat, 77
Diamond Jo Line: boat stores, 70; steamers, 77;
    addition to fleet;78; 155, 210, 215,
Dimock, Gould and Co: 54, 143
Disney and son: 129
Dispatch: steamboat, 229
Dixon(Ill.): 240
Dr. Franklin II: steamboat, 212
Dodds, Capt. Robert: 82; biographical
    sketch, 245-246
Dodge, Gov. Henry:Treaty with indians,35
Dorrance, D.F: rapid pilot, 73; 74,129
Double-tripping: explained, 17-18
Doughty, Thomas: 195
Douglas, Hugh: 180
Douglas, E: 48
Douglas Boardman: steamboat, 81; 136, 154;
    rivalry, 154-156; dismantled, 176
    described, 210; 240
 Drenning, Thomas: pilot,23
Dubuque:steamboat,riot; 39-40; 159
Dubuque(Ia.): 25; early sawmills, 36;39,
    60, 68; boat stores, 70; 100; first
    iron raft-boat built,180, 224
Dubuque, Julian: 163
Duck creek: 74
Duley, Joseph: liveryman, 267
Duncan, Capt. A.E:129; retired, 268
Durant, Capt. E.W: 19,21,215; biographical
    sketch, 229-230; further sketch, 266-267
Durant and Hanford: 249
Durant, Wheeler and Company: raft-boat
    fleet; 64; successful career, 229
Dutchman's creek: 35


Eads, Capt.(James B.); jetty plan, 89
Eagle Point(Ia.) : Diamond Jo boatways,
    76; 95
Eau Claire(Wis.): packet service, 77
Eau Claire Lumber Company: 33; charters
    Le Claire Belle, 60; 113
Eclipse: steamboat, sold, 186; 223
Ed Durant,Jr: steamboat,230
Edwards, R.A: 129
Effie Afton: steamboat, 161
Ella: steamboat, 77
Empire Lumber Co: 220
E.M.Norton: towboat, 160
Enber Lillian: wife of Cyprian Buisson,
    238
Engineers: list of, 279-285
Erie(Pa.): birthpalce of Capt. Hawthorne,
    246
E. Rutledge: rafter, 172; rebuilt,173;
    189
Espy, Jean:chapter D.A.R. ,monument,
    164
Evansville: steamboat, 126,186; dis-
    mantled, 189
Everett: bow-boat, 172, 224


Favorite: steamboat, 154
F.C.A.Denkmann: rafter, 172; name
    changed, 175; largest log raft, 203;
    described, 210
Ferryville(Wis.): packet service,77
Fetter, Capt.(A.E.): 178
Fetter and Crosby and Contractors,178
Fevre river: 23,24
Finley's wood landing: 68
Finn, Huckleberry: statue, 167
Firebox reports; 108
Fisher, Wm.: pilot, 23
Flagler, H.M: 177
Fleming Brothers: 233,237
Flying eagle: excursion steamer,
    wrecked, 176
Fort Armstrong: replixa of old
    block house, 161, 166
Fort Crawford: ruins, 164; 166
Fort edwards: abandoned, 166
Fort Madison(Ia.): last lumber raft,33;
    55, 56, 70; raft delivered, 76; logs
    for, 117; monument, 164-165
Fort shelby: 162
Fountain City(Wis.): wood yards68;68;
    packet service, 77; 117
Frank: steamboat, 221
Franklin county(kans.): 165
Franzeni, Jo: 68
Fraternal orders; 230, 249
Frenchtown(Ia.): wood landing,68
Fritz: steamboat, 172
Frontenac: steamboat, 180; last
    large rafter built, 188
Fugina, F.J: 180
Fulton(Ill.): packet service,77; 139
F. Weyerhaeuser: steamboat, sold, 175;
    189


Galena: steamboat, 212
Galena(Ill.): mines and steamboats, 23;
    early sawmills, 36;81; home of Capt.
    Kerz, 239
Galena and Minnesota Packet Co: Capt.
    Hanks in employ,212; ownership
    and management of boats, changed
    215; 216,246
Gallenor,Joe: cook,81; practical
    joker,82;96,111
Gardie Eastman: steamboat,129; sold,
    178;233
Gardiner, Batchelder, and Wells:
    129,233
Gaunitz brothers: boat store,70
G.B. Knapp: steamboat,77
Gem City: packet,154
George S: bow-boat,172
G.H. Wilson: steamboat, dismantled,
    189; 221
Gilchrist,H.M.: in coal mine, 149
Gilchrist,John: in coal mine, 149
Gile, Abner: 35
Gipsey: bow-boat, 172
Girdon, capt. G.W: 23
Glenmont: rafter, rebuilt,171;189
Glenmont(Ill.): 69
Godfrey, M.J. and Son:178
Golden Gate:steamboat,189,230
Goldsmith,Harvey: 28
Graham,Lt.Duncan: 234
Grand Pacific:steamboat,77
Green Bay(Wis.): 164
Green Tree Hotel:149-170
Grey Eagle: steamboat,23-24; 154;
    wrecked, 161; Capt. Dodds in
    charge of, 245
griffith, George: engineer,23
Grignon, Pierre; sawmill35
Grupe and Murray: 130
Guttenberg(Ia.):58

