Old Times on the Upper Mississippi
Lodwick; 1857--Captain A. T. Champlin, for part of the season; 1858;
burned on the Red River in 1862, while in government service; was a
very short boat and very hard to steer, especially in low water.
CLARA--Stern-wheel, of St. Louis; 567 tons burden, 250 horse-power
engines; at St. Paul 1858.
CLARIMA--At St. Paul 1859.
CLARION--(First)--Went to Missouri River, where she was burned, at
Guyandotte, May 1, 1845.
CLARION--(Second)--Stern-wheel; built at Monongahela, Pa., 1851;
73 tons; made 25 trips up Minnesota River from St. Paul, 1853;
same trade 1855; 1856--Captain Hoffman; 1857; 1858; had a very big
whistle, in keeping with her name--so large that it made her top
heavy.
COL. MORGAN--At St. Paul 1855; 1858.
COMMERCE--At St. Paul, from St. Louis, 1857--Captain Rowley.
CONESTOGA--St. Louis and St. Paul trade 1857--Captain James Ward, who
was also the owner.
CONEWAGO--Stern-wheel; built at Brownsville, Pa., 1854; 186 tons; St.
Louis and St. Paul Packet Co., 1855; 1856; 1857--Capt. James Ward;
1858; 1859.
CONFIDENCE--At Galena, from St. Louis, Nov. 7, 1845; same April 11,
1846; same March 30, 1847.
CONVOY--Stern-wheel; built at Freedom, Pa., 1854; 123 tons; at St.
Paul 1857.
CORA--Side-wheel; single engine; two boilers; hull built by Captain
Jos. Throckmorton at Rock Island; 140 feet long, 24 feet beam, five
feet hold; engine 18 inches by 5 feet stroke, built at St. Louis. At
Galena, on first trip, Sept. 30, 1846, Captain Jos. Throckmorton,
in Galena and St. Peters trade; first boat at Fort Snelling 1847,
Captain Throckmorton; Galena and St. Peters trade 1848, same captain,
also running to St. Croix Falls. Sold to go into Missouri River
trade fall of 1848; snagged and sunk below Council Bluffs, May 5,
1850, drowning fifteen people.
CORNELIA--Sunk, 1855, in Chain of Rocks, lower rapids; hit rock and
stove.
COURIER--Built at Parkersburg, Va., 1852; 165 tons; owned by W. E.
Hunt; in St. Paul trade 1857.
CREMONA--Stern-wheel; built at New Albany, Ind., 1852; 266 tons; in
Minnesota River trade 1857--Captain Martin.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY--At Galena August 2, 1846; broke shaft three miles
above Burlington, Aug. 18, 1846.
DAISY--Small stern-wheel; St. Paul 1858.
DAMSEL--Stern-wheel; 210 tons; in St. Paul trade 1860; 1864, Farley,
clerk; chartered as a circus boat, Charles Davis, pilot; snagged at
head of Onawa Bend, Missouri River, 1876; had on board the circus
company, which was taken off by Captain Joseph La Barge, in the
steamer "John M. Chambers"; no lives lost; boat total loss.
DAN CONVERSE--Stern-wheel; built at McKeesport, Pa., 1852; 163 tons;
at St. Paul 1855, and at other times; went into Missouri River trade
and was snagged Nov. 15, 1858, ten miles above St. Joseph, Mo.; total
loss.
DANIEL HILLMAN--At Galena May 25, 1847, from St. Louis.
DANUBE--(First)--Sunk, 1852, below Campbell's Chain, Rock Island
Rapids; hit rock and stove.
DANUBE--(Second)--Stern-wheel; at St. Paul 1858.
DAVENPORT--Side-wheel; built 1860; in Northern Line; sunk by breaking
of ice gorge at St. Louis, Dec. 13, 1876, but raised at a loss of
$4,000.
DENMARK--(First)--Sunk, 1840, at head of Atlas Island, by striking
sunken log.
DENMARK--(Second)--Side-wheel, double-rudder boat; Captain R. C.
Gray, in Northern Line, St. Louis & St. Paul, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860;
1861, same line, Captain John Robinson; 1862, same line.
DES MOINES VALLEY--St. Paul 1856.
DEW DROP--Stern-wheel; 146 tons; at St. Paul 1857; 1858; Capt. W. N.
Parker, 1859, in Northern Line; went into Missouri River trade and
was burned at mouth of Osage River, June, 1860.
DIOMED--St. Paul 1856.
DI VERNON--(Second)--Built at St. Louis, Mo., 1850; cost $49,000; at
St. Paul June 19, 1851; in collision with steamer "Archer" Nov. 27,
1851, five miles above mouth of Illinois River. (See "Archer".)
