CHIEF ENGINEERS OF THE RAFTERS
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This list is by no means complete, as I am unable to find any list made
out by any one else; so must depend on memory with a few suggestions
from friends glad to assist me in this work.
I can only name the engineers who were on rafters long enough to become
identified with the rafting industry, as distinguished from the packet
business or the sand and gravel industry, and then my memory is limited to
those whose work and reputation were above the average, viz:
| Henry Whitemore | Galena, Illinois |
| William Myers | Galena, Illinois |
| George Griffith | Galena, Illinois |
| Conrad Kraus | Galena, Illinois |
| James Hunt | Savanna, Illinois |
| A.C. Van Bebber | Savanna, Illinois |
| Henry Bingham | Savanna, Illinois |
| Harry Beasley | Sabula, Iowa |
| Wm. Edwards | Clinton, Iowa |
| Wm. Krause | Clinton, Iowa |
| Fred Huffman | Clinton, Iowa |
| George Rockwood | Clinton, Iowa |
| James Duncan | Clinton, Iowa |
| James Cary | Clinton, Iowa |
| B.B. Rockwood | Clinton, Iowa |
| John McKeever | Clinton, Iowa |
| Sam Mikesell | Clinton, Iowa |
| P.M. Maines | Princeton, Iowa |
| P.H. Martin | Princeton, Iowa |
| Geo. O. Lancaster | Princeton, Iowa |
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| Henry Horton | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Thomas Doughty | LeClaire, Iowa |
| E.P. Bartlett | LeClaire, Iowa |
| J.L. Carver | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Enock Davies | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Chas. Burrell | LeClaire, Iowa |
| George Carroll | LeClaire, Iowa |
| John Van Alstine | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Charles Follett | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Robert Shannon | LeClaire, Iowa |
| David Nugent | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Hugh Shannon | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Peter Quinn | LeClaire, Iowa |
| James Stedman | LeClaire, Iowa |
| T.F. Long | LeClaire, Iowa |
| F.E. Goldsmith | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Daniel Dawley | LeClaire, Iowa |
| Joe Manwaring | LeClaire, Iowa |
| George Galloway | Davenport, Iowa |
| Wm. B. Milligan | Davenport, Iowa |
| Charles O'Hara | Davenport, Iowa |
| Wm. Burns | Davenport, Iowa |
| Wm. Adamson | Davenport, Iowa |
| Edward Bergen | Davenport, Iowa |
| Robert Solomon | Davenport, Iowa |
| T.G. Isherwood | Davenport, Iowa |
| D.R. Hanley | Davenport, Iowa |
| Wilbur Norris | Rock Island, Illinois |
| George Haikes | Rock Island, Illinois |
| Ben Wilson | Rock Island, Illinois |
| Spencer Burtnett | Rock Island, Illinois |
| Peter Servus | Rock Island, Illinois |
| John Bromley | Rock Island, Illinois |
| George Longwell | Rock Island, Illinois |
| Lem Maxfield | Moline, Illinois |
| Chas. Chaplin | Muscatine, Iowa |
| Robert Carter | Muscatine, Iowa |
| John Baer | Muscatine, Iowa |
| Wm. Fisher | Muscatine, Iowa |
| James Burgess | Burlington, Iowa |
| Zach Morgan | Burlington, Iowa |
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The Last Raft |
| Captain W. L. Hunter with steamer Ottumwa Belle, 1915, Hudson, Wis., to Fort Madison, Iowa |
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| Sam Evans | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Chas. Evans | St. Louis, Missouri |
| James H. Harris | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Thos. C. Chambers | Fort Madison, Iowa |
| Thos. Wright | Fort Madison, Iowa |
| John Wright | Fort Madison, Iowa |
| Chas. Henderson | Fort Madison, Iowa |
| Frank O'Kell | Fort Madison, Iowa |
| Samuel Nimrich | Nauvoo, Illinois |
| Dee Patton | Montrose, Iowa |
| Henry Gerboth | Montrose, Iowa |
| F.A. Whitney | Keokuk, Iowa |
| Wm. Schoels | Keokuk, Iowa |
| Sam Critchfield | Canton, Missouri |
| Thomas Burnett | LaGrand, Missouri |
| S.T. Burnett | Quincy, Illinois |
| Wm. Dodge | Dubuque, Iowa |
| M.L. Hanley | Dubuque, Iowa |
| Bud Dolson | Dubuque, Iowa |
| Lyman Stewart | Bellevue, Iowa |
| Jas. L. Sherman | Cassville, Wisconsin |
| George Sherman | Cassville, Wisconsin |
| Chas. Harvey | Guttenberg, Iowa |
| Wm. Glynn | Lansing, Iowa |
| Charles Fest | Lansing, Iowa |
| Lon Ames | Lansing, Iowa |
| Chas. Voight | Lansing, Iowa |
| Frank Dillon | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| Chas. Dillon | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| David Wescott | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| Levi King | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| Manny King | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| George Dansbury | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| Henry Tully | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| James Tully | LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| Frank Utter | Trempaleau, Wisconsin |
| Edward Hollinshead | Trempaleau, Wisconsin |
| Wm. McCraney | Winona, Minnesota |
| Elmer McCraney | Winona, Minnesota |
| Tyler Roe | Winona, Minnesota |
| Herman Anding | Winona, Minnesota |
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| James Fearn | Winona, Minnesota |
| Pearl Roundy | Wabasha, Minnesota |
| Oren Roundy | Wabasha, Minnesota |
| John Wiley | Wabasha, Minnesota |
| Milton Roundy | Wabasha, Minnesota |
| Robert Roundy | Wabasha, Minnesota |
| Thos. DeCamp | Wabasha, Minnesota |
| Sol. Fuller | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Sam Walker | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Joseph Fuller | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Thos. Slade | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Gus Bailes | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Alvin Fuller | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Milton Fuller | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Alex Campbell | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| A.H. Bryan | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| B.L. Hanks | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| A.R. Young | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Jesse Young | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Hub Young | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Wm. Feis | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Thos. Scullum | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Sam Fowler | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Matt Dustin | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Bert Davis | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| John Pickety | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| George Wilcox | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| James McGuire | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| L.B. Culbertson | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Fred Mack | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| John Beard | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Chas. Fisher | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Oliver Murray | Stillwater, Minnesota |
| Chas. Teel | Prescott, Wisconsin |
| James Miller | Prescott, Wisconsin |
| Oliver Stokes | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
| Edward Stokes | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
| George Bee | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
| Marion Davison | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
| John Walker | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
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| Edward Huttleby | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
| Wm. Gibson | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
| James Smith | Reads Landing Wisconsin |
| M.H. Newcomb | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| A.L. Mussey | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| J.W. Perry | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| John Fuller | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| O.G. Potter | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| A.C. Fairweather | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| G.W. Hunter | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| Wm. Ecklor | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| Alfred Fuller | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| George Gray | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| Eugene Fuller | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| Hiram Fuller | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| Clair Fuller | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| S.E. Serene | Pepin, Wisconsin |
| Earl Steele | Pepin, Wisconsin |
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