Hammond Chute: wood yard, 68; 89
hanford, Jack: killed,229
Hanks,Mary:mother of lincoln,211
hanks, capt.Stephan B: 19-20;pilot;
    23;33; biographical sketch,211-
    216; 229;aids author with list of
    pilots, 267
Hanley, Dan; fireman, 96
Hanley, A.J.: lawyer, 82; 96
Hannibal(Mo.):destination of rafts,39;
    112; Mark Twain statue,167;180,
    191,192,220; objective of first raft
    by steamboat, 221; 222,249
Hanson and Linehan: boat store,70
Harriet: rafter, 171;172
Harrington's wood landing: 68
Harris, Capt. D.S: 58
Harris,Jack: 23
Harris,James Henry: engineer, 82:
    eulogy of Captain Dodds, 245-
    246
Harris, Keeler, 23
Harris,Meeker, 23
Harris, Scribe, 23
Harris, Capt. Smith: 23, 154
Harris Slough: 23,24
Harry, John: wood flats,68
Hartford: steamboat, 48,186,215
Hastings(Minn.): 182
Hawthorne, Capt. J.M: 19;bio-
    graphical sketch246-249
Hay, John: Jim Bludso and the
    'Prairoe Bell' 16
Hayden,_____:cook, 150,153
H.C.Brockman: bow-boat,172; largest
    log raft, 203
Held, Barbara: 240
Helen Blair: steamboat, 24, 237, 238
Helen Mar:steamboat, 64; dismantled, 182
Helena(Ark.): 175
Helene Shulenburg: steamboat, 82; dis-
    mantled, 172; Capt. McCaffrey in-
    terested in, 244; 246
Henderson(Ky.): 175
Hennepin canal:244
Henrietta:steamboat, 143; sold, 179
Hershey Lumber Co:54,78; lets contract
    to run logs, 130; 237
Hiawatha: excursion boat, 179
Hight, Capt.W.P: 156
Hill, Capt.(T.B.): 45
Hitchcock, Capt. Samuel:82; biograpical
    sketch, 238-239
Hixon,G.C: 35
Holley, John M: 21
Hollingshead, Capt. A.F: 220
Holway, N.B: 35
Hotchkiss, G.W.: publisher, 21
Hudson: steamboat, 186
Hugunin, James: 19; pilot,56, 60
Hunt, Campbell: pilot, 154
Hunt, James: engineer, 23
Hunter, W.L: pilot, 33; runs last raft,
    204
Hutchinson, Capt. Abe: 154

Ida Fulton: steamboat, dismantled,
    189, 215
Ida Heerman: 77
I.E.Staples: raft-boat, 64
Illinois: 23; coal mines, 67; coal dis-
    covered, 149; erects statue of
    Clark, 166;167; Lovejoy memorial,
    168, 211, 240; sawmills, 258
Illinois Central railroad: longest railroad,
    1857, 25; monument erected, 162
Illinois Fish Commission: 178
Imperial: steamboat, 77
Indiana: 167
Indians: 35, 162
Ingram, O, H: 219
Ingram, Kennedy and Company:34, 180
International Harvester Co: 240
Inverness: steamboat,sold. 182
Iowa: wood landings, 68; 113; Civil War
    troops, 162; penitentiary, 164; pioneers
    entered, 165; 187; sawmills, 257-259,
    261-264
Iowa, steamboat,129; sold, 176; not rebuilt,
    186
Iowa City: steamboat, 185
Irene D: steamboat, built, 74; 129;
    sold, 176; 189
Irvine, Thomas: 48; secretary M.R.L.
Co., 54
Isaac Staples: raft-boat, 64; 172;
    burned, 179


Jack Frost: tow-boat, 160
James, Jesse: 63
Jas. Fisk, Jr: steamboat, 186; dis-
    mantled, 189
Jas. Means: steamboat, dismantled, 189;
    216, 216, 221,243
J.C.Atlee: steamboat, 177
Jefferson: steamboat, 181
Jenks, Capt. A.T.: 215, 229
Jennie Gilchrist: steamboat, 68; tow-
    ing coal, 74; accident, 104-105; at
    Green Tree, 149-150
Jennie Hays: steamboat, 186
Jessie B:steamboat, 182
Jessie Bill: steamboat, 48
J.G.Chapman: steamboat, burned, 181;
    freak, 209; 231
J.H.Freind: steamboat, 172
J.K.Graveds: steamboat, capsized,
    175
J.M: steamboat, 204
John H.Douglas: rafter, 171, 231, 240
Johnny Schmoker; steamboat, 185, 240
Joliet(Louis): 164
Jo Long: steamboat, built,74; sold,
    176; 244
Joppa(Ill.): 178
Josephine: steamboat, 77
Josie: steamboat, 77
Joy Lumber Co: 178
Joyce, David: 54, 139, 176
Joyce's slough: 104
J.S.Keator: steamboat, 105, 175
Julia: steamboat, 240
Julia B: steamboat, 240
Julia Hadley: steamboat, 186,229
Juniata: steamboat, 180; name changed,
    181; 188
J.W.Mills: steamboat, author in charge,
    67; 81, 126, 135; traded, 177; 178, 240
J.W.Van Sant I: 117, 172; burned, 179;
    described, 199-201; 221, 222


Kalitan: steamboat, 181
Kansas: harvesters from, 100
Kattenbracker and Weither: 74
Keithsburg(Ill.): 182
Kellogg Sanitarium(Mich.): 244
Kelly, Will: pilot, 23
Kentucky II: steamboat, in use prior
    to 1860, 191
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and
    Terminal Co: 179
Keokuk, Chief: monument, 165
Keokuk: steamboat, 78; packet service,
    179, 210
Keokuk(Ia.): 165; packet service, 179
Keokuk Canal, 60
Keokuk Northern Line: steamers, 77;
    competitor, 78
Kerz, Adam: 240
Kerz, Barbara: 240
Kerz, Capt. Paul: 23,81; biograhical sketch,
    239-243
Kerz, Paul: attorney, 240
Kerz, Phillip: 240
Key City: steamboat, 156; mail packet, 215
Kileen, Capt. John F: supt. Diamond Jo
    Line, 78
King, John: pilot,23
Kirns, Capt. Peter: 60,267
Kirschner, A.O: 175
Kit: pilot contractors',of what
    composed, 26
Kit Carson: rafter172
Klein, Capt. John F: 175
Knapp, Stout and Company:34,221
Koehler, Jacob: 239
Kraus, Conrad: engineer, 81