DR. FRANKLIN--(First)--First boat of the Galena & Minnesota Packet
Co.; bought 1848; owned by Campbell & Smith, Henry L. Corwith,
H. L. Dousman, Brisbois & Rice; M. W. Lodwick, Captain, Russell
Blakeley, Clerk, Wm. Meyers, Engineer; first boat to have steam
whistle on upper river; Captain Lodwick 1849; 1850; in Galena and St.
Paul trade; Capt. Lodwick in 1851; took a large party on pleasure
excursion from Galena to the Indian treaty grounds at Traverse des
Sioux, Minnesota River; 1852, Captain Russell Blakeley, Clerk Geo. R.
Melville; out of commission 1853; sunk at the foot of Moquoketa Chute
1854; total loss.
DR. FRANKLIN--(Second)--Called "No. 2"; bought of Capt. John McClure,
at Cincinnati, in the winter of 1848, by Harris Brothers--D. Smith,
Scribe and Meeker--to run in opposition to "Dr. Franklin No. 1";
Smith Harris, Captain; Scribe Harris, Engineer; 1850 went up to St.
Anthony Falls; in 1851 was the last boat to leave St. Paul, Nov. 20;
the St. Croix was closed and heavy ice was running in the river;
Capt. Smith Harris 1852; made 28 trips to St. Paul in 1853; Capt.
Preston Lodwick, 1854.
DUBUQUE--(First)--At Galena April 9, 1836, for St. Louis, Captain
Smoker; lost, 1837; exploded boiler at Muscatine Bar, eight miles
below Bloomington.
DUBUQUE--(Second)--At Galena April 20, 1847, Captain Edward H. Beebe;
162 feet long, 26 feet beam, 5 feet hold; on her first trip; regular
St. Louis, Galena and Dubuque trade; same 1848; at Galena July 29,
1849, Captain Edward H. Beebe, loading for Fort Snelling; sunk above
Mundy's Landing 1855.
DUBUQUE--(Third)--Side-wheel, 603 tons; in Northern Line, St. Louis &
St. Paul 1871.
EARLIA--At St. Paul 1857.
ECLIPSE--Eighth steamboat to arrive at Fort Snelling prior to 1827.
EDITOR--Side-wheel; built at Brownsville, Pa., 1851; 247 tons; very
fast; St. Louis & St. Paul 1854--Capt. Smith; same trade 1855--Capt.
J. F. Smith; 1856; 1857--Captain Brady, Clerks R. M. Robbins and
Charles Furman.
EFFIE AFTON--At St. Paul 1856; small stern-wheel; hit Rock Island
Bridge and sank, 1858; total loss.
EFFIE DEANS--St. Paul 1858; Captain Joseph La Barge; burnt at St.
Louis 1865.
ELBE--In Galena trade 1840.
ELIZA STEWART--At Galena May 26, 1848, from St. Louis, with 350 tons
freight. Left for St. Louis, with 100 tons freight from Galena.
EMERALD--In Galena trade 1837; sunk or burned 1837.
EMILIE--(First)--Side-wheel, Capt. Joseph La Barge, American Fur
Company, at St. Peters, 1841; snagged, 1842, in Emilie Bend, Missouri
River.
ENDEAVOR--Stern-wheel; built at Freedom, Pa., 1854; 200 tons; at St.
Paul 1857.
ENTERPRISE--(First)--Small stern-wheel; twelfth boat to arrive at
Fort Snelling, prior to 1827; again at the Fort June 27, 1832; sunk
at head of Enterprise Island, 1843.
ENTERPRISE--(Second)--Small side-wheel boat from Lake Winnebago;
owned and captained by Robert C. Eden, son of an English baronet, on
an exploring and hunting expedition; Geo. B. Merrick piloted for him
for two months on the upper river and the St. Croix.
ENTERPRISE--(Third)--Built in 1858, above the Falls of St. Anthony,
to run between St. Anthony and Sauk Rapids. Work superintended by
Capt. Augustus R. Young. Before the work was completed the boat
was sold to Thomas Moulton, and when finished she was run above
the Falls during 1859, 1860, and 1861. She was officered by four
brothers--Augustus R. Young, Captain and Pilot; Jesse B. Young, Mate;
Josiah Young, First Engineer, and Leonard Young, Second Engineer.
Thomas Moulton and I. N. Moulton took turns in running as clerk. In
1863 she was sold to W. F. and P. S. Davidson, who moved her around
St. Anthony Falls on skids, and launched her in the river below.
She ran as freight boat in the Davidson Line between La Crosse and
St. Paul for several years, and was then sold to go south. She was
a stern-wheel boat, 130 feet long, and 22 feet beam. The Youngs are
dead, with the exception of Leonard. Captain I. N. Moulton is living
(1908) at La Crosse, where he is engaged in the coal business.
ENVOY--(First)--In Galena trade 1857.
