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MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOLK BACKGROUND
FRANK GOLDSMITH Walter Blair Speaking of the Abner Gile.
Her last work was work dropping logs from St. Paul to Prescott. In 1899 she sank at South Stillwater where she was dismantled and her engines used on some other boat. Frank E. Goldsmith was her chief engineer several years while owned by Captain Short. She had 28 years continuous service without a single serious accident.
Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 06 Mar 1932, p. 19.