La Crosse: steamboat,in packet service, 180
La Crosse(Wis.): 35; boat stores, 70; packet
    service,77, 180, 240
La Crosse Lumber Company: organized, 35
La Crosse Mississippi River Towing Co: 172
Lady Grace: steamboat, sold, 178
Lafayette Lamb: steamboat, 104; used as
    bow-boat, 172; sold, 237
Lafayette Lumber Co: 33
La France,Mr._____: 219
Laird, Norton and Co: 54, 188
Lake Superior: steamboat, 77,156
Lakes: Saint Croix,lumber run from, 33
Lamb, Artemus: vice- president M.R.L. Co.,54
Lamb, Chancy: inventor of Clinton Nigger, 207
Lamb, C. and Sons: 54,78,178; Capt. Hanks
    in employ, 215; 237
Lambertson, Ben: 239
Lancaster, Capt.E.J.: biographical
    sketch,223-225
Lancaster, George O: engineer, 122, 130
Lancaster, Harry: 224
Lancaster, S.E: pilot, 267
Lancaster, Thomas,: 223
Lansing(Ia.): supplies, 70; packet
    service, 77; 139, 144
Lansing Lumber Co:126, 139, 176
Larkins, Martin: fireman, 56
Last Chance: bow-boat,73; author buys
    interest, 121;described, 122; 126;
    help rafts over rapids, 130; 239, 244, 250
Latshaw, Jim: 68
Laycock, John H: 135
Lead mines: 23
Le Claire: steamboat, first boat built
    to tow rafts, 195
Le Claire(Ia.):28, 73, 95, 144; Famous
    Green Tree, 150-161; 187; first
    tow-boat built, 195
Le Claire, Antoine: Founder of Daven-
    port 113' 149
Le Claire Belle: steamboat, 55; describe
    56-59; 86, 95; cylinders, 118 dis-
    mantled, 189; 209, 243, 250
Le Claire, Dave: pilot, 113
Le Claire Navigation Co: 74, 121-133;
    organized, 126; 176, 186, 250
Le Point, Frank: pilot, 82, 139, 145
Lewis, Merriwether: 167
Libby Conger: steamboat, 77
Lily Turner: rafter, rebuilt, 171
Lincoln, Abraham: 211
Lindley, J.T.R.(Kentucky): pilot,246, 249
Lindsay and Phelps: 223,224
Lion: steam packet, 48, 77
Liquor: on steamboats, 39
Little Bull Falls: 27
Little Hoddie: tow-boat,48, 52
Lizzie Gardener: steamboat, burned, 182
Lodwick, Capt.____: 216
Lone Star: steamboat,185,221,222
Long, Capt.J.N.: rapids pilot, 73, 130, 132,
    154;rivalry, 154- 156; arrested, 156
Long, William: cook, 122, 130
Loeney, Morrell: pilot, in Alaska, 267
lorraine, Matt: 24
Louisville: steamboat, dismantled, 182, 229
Louisville(Ky.): 166, 179
Lovejoy, Elijah P: memorial, 167-168
Luella: steamboat, burned, 181
Lumber and lumbering: handled by
    Galena yards, 251,; output of, 33, 34,
    35,37, 256, 263, 289-292; earliest, 35
    men engaged, 36; increase, 37; output
    from Beef Slough, 53; pine supply, ex-
    hausted, 54; decline of logging, 171;
    'last log' 291
Lumberman: rafter, 172
Lumberman National Bank: 229
L.W. Barden: steamboat  186, 233
L.W.Workhouse: steamboat, 186
Lydia Van Sant: rafter: 171; 172- 177
Lynxville(Wis.): 68; largest log raft
    from, 203
Lyons(Ia.): 54, 139, 171, 178, 233