ENVOY--(Second)--Stern-wheel; built at West Elizabeth, Pa., 1852; 197
tons; at St. Paul 1857--Capt. Martin, Clerk E. Carlton; at St. Paul
1858.
EOLIAN--Stern-wheel; built at Brownsville, Pa., 1855; 205 tons; in
Minnesota River trade 1857--Captain Troy; same trade 1858; 1859.
EQUATOR--Stern-wheel; built at Beaver, Pa., 1853; 162 tons; in St.
Paul trade 1855, 1856; Minnesota River 1857--Captain Sencerbox;
wrecked in great storm on Lake St. Croix April 1858--Captain Asa B.
Green, pilots Charles Jewell, Geo. B. Merrick; Engineer John Lay;
Mate Russel Ruley.
EXCELSIOR--Side-wheel; built at Brownsville, Pa., 1849; 172 tons;
St. Louis & St. Paul trade 1850; Captain James Ward, owner and
captain; same 1852; arrived at St. Paul Nov. 20, 1852, with 350 tons
of freight, taken at $1.00 per hundredweight for any distance; over
$8,000 in the trip. In 1853 made 13 round trips from St. Louis to St.
Paul; "Billy" Henderson owned the bar on this boat and sold oranges
and lemons, wholesale, along the river; 1854, Captain Owen; 1855,
Capt. James Ward; 1856, Capt. Kingman; 1857, Capt. Conway, in St.
Paul trade.
EXPRESS--One of the first boats to reach Fort Snelling prior to 1827.
FALCON--Capt. Legrand Morehouse, St. Louis, Galena, Dubuque & Potosi
regular packet 1845; same 1846; in August, in Galena and St. Peters
trade, reports very low water at St. Peters; 1847, Capt. Morehouse,
St. Louis and Galena regular packet.
FALLS CITY--Stern-wheel; built 1855, at Wellsville, Ohio, by St.
Anthony Falls merchants, who ran her to the foot of the Falls in
order to show that the river was navigable to that point; 155 feet
long, 27 feet beam, 3 boilers; Captain Gilbert, 1855; in St. Louis
trade 1856, and got caught in great ice jam at St. Louis that year;
Capt. Jackins, 1857; wintered above the lake and was sunk by ice in
Lake Pepin in April, 1857. 183 tons.
FAIRY QUEEN--At St. Paul 1856.
FANNY HARRIS--Stern-wheel; 279 tons; built at Cincinnati, and owned
by Dubuque merchants; put into St. Paul trade in 1855, from Dubuque
and Dunleith, Capt. Jones Worden, Clerk Charles Hargus; same 1856;
1857, Capt. Anderson, Clerk Chas. Hargus, Second Clerk Geo. B.
Merrick, in Galena, Dunleith & St. Paul Packet Co.; same 1858, 1859;
Capt. W. H. Gabbert 1860; wintered at Prescott; 1861, Capt. William
Faucette, Clerks Hargus and Merrick, Engineers McDonald and William
Hamilton, Pilots James McCoy, Harry Tripp, James Black, Thomas Burns
and Thomas Cushing, Mate "Billy" Wilson; went up Minnesota River in
April, three hundred miles to bring down Sherman's Battery; Thos.
Burns raised a company for the 45th Illinois in 1861; Capt. Faucette
in command 1862; Merrick left her for the war in August, 1862; she
was sunk by the ice at Point Douglass in 1863; Charles Hargus died at
Dubuque, August 10, 1878.
FANNY LEWIS--Of St. Louis, at St. Paul.
FAVORITE--Side-wheel; Minnesota River packet 1859; same 1860, Capt.
P. S. Davidson; transferred to La Crosse trade in 1860; Capt. P. S.
Davidson, 1861, in La Crosse trade; Minnesota River trade 1862; 252
tons burden.
FAYETTE--At Fort Snelling May 11, 1839; reported at St. Croix Falls
May 12, 1839.
FIRE CANOE--Stern-wheel; built at Lawrence, Ohio, 1854; 166 tons; at
St. Paul May, 1855--Captain Baldwin; 1856; 1857--Captain Spencer; in
Minnesota River trade 1858; sunk by ice in Lake Pepin, three miles
below Wacouta, April, 1861; passengers and crew were taken off by
"Fanny Harris", which was near her when she sank.
FLEETWOOD--At St. Paul June 26, 1851.
FLORA--Stern-wheel; built at California, Pa., 1855; 160 tons; St.
Paul trade 1855; Dubuque and St. Paul 1856, in Dubuque and St. Paul
Packet Co.
FOREST ROSE--Built at California, Pa., 1852; 205 tons; at St. Paul
1856.
FORTUNE--Bought by Captain Pierce Atchison in April, 1845, at
Cincinnati at a cost of $6,000, for St. Louis & Galena trade; same