APPENDIX I
LIST OF RAFT-BOATS, THEIR MASTERS AND OWNERS, 1883
293
| NAME | MASTERS |
| Charlotte Boeckeler | Robert Dodds |
| Helen Shulenberg | E.J. Chacey |
| owned by the Shulenberg and Boeckeler Lumber Company of Saint Louis, Missouri. | |
| Helen Mar | W.A. Slocumb |
| Louisville | Andrew Larkin |
| Menominie | Stephen Withrow |
| Bart. E. Linechan | Lafe Parker |
| owned by the Knapp, Stout and Company of Saint Louis, Missouri. | |
| J.G. Chapman | John O'Connor |
| owned by Peter Kirns of Saint louis, Missouri | |
| Tiber | William Kratka |
| owned by the Quincey Lumber Company of Quincy, Illinois. | |
| Lumberman | Hiram Brazee |
| owned by J.C. Daniels of Keokuk, Iowa. | |
| Prescott | R.S. Owen |
| owned by Sam Speak and R.S. Owen of Montrose, Iowa. | |
| Sam Atlee | James Hugunin |
| owned by S. & J.C. Atlee of Fort Madison, Iowa. | |
| D.C. Fogel | Fred Fogel |
| owned by Fogel Brothers of Burlington, Iowa. | |
| Kit Carson | A.R. Young |
| owned by A.R. Young and the Burlington Lumber Company. | |
294
| NAME | MASTERS |
| Isaac Staples | Vincent Peel |
| owned by Vincent Peel and the Burlington Lumber Company. | |
| B. Hershey | Cyprian Buisson |
| owned by the Hershey Lumber Company of Muscatine. | |
| Silver Wave | John McKenzie |
| Jas, Fisk, Jr | Thomas Dolson |
| LeClaire Belle | I.H.Short |
| owned by the Van Sant and Musser transportation Company of Muscatine, Iowa | |
| F.C.A. Denkmann | W.H. Whisler |
| C.J. Caffrey | George Carpenter |
| owned by Weyerhauser and Denkmann of Rock Island, Ill. | |
| Stillwater | Alfred Carpenter |
| owned by the Rock Island Lumber Company. | |
| Eclipse | E.J. Lancaster |
| owned by the Lindsay and Phelps and the Cable Lumber Company of Davenport, Iowa. | |
| St. Croix | George Tromley |
| owned by the Mueller Lumber Company of Davenport. | |
| Golden Gate | Geo. Rutherford |
| owned by the Coleman and Rutherford Steamboat Company of Davenport, Iowa. | |
| Moline | IsaiahWasson |
| owned by Dimock, Gould and Company of Moline, Illinois. | |
| J.S. Keator | L.A. Day |
| owned by the Keator Lumber Company of Moline, Illinois | |
| Last Chance | John Monroe |
| J.W. Mills | W.A. Blair |
| owned by the LeClaire Navigation Company of LeClaire, Iowa. | |
| Pilot | John McCaffrey |
| owned by D.F. Dorrance and John McCaffrey of LeClaire, Iowa. | |
295
| NAME | MASTERS |
| Ten Broeck | George Tromley |
| owned by John McCaffrey and George Tromley, Jr. of LeClaire and Robert Dodds of Saint Louis, Missouri. | |
| W.J. Young | Paul Kerz |
| D. Boardman | James Rellis |
| owned by W.J. Young and Company of Clinton, Iowa | |
| Artemus Lamb | Stephen B. Hanks |
| Chancey Lamb | William J. Savage |
| Lafayette Lamb | Cyrus King |
| Lady Grace | Toliver McDonald |
| owned by C. Lamb and sons of Clinton, Iowa. | |
| Silver Crescent | O.P. McMann |
| owned by O.P. McMann of Clinton, Iowa. | |
| Netta Durant | A.E. Duncan |
| owned by the Clinton Lumber Company of Clinton and A.E. Duncan of Lyons, Iowa. | |
| Nina | Horace Hollinshead |
| owned by the Lyons Lumber Company and H. Hollinshead. | |
| Pauline | Alfred Hollinshead |
| Lily Turner | J.M. Turner |
| owned by Turner and Hollinshead of Lansing, Iowa. | |
| Iowa | Frank Wild |
| owned by Davis and Gardiner of Lyons, Iowa. | |
| Gardie Eastman | Joseph Buisson |
| owned by Gardner, Batcheler and Welles Lyons, Iowa. | |
| Nellie | Thomas O'Rourke |
| owned by Specht Brothers of Spechts Ferry. | |
| C.W. Cowles | George Winans |
| owned by W. and J. Fleming of McGregor. | |
| Abner Gile | J.E. Short |
| owned by Captain Short and Abner Gile of LaCrosse. | |
| Mountain Belle | Morrell Looney |
| Dexter | Peter O'Rourke |
| Bella Mac | R.M. Cassidy |
| Natrona | Vol. A. Biglow |
296
| NAME | MASTERS |
| Mollie Mohler | N.B. Lucas |
| Zada | Frank Wetenhall |
| Carrie | Not Given |