McCaffrey, Capt. John: boats owned, 73;
    121, 122; biographiacal sketch, 243- 244;
    purchase of steamboat interests, 246;
    planter, 267
McCaffrey and Dodds: Ten Broeck purchased
    from, 126
McCall, R,B.: mate, 56
McClellan, Camp: 154, 162
McCraney, William: 182
McDonald brothers: 35; boat store, 70;
    fleet of raft- boats, 85; 129
McGaughy, Owen, 24
McGillivray, Duncan, 48
McGinley, Capt. O.E: handles largest log raft;,
    203
McGlynn, Harry: 104
McGregor(Ia.): 68
McKenzie, D.H.: 48
McKenzie, Capt. Hugh, 165
Mckenzie,  Kinney: 48
McKinley, Capt. Wm: 170
McKusick, John: first mill owner
    in Stillwater, 212
McMann, Capt. O.P: 81, 130;(McMahan)
    retired, 268
McPhail, Sandy: raft pilot, 36, 211
McWilliams Dredging Co: 178
Maggie Beany: steamboat, 77, 186
Mahan, Dulany: 167
Mahan, Mr. and Mrs. George A: 167
Maine: 35
Malin, Capt. Lew: on steamer jessie Bill,, 48
Mamie Barrett: steamboat, 172
Manwaring, Joe: 74
Maquoketo Slough: 180
Marine Mills(Minn.): first lumber run
    from, 33
Markatana : houseboat of Deere fam-
    ily, 181
Marquette: towboat, 24
Marquette, Father James: 163-164
Mars: steamboat, 221
Mary Morton: steamboat, 244
Mascot: rafter, 171, 172; destroyed, 177
Mates: list of raft-boat, 287- 288
Matt, F. Allen: steamboat,182
Maxwell, Sam: engineer, 23
May Libby: steambaot, 221
Mayo, Dr. Charles: 175
Meese William A: Battle of Campbell's
    Island162
Memphis(Tn.): 176, 185, slave auction,
    219
Menominee: steamboat, 143; dismantled,
    180
Menominee(Wis.): 77
Merrill, Henry: first raft, 35
Mexicao, Gulf of: 89
Michigan, 167
Mikesell, Add: 56
Milligan, W.B: engineer, 82
Milwaukee: steamboat, 159
Mines: in Galena, 23
Minneapolis: steamboat, 77, 159
Mineapolis(Minn.): first  sawmill, 37;
    immigrants to, 37; 74
Minnesota: steamboat, 77, 159, 191
Minnesota: tow-boat, 64; 239
Minnesota: Van Sant governor, 20; 21;
    freight and passenger boat to
    Wabasha, 48; penitentiary, 63;
    189; wheat fields, 100; 234; saw-
    mills, 256,257
Minnesota Historical Society: Collections,21-22
Minnesota River, 186
Minnie Will: steamboat, 186, 192
Mississippi: excursion barge, 188
Mississippi river: 23; average current, 27-28
    early rafting, 36; low water, 63, 89;
    1878 a dry season, 64;then and now,
    77, 93; wing dams, 89; improvement work,
    90-91; last raft, 204-207; decline of
    rafting, 265
Mississippi River Logging Co:   21;
    operations on Chippewa river, 33;
    47; 53; dissolved, 54
Mssouri : harvesters from, 100;
    erects statue of Twain, 167;
    sawmills, 264
Missouri river: 89, 179
Mitchell, Capt. Bob: at La Crosse
    bridge, 46; 130, 187
Mobile(Ala.): 180
Moline: rafter, 172; capsized, 175
Moline(Ill.): 54,143, 181, 234
Mollie Mohler: steamboat, 186, 187
MonitorL steamboat, 185
Monroe, John: pilot, 136; aids
    author prepare list of pilots, 267
      Montrose(Ia.): 28, 121
Monument and inscriptions: 160-168
Moonstone: steamboat, 185
Morgan, Capt. D: 176
Mormons: timber for buildings at
    Nauvoo, 35
Morning star: steamboat, 81, 204,238
Morrell, Dave Wood landing, 68
Mountain Belle: steamboat, renamed, 182;
    186, 221, 223
Mueller, Chr: 126, 139
Mueller Lumber Company: 176
Mullen, Moses: mate, 156
Muscatine: steamboat, 77, 159
Muscatine(Ia.): destination of rafts, 36; 54, 132
Musser : steamboat, remodeled, 179
Musser Lumber Co.: 54, 81, 103
M. Whitmore: steamboat, 246
Myers, Wm: engineer, 23
Myrick and Miller: 35
Nackenheim(Germany): birthplace of Capt.
    Kerz, 239
Natrona: steamboat, 186
Nauvoo(Ill.): Mormons, 35; 182
Neptune: steamboat, 231
Netta Durant: steamboat, 129, 140;
    rebuilt, 171; sold,177; 229
Newcomb, Capt. M.H: 181
Newcomb, O.J: pilot, in Alaska,267
New Orleans(La.): 179,180, 181
New Ulm(Minn.): massacre, 154
Noles Station: 144
Northern Light: steambaot, 23
Northfield(Minn.):  63
North Star: rafter, 171; 172
Northwestern: steamboat, 77; 159
Northwestern Lumber Co.:33, 220
Norton,Matthew G: 21
Noveltu: steamboat, 237
Nunns, Annie A: 21
Oars: describe, 29
Ohio: 167
Ohio river: 166, 178, 186
Oliver, Pearl: 68
Orinoco: steamboat: 68
O'Ryan, Conny: 24
Osborne, James: 155; stabbed, 156
Ott, Charley: 68
Ottawa river: 51
Ottumwa Belle: steamboat, 33, 177;
    ran last raft,203, 204,266
Paducah(Ky.: 179, 180, 181, 182
Park Bluff: rafter, rebuilt, 171
Parmalee brothers: 177
Pathfinder: bow-boat, 172; on last
    raft, 204; 221
Patton, Capt. L.E.:176
Paul, John: 35
Pauline: steamboat, 182, 220, 229
Pearl: steamboat, 186, 221
Peavey, Xapt. Hank L: 64
Peel, Capt. Thomas: 182
Penn Wright: steamboat, 64; burned, 189
Penquin: steamboat, 77
Pepin(Wis.): 77, 181
Pepin Lake: 68, 7o, 83; speed of rafts, 119;
    author has break-up, 140; 191
Perrot, Jo, 185
Pete Kerns: steamboat, 113
Peters, Samuel: 188
Pettibone, A.W.: 35
Phil Schaeckel: steamboat, 77
Phil Sheridan: steamboat, 159
Philumalee, David: 26, 36
Pilot: bow-boat, 73; sold, 74; 176, 244
Pilot-contractor: position explained, 26
Pilots: duties, 17; engaged, 36; 37; income,
    73; rivalry, 119; license authorizes, 121;
    list of raft, 1840-1913, 265- 273; see
    also Rapids' Pilots
Pittam(William): 24
Pittsburg: steamboat,78
Polleys, W.H: 35
Portage(Wis.): 35
Porter and Moon: see Northwestern Lumber Co.
Prairie du Chien(Wis.): 163, 224
Prescott: bow-boat, 73;118; dismantled, 189
Prescott(Wis.): 64; packet service, 77;
    wing dams, 89;Capt. Winans last raft
    to, 221
Prices and values: 36, 69, 75, 129, 130;
    cut by Capt. Winans, 222
Princeton(Ia.): 26, 36; author teacher in, 55
Purchase: steamboat, 182
Queens Bluff: wood yard, 68; low water, 89
Quickstep: steamboat, sold, 182
Quincy(Ill.): destination of rafts, 36; Clark
    statue, 166; packet service, 179
Racing: 108, 113-114
Rafts: speed of floating, 28;described,
    29-30, 34, 51; first taken to Saint
    Louis, 35;crews on, 38; size, 53; speed
    down stream, 69; earnings, 75-76;
    size of lumber and log, 118; usual
    speed119; storage, 139; first boat
    built to tow, 195- 201; largest, 203-
    204;double-deckers, 203; last, 204-207;
    see also pilots, engineers, mates,
Raft boats: crew, 15; what became of,
    171-189;  first real raft-boat, 199-201;
    freak, 209-210; pilots, 265-273; Rapid
    pilots, 275-278; Engineers, 279-285;
    mates, 287-299; list of and their owners,
    293-308
Rafting: 17; author's information, 19; record
    lost, 21; supplies, 70; last of, 204, 265;
    biographical sketches of prominent men,
    211-254; see also Pilots, Raft Pilots,
    Engineers,Mates
Railroads: 25; none o  Wisconsin side, 48;
    under water, 104; 178
Rambo, J.W: rapids pilot, 73; 130, 132
Rand, E.D.: 59
Randall, Lish: 68
Rapids Pilots: special, 73; fee, 74; list
    of, 275-278; see also Pilots
Ravenna: steamboat, raised, 180
R.D.Kendall: bow-boat, 172,189
Read's Landing(Minn.): 34,54;double-
    tripping, 70; packet service, 77;
    112, 186; first steamboat to tow
    rafts, 191; 219, 221
Red Wing: steamboat, 77, 156; sold,
    181
Reindeer: steamboat, sold, 178
Rexdale, Robert:'When the mississippi was
    the Great Highway, 152, 168-170
Reynolds, Joseph: 215
Rice, Capt. Dan: 143,144
Richmann, Capt.J.J: 175
Richman's wood yare: 68
Riots: see DuBucque
River anecdotes: 30-31;38-39, 45,46,
    86, 125,145-148,196
R.J.Wheeler: steamboat179,229
Robert Louis: trading post212
Robert Dodds: excursion barge, 143; 145,
    146, 172, 244, 246
Robert Harris: steamboat, 77
Robert Semple: steamboat, 229
Robson, John: 126
Rochester(Minn.): 175
Rock Island(Ill.): 54,73; largest
    log raft to, 10. 20, 203
Rock Island Lumber and Mfg. Co: 54
Rock Island rapids: 28; length, 73;
    130; improvement, 195; rapids
    pilots, 275-276
Reck river: 244
Roxbury(Mass.): birthplace of Capt.
    Durant, 229
Rum river: logging on, 37
Rumsey, L.H: 219
Rush Chute: 75
Rutherford, Capt. George: 19, 95, 103,
    110; advise to author, 112
Saddle-bagging: expalainrd, 18
Saint Anthony's Falls: logging above,
    20, 36
Saint Croix: steamboat126, 186, 221
Saint Croix lake: use, 64; wood yard,
    69; 74; rafts through, 82; speed
    of rafts, 119; 186; rafts pushed
    through early, 191
Saint Croix river: 20-21, 63, decline
    of logging171; 186
Saint Louis(M0.): 23; steamers24; first
    logs, 33; 35, 54; boat store, 70
    pilot's license, 74; packetn service,
    78; 154, 180, 182, 185; largest
    raft to, 203; 220
Saint Louis Waterways Journal: 245; list
    of pilots, 265
Saint louis wood landing: 68
Saint Maurice river: 51
Saint Paul(Minn.): 21, 24; immigrants
    to, 37; 74; packet service, 77, 78;
    81; wing dams, 89; 90, 154, 182;
    Capt. Winan's last raft, 221
Sam Atlee: steamboat, sold, 179, 210, 221
Satelite I: steamboat, 221
Satelite II : steamboat, 221
Saturday Evening post: 20
Saturn I: rafter, 171, 172;destroyed,
    177; 221, 240
Saturn II : steambaot, sold, 179;
    handle largest raft, 203; 221
Savage, William: pilot, 136
Savannah Bay: 55
Sawmills: and their owners, 255-264
Sawyer, Tom: statue, 167
Sawyer and Austin: 35
Schworm, F.P: 161
Scott, George: 48
Shannon, James: mate, 130
Shannon, John: fireman, 56
Shannon, Robert: engineer, 122,130
Shaw, Daniel: 186
Sheffield(Ala.): 180
Sherman Lumber Co: 34
Shipley, Ben: cook, 56
Shiplor, Peter: wharf-boat, 105
Short, Capt. Lome: encourages author,
    103
Short, Pete, 48
Shulenburg and Boeckler: 54, 82
Sidney: steamboat, 78
Silas Wright: steambaot, sunk, 189;
    220-221
Silver Crescent: rafter, 46, 130, 146;
    author buys, 186; unfortunate ex-
    perience, 187; in packet service, 188
Silver wave: raft-boat, 43; author transfered
    to, 60; 81, 95-119; hard to steer, 96;
    181; dismantled, 189; 253
Simmons, Wm: 26
Skinner, Bill, raft pilot, 36
Skunk river: 112
Slocumb, Alfred: 211
Slocumb,Henry, 188
Smallpox epidemic: 106-107
Smith, John: 73; rapids pilot,159
Smith, Capt. Orin, 23
Smith's wood yard: 69
South Stillwater lumber Co: 229
Spaulding, Jacob: sawmill, 35
Spechts Ferry(Ia.): 100
Splitting on the pier:explained, 18
Stanchfield, Daniel: 20; cut first
    logs on Upper Mississippi, 36
Standard Lumber Co: 220
Staples, Isaac: 64
Steamboat: terms used, 15; principal
    fuel, 60; use of coal, 67-68; size,
    78; speed, 108; boilers, 109; riv-
    alry, 154-156; all available used
    in rafting, 185; more use for stern-
    wheelers, 186; use in rafting, 191-
    192; whistle signals, 196; see rac-
    ing, raft-boats, rafting, etc.
Stedman, James: engineer, 114
Steele, Franklin: first mill in Minne-