| owned by McDonald Brothers of LaCrosse, Wis. | |
| Dan Hine | G.L. Short |
| B.F. Weaver | Not Given |
| Alfred Toll | Not Given |
| Flying Eagle | A.M. Short |
| owned by P.S. Davidson of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. | |
| A. Reiling | A.J. Davis |
| owned by A.J. Davis and the Standard Lumber Company of Dubuque, Iowa. | |
| City of Winona | William McCraney |
| owned by Youmans Brothers and Hodgins of Winona, Minnesota. | |
| Julia | William Slocumb |
| owned by Laird Norton and Company, Winona, Minnesota. | |
| Hartford | Henry Buisson |
| owned by the Mississippi River logging Company of Clinton, Iowa. | |
| Jesse Bill | E.C. Bill |
| Buckeye | Not Given |
| owned by Captain E.C. Bill of Wabasha, Minnesota. | |
| Lizzie Gardner | Asa Woodward |
| owned by Drury of Wabasha, Minnesota. | |
| Silas Wright | John Walker |
| owned by Davison and Walker of reads Landing. | |
| Clyde | E.D. Dickson |
| owned by Empire Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. | |
| Wm. White | C.H. Meade |
| owned by Captain Meade of Stillwater, Minnesota. | |
| Ida Fulton | Irvine Miliron |
| owned by Meade and Gillespie of Stillwater. | |
297
| NAME | MASTERS |
| Ruby | George Herold |
| owned by Gardner and Company. | |
| Bro. Jonathan | C.C. Carpenter |
| A.T. Jenks | O.J. Newcomb |
| R.J. Wheeler | Ira Fuller |
| Dispatch | W. Grant |
| owned by Durant Wheeler and Company of Stillwater. | |
| David Bronson | John Hoy |
| Evansville | Edward Root |
| Bun Hersey | John Quinlan |
| owned by Matt Clark Transportation Company of Stillwater, Minnesota. | |
| Perry Swain | Not Given |
| owned by D.M. Swain of Stillwater. | |
| Penn Wright | H.L. Peavey |
| owned by H.L. Peavey of Stillwater, Minnesota. | |
In addition to the raft-boats listed above that were regularly engaged
in towing logs or lumber rafts to the down-river yards and mills, there were
a few small boats doing harbor work and assisting the large boats at
some particular places, the 'Frank' at LaCrosse, the 'Little Hoddie' in
Beef Slough, the 'Belle of Bellvue' at Minneiska, the 'Bob Burdette' at
Stillwater and the 'Phil Schaeckel' at Reads and the 'Lotus' at Winona.
The 'Jim Watson' is not included, as she was seized by the United States
Marshall for debt and her ownership and future sphere of operations are much
in doubt.
The list includes seventy-nine regular raft-boats and six 'helpers,'
making eighty-five in all.
As there were twenty men in an average crew, these eighty-five steam-boats
gave employment to about two thousand men, counting those actually
on board and …
298 the 'alternates' on shore, some sick at home or in the marine hospital,
others laying off a trip to rest up or to spend their few hard earned dollars,
like an Irishman whose name I can't recall, who gave me notice
going up river one trip on the 'Ten Broeck' that he would like his money as
he intended to leave us when we landed in Lansing for supplies.
He had been with us three or four weeks in the mate's crew on deck.
He was above the average for intelligence. He had read some good books
and often gave the others a few lines from Shakespeare appropriate to the
occasion and in very impressive manner.
I did not want him to get off and on my insisting as to 'why' he was
leaving us, he told me he had already overstayed his time and must go ashore
to rest and refresh himself.
As I passed back through the deck room I glanced at his big black pasteboard valise. He noticed this and on my return through the deck room he
called my attention to his worldly belongings and with excellent voice and
appropriate gesture said: "Captain! Behold her! The accumulations of
forty-one years."
His possessions included a red handkerchief, an old razor and a pair of socks.
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