    apolis, 37
Stephenson, Capt. Charles L: 23
Sterlin: steamboat, 24, 239, 240
Sterling(Ill.): 229
Stillwater: steamboat, dismantled
    189, 223
Stillwater(Minn.) first logs from,
    33, 56, 60; penetentiary, 63; 70,
    74, 77, 82, 121, 143, 180, 185;
    largest raft taken from, 203; 237,
    249
Stone, Elizabeth: wife of Cyprian
    Buisson, 238
Stone house(the): 68
Streckfus, Capt. John: 154; rivalry,
    154-156
Stubb's Eddy: 74
Sucker State: steamboat, 156
Suiter, Jacob: 74
Suiter, W.A: 85
Taber Lumber Co: 177
Tagg, Thomas: discovered coal, 149
Talmadge, T. DeWitt: lecturer, 76
Tampa(Fla.): 254
Taylor, Maj. Zachary: 166, 234
Taylor's Falls(Wis.): 77
Ten Broeck: steamboat, author in
    charge, 67; wins race, 114; 126;
    rafting with, 135-148; deacribed,
    136; burned, 178; 244
Tennessee river: 179, 182
Thistle: steamboat, in packet trade,
    182-185
Thompson, Miss_____: 86
Tibbals, W.R: pilot, 23
Tibbetts, Bill: 68
Tiber: steamboat, dismantled, 189
Tidal Wave: steamboat, 77
Towboat Minnesota: 82
Tracey George S: lawyer, 182
Transportation: mail, freight, and
    passenger service,48; harvestors,
    100; roads,trucks and busses ef-
    fect river,179; electric road effect
    river, 181
Trenton(Wis.): 69
Tromley, George: 19; pilot, 23-26;
    claim on Packet Company: 45;46;
    56; encourage author, 67; 95; 136,
    196, 243
Trow, G.B: 35
Turner, Capt. J. M: 20; biographical
    sketch, 216-221; button factory, 220
Turner and Hollinshed; 180
Twain, Mark: statue, 167
Union: steamboat, 185; first to tow rafts,
    191, 192, 222; 221
Union Lumber Company: 33
Upper Rapids: see Rock Island rapids
Valley Lumber Co: 34
Valley Navigation Co:  233; formed;
    237
Van Sant, J.W: advice to author,
    125; 199
Van Sant, Capt. Sam R: 19, 20; au-
    thor's employer, 55; pardons Cole
    Younger, 63; charters Artemus Lamb,
    76; charming host, 81; 100; on
    racing, 114-117; 121, 122, 176,
    199, 201; regarding Samuel Hitch-
    cock, 238-239; Biological sketch,
    250=254
Van Sant and Musser Transportation Co:
    103, 130, 177, 186
Verne Swain: steamboat, rivalry, 154-156
Vernie Mac: 181
Victory(Wis.): 68
Vigor: steamboat, 77
Viola: steambaot, 186, 229, 249
Virginia: rafter, 171; taken to florida, 177
Vivian: steamboat, sold, 186
Volundeer: steamboat, built, 129; de-
    troyed, 177
Wabash: rowboat, 175
Wabash river: 175
Wabasha(Minn.): 48; trade between
    and Alma, 51; 77, 89, 180;
    birthplace of Capt. J. Buisson,
    230;birthplace of Capt. Cyprian
    Buisson, 234
Wages: crews, 69
Walker, Jack: 237
Wapsie Slough: 144
Ward and Brady: boat store, 70
War Eagle: steamboat, 246
Warsaw(Ill.): 166
Washburn, Gov. C.C: 35
Water, power: 37
Webb, Capt. N. F: 23
West Newton( Minn.): annual out-
    put, 33; wood yard, 68; 237
West Newton Slough: 21, 53; decline
    of logging, 171
West Rambo: steamboat, 74; rebuilt,
    171, 177
Western Union railway: under water, 104
Weyerhaeuser, Fred: 48; president
    M.R.L. Co., 54; 210
Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann: 54, 81, 210
Wharf-boat: at Bellevue, 105-106
Wheeler, Capt. R.J: 143, 215, 229
White, J.G. and Co: 178
White, William: pilot, 23
White Collar Line: 155, 159
White Eagle: steamboat, 77
W.H. Clark: steambaot. 220
Whitmore, Henry: engineer, 23;
    mechanic, 96; 99; skilled
    mechanic, 100-103; 108, 139, 199
Wilcox, Capt.H.C: 51, 180
Wild Boy: bow-boat, 73; dismantled,
    189
Wm. Hyde Clarke: steamboat, 185
Wm. White: steamboat, 186
Williams, Taylor: 67; opens coal mine,
    149
Williams, White and Co: 99
Willis Wilson: steambaot, 24
Wilson,Mr.(Natty): author's land-
    lord, 95
Winans, Capt. George: 171, 177;
    first to direct raft below Lake
    Pepin, 191; 192; handled largest
    raft, 203; biographical sketch,
    221-223; 240
Wing dams: 63; described, 89
Winona: rafter, 171
Winona(Minn.): 54; wood yard, 66;
    69; packet service, 77; wing dams,
    89; 182
Winona Lumber Co: 54
Wisconsin: 47; wood yards, 68; 167;
    sawmills, 256,257
Wisconsin Historical Society: proceedings,
    21
Wisconsin river: 21, 27; earliest lum-
    bering on, 35; 36; wood landings,
    68; 93, 164
Wisherd, Capt. D.W: 189
Withee, Levi: 35
Withee, Oran: 35
Withrow, Alf: pilot, 139
Witte, John: wood yard, 68
W.J. Young, Jr: raft-boat, built,
    81; Queen of rafting fleet,
    178; 240
Wolf river: 175
Wood, Billy: pilot, 156
Wooders, John H: pilot, 136
Woodward, Capt, Asa: 210
Wood yards: most noted, 68
Worden, Capt. Jones L: 159
Worth, Dave: wood landing, 68
Worth, Fred: wood landing, 68
Wright, Thomas: chief engineer, 56
Wyalusing Bay: raft storage, 139
Wyman, Fred: 223; testamonial, 224
Wyman X; Steamboat, 221
Youmans Brothers and Hodgins: 54
Young, Capt. A.R: 64; largest raft-
    boats, 82; 239
Young, Mr. C.H: 178
Young, W.J: 178; encourages first
    trial raft-boat, 192; builds twin
    boats, 210; 222, 239, 240
Yoing, W.J. and Co: 54; family boat,
    81, 135, 139; run first raft-boat,
    192; 210, 222
Younger, Cole: 63
Younker, Capt. Adam: 23, 239
Younker, Capt. Steven: 23, 239
Yukon Transportation and Trading Co.,
    240
Zalus Davis: steamboat, 221
Zebley, Jonathan: built first boat to
    tow rafts, 195
Zumbrota river: 230

ILLUSTRATIONS INDEX

                               Illustrations

Captain W.A.Blair (actat 54)   .    .              Frontspiece
Steamer Morning Star of Davenport in 1911   .   .        22
Steamer Dubuque    .    .     .    .     .     .      .     41
    This successful steamer owned by the  Northern Line,
was built at Pittsburg, Pa., in 1867. She was 233 feet
long, 36 foot beam, and 62 feet wide, over all. The 'riot'
occured on her at Hampton, Ill., July, 1869. She burned
in Alton Slough, March, 1879. From photograph taken at
Winona, Minn.
                                                                      
    Steamers Stillwater and lady Grace    .    .    .    .      49
The Robert Dodds shown in the foreground, is goimg out
withone-half of her raft. The view shows a group of raft-
boats at the office of the M.R.L. Co.in Beef Slough ,
which in 1884 turned out 674,000,000 feet of logs
and kept 75 towboats busy.

Steamer LeClaire Belle   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .     57
    One of the best and most successful boats of the
old raft fleets, 1871-1890. Captain Sam Van Sant
owned one-half interest. The author was clerk and
watchman in 1878.

Sreamer Clyde   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .     .        61
    Iron hull, side-wheel rafter, built at Dubuque, Iowa,
1870, for Ingram and Kennedy.Changed to a stern-
wheeler by J.M. Turner and A.F.Hollinshead about
1889. Now(1929O towing pig iron on the Tennessee
river and owned by The Arrow Transpotation Co. She
was the first iron hull on the upper Mississippi- very
fast but hard to steer and often broken down.

Steamer Pauline    .    .    .     .    .    .     .    .     65
    Built in Stillwater, Minn., 1879, for Durant,
Wheeler and Company. Engines ten inches by six
feet. Owned and operated by Captain J.M.Turner of
Lansing, Iowa.

The Artemus Lamb with  an excusion party   .     .     .     .  71
    Owned and operated by C. Lamb and Sons of
Clinton, Iowa, 1873-1898.

Steamer C.J. Caffrey     .    .    .    .    .    .    .     .     79
    Rebuilt at Rock Island for Weyerhaeuser and
Denkmann. Launched in 1875, in charge of Captain
O.P. McMann of Clinton. She had a long and
successful run.


The Clinton Nigger    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .      83
    Invented by Chancy Lamb in 1874. The end of the
guy-lines were made fast on the outside corners of the
stern of the raft. By running this double-spooled
' nigger'  in which the guy lines were fastened, it
paid out on one side and took in on the other and
kept an even strain on the lines. By this 'nigger'
the tow- boat's stern was swung to either side
and held  in any desired position to control the
movement of the raft.

Steamer Charlotte Boeckler    .    .    .    .    .    .   87
    A large and powerful boat, owned by Shulenburg
and Boeckler of Saint Louis. Captain Dodd, master
and pilot. She was well built in New Albany, Ind.,
and came out 1881. Her engines were fifteen inches
by seven feet.

Sreamer dexter    .    .    .    .    .    .    .     .     91
    This was an old boat when McDonald Brothers
of LaCrosse added her to their rafting fleet in
1874, with Captain Peter O'Rourke in charge. She
was dismantled at La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1887

Steamer Silver Wave    .    .    .    .    .    .    .      97
    This steamer was originally called  the D.A.
McDonald. It was built at Le Claire, Iowa, in 1872.
Owned by Van Sant and Husser Transportation Co.
of Muscatine , Iowa. The author was clerk and
' nigger-runner', 1879-1881

Steamer Mountain Belle    .    .    .    .    .    .         101
    Originally a packet on the Kanawha river.
Was brought into the rafting business, 1874,
by Hewitt and Wood of LaCrosse, Wis. She was
later owned by G.C.Hixson and then for several
years by McDonald brothers of LaCrosse. Her
last years were spent in the excursion business
at Saint Paul with Wm. McCraney as master
and owner, under the name of the Purchase,
she had a long and successful career, and was
finally condemned and dismantled by Peters and
Son at Wabasha, 1917. She never had a bad
mishap causing any great loss.

Tightening crosslines with Spanish Windlass .    .       115
    The lines holding the raft together and keep-
ing it straight had to be frequently tightened in
the manner shown. The Spanish Windlass consisted
of two light poles about four inches through at the
butt ends. One called the 'upright' about six feet
long, was firmly held in a vertical position by one
man while another man carried about the ten -foot
pole called the 'sweep'. The hitch  caught in the
bight of the loose line could in this way be wound
around the upright until a good strain was secured
and, held by the windlass. laid down flat.

Steamer Kit Carson    .    .    .    .    .    .    .      123
    A large, powerful rafter with no unnecessary
upper works to catch the wind. She was built at
Stillwater , 1880, for Captain A.R. Young and
the Burlington Lumber Company. Sam Hitchcock
was her head-pilot for several years. Then she
was sold to J.C. Daniels of Keokuk, and Gara
Denberg became her master and pilot. McDonald
Brothers were her last owners in the rafting business.
She was sold south and wore out at Memphis.

Sreamer C.W. Cowles    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    127
    This excellent rafter was built at Madison, Ind.,
1881, for the Fleming Brothers of MacGregor. Later
she was owned by The Valley Navigation Company,
with Joseph Buisson as master. Then Capt. George
Winans bought her, and when he quit rafting sold
to the Deeres of Moline to tow their houseboat
'Narkatana'. They put a new hull under the same
cabin and named her 'Kalitan'. She is in ex-
cellent today.

Steamer Ten Broeck    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   137
    This was a large, powerful rafter with three
boilers and and engines seventeen inches by four
and one-half feet. Built at Stillwater in 1882
for Gillispie and Harper. In 1886 The Le Claire
Navigation Company bought her and the author
took charge for six years.She was low and wide,
very little affected by wind and would out-
back or out-flank anything in the river.
Photograph taken four miles below Lynxville,Wis.

Steamer W.J. Young, Jr.    .    .    .    .    .    .    141
    A handsome rafter, built in 1883 for  W.J.
Young and Company of Clinton, Iowa. She is shown
towing a half-raft of logs. She was a 160 feet
long over all and 34 feet wide, with engines
fourteen inches by six feet.

The Famous'Green Tree' at Le Claire, Iowa   .    .    .  151
    Reproduced from an original photograph
taken in 1880. This elm's trunk is 13 feet in
circumference and it's brances have a spread
of 93 feet. It is the only Iowa tree in the
Hall of Fame. The little tow-boat shown is
the jennie Gilchrist.

Residence of Brigham Young, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1845.       157

Old Home of the Prophet, Joseph Smith  .    .    .       157
    Still standing in Nauvee, Illinois.

Steamer J.W. Van Sant II  .    .    .    .    .    .      173
    Towing a 'double-decker' raft of logs. Built
in 1890 and burned in 1907. Shown here in the
foreground being hitched in behind and pushing
the big raft down river. The Lydia Van Sant is
made fast across the bow of the raft and by
pushing ahead or back, as directed by the pilot
 on the J.W. the bow-boat moves the bow to
to the right or or left giving the raft a
different direction or'point.'

Watching the morning Star going to Saint Paul
    1912     .     .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    183
The Old Way______Sreering by Hand    .     .    .    .    183
Fountain City, Wisconsin, Bluff 450 feet high .    .    .    193
Steamer Belle of Calhoun and Grand Tower Rock    .    .    193
Steamer Louisville .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .     .    197
    Owned by Durant and Wheeler of Stillwater, Minn.,
during the seventies. Captain R.J. Wheeler was her
master. She was subsequently owned by Knapp, Stout
and Company of Dubuque,Iowa and Saint Louis, Mo.,with
J.H.Wooders and later Andrew Locken as masters. She,
with other boats of this company, were bought by
McDonald Brothers of LaCrosse,Wis. about 1883, and
Captain L.A.Day became master and later R.M.Cassidy.
She was worn out in the service Of McDonald Brothers.

Old Time Rafters lying at Read's Landing, 1871.    .     205
    These boats are waiting a rise on the Chippewa
to bring out their lumber. Left to right they are
Hiram Price, L.W.Crane, Annie Girdon, L.W.Barden,
Buckeye, Clyde, St.Croix, Wm.Hyde Clark, and
Silas Wright, all adapted except the Clyde.


Captain S.B. Hanks    .    .    .    .    .    .    .       213
    Lived to be 98
Captain  J.M. Turner      .    .    .     .    .    .      217
    Of Lansing,Iowa
Captain E.J. Lancaster    .    .    .    .    .     .      225
    of LeClaire, Iowa. Long on Stillwater and Eclipse.

Captain E.W. Durant     .    .    .    .    .    .        227
    Of Stillwater, Minn.President of Durant,
Wheeler and Company.

Captain Joseph Buisson    .     .     .     .    .        231
    Of Wabasha, Minn. President of  Valley
Navigation Company.

Captain Cyprian Buisson    .     .     .     .    .       235
    Of St.Paul, Minn.Twenty years on the
Steamer B. Hershey.

Captain Paul Kerz    .     .     .     .     .     .         241
    Of Galena,Ill. On steamers J.W. Mills
W.J. Young, Jr.
Captain J.M. Hawthorne  .    .     .    .    .     .      247
    Of LeClaire, Iowa. 88 Nov.,1927.Still Piloting.
Captain Sam R. Van Sant .    .    .    .      .     .     251
    President Van Sant and Musse Transportation
Company and LeClaire Navigation Company.
Steamboat Morning Star   .    .    .    .    .    .       261
    Built in 1911. 250 feet long, 70 feet wide,
over all. She had excellent passenger accommodation
and could carry eight hundred tons of freight. On
her first trip, with a special party, she went
from davenport,Iowa, to the mouth of the
Mississippi, 110 miles below New Orleans  and
from there to St. Paul, Minn., and back to
Davenport. The author was in charge until
1918 when she was sold to Cincinnati company.
She was the last large boat in the St. Paul
trade.
Henry Whitmore     .    .    .    .    .     .     .        269
    Engineer. Fitted out first real rafter.
The Last Raft        .     .      .     .     .      .       281
    Captain W.L. Hunter with steamer Ottumwa
Belle, 1915, Hudson, Wis. to Ft. Madison, Iowa
Map of the Mississippi and its Tributaries    .    .        311
    Especially prepared by Max Mayer to Illustrate
this volume.