Old Times on the Upper Mississippi
trade 1846; same 1847; sunk, Sept., 1847, on upper rapids.
FRANK STEELE--Small side-wheel; length 175 feet; beam 28 feet; Capt.
W. F. Davidson, in Minnesota River trade 1857; same 1858; same
trade, Capt. J. R. Hatcher, 1859, and spring of 1860; transferred
to La Crosse & St. Paul trade 1860, in Davidson's Line; same 1861;
Minnesota River 1862.
FRED LORENZ--Stern-wheel; built at Belle Vernon, Pa., 1855; 236
tons; Capt. Parker, St. Louis & St. Paul Line, 1857, 1858, 1859; in
Northern Line Packet Co., St. Louis & St. Paul, Captain I. N. Mason,
1860, 1861.
FREIGHTER--In Minnesota River trade 1857, 1858; Captain John Farmer,
1859. She was sold, 1859, to Captain John B. Davis, who took a cargo
for the Red River of the North, and attempted to run her via Lake
Traverse and Big Stone Lake, and over the portage to Red River. His
attempt was made too late in the season, on a falling river, with
the result that the "Freighter" was caught about ten miles from Big
Stone Lake and was a total loss. Her timbers remained for many years
a witness to Captain Davis's lack of caution.
FRONTIER--New 1836; built by D. S. and R. S. Harris, of Galena;
Captain D. Smith Harris, Engineer R. Scribe Harris, arrived at Fort
Snelling May 29, 1836.
FULTON--Tenth steamboat to arrive at Fort Snelling prior to 1827; at
Galena, advertised for St. Peters, June, 1827.
G. B. KNAPP--Small stern-wheel; 105 tons, built and commanded by Geo.
B. Knapp, of Osceola, Wisconsin; ran in the St. Croix River trade
most of the time.
G. H. WILSON--Small stern-wheel; built for towboat, and powerfully
engined; 159 tons; at St. Paul first 1857; afterward in Northern Line
as low water boat; sunk opposite Dakota, Minnesota, 1862.
G. W. SPARHAWK--Side-wheel; built at Wheeling, Va., 1851; 243 tons;
in St. Paul trade 1855; sunk one mile below Nininger, Minnesota.
GALENA--(First)--Built at Cincinnati for Captain David G. Bates;
Scribe Harris went from Galena to Cincinnati and brought her out as
engineer, David G. Bates, Captain; at Galena 1829, 1835, 1836, 1837.
GALENA--(Second)--Captain P. Connolly, at Galena, in Galena & St.
Peters trade; nearly wrecked in great wind storm on Lake Pepin in
June, 1845; J. W. Dinan, clerk, August 12, 1845; at Dubuque Nov. 28,
1845, at which time she reports upper river clear of ice, although
Fever River is frozen so that boats cannot make that port; 1846,
Captain Goll, Clerk John Stephens.
GALENA--(Third)--Side-wheel; 296 tons; built 1854 at Cincinnati
for Galena & Minnesota Packet Company; in St. Paul trade, D. B.
Morehouse, 1854; Captain Russell Blakeley 1855; Captain Kennedy
Lodwick, 1856; Captain W. H. Laughton, 1857; first boat through lake
1857, arriving at St. Paul at 2 A. M., May 1; passed "Golden State"
and "War Eagle" under way between Lake Pepin and St. Paul; there were
twelve boats in sight when she got through; burned and sunk at Red
Wing in 1857, the result of carelessness, a deck passenger having
dropped a lighted match into some combustible freight; several lives
lost; had 46 staterooms.
GALENIAN--At Galena March 30, 1846.
GENERAL BROOKE--Side-wheel; built 1842; Captain Joseph Throckmorton,
at Galena, from St. Peters, May 26, 1842; seven trips Galena to St.
Peters, 1843; at Galena 1845; sold to Captain Joseph La Barge, of St.
Louis, in 1845, for $12,000, to run on the Missouri; continued in
that trade until 1849, when she was burned at St. Louis levee.
GENERAL PIKE--Side-wheel; built at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1852; 245 tons;
at St. Paul 1857; 1859.
GIPSEY--(First)--In Galena trade, 1837; at Galena, for St. Peters,
1838; at Fort Snelling with treaty goods for Chippewa Indians, Oct.
21, 1838; Captain Gray, at Fort Snelling, May 2, 1839.
GIPSEY--(Second)--Stern-wheel; built at California, Pa., 1855; 132
tons; at St. Paul, 1855; 1856.
GLAUCUS--Captain G. W. Atchison, in Galena trade, 1839; at Fort
Snelling, May 21, 1839, and again June 5, 1839.
GLENWOOD--At St. Paul 1857.
GLOBE--Captain Haycock, in Minnesota River trade, 1854, 1855, 1856.
GOLDEN EAGLE--At St. Paul 1856.
GOLDEN ERA--Side-wheel; built at Wheeling, Va., 1852; 249 tons; in
Minnesota Packet Company; Captain Hiram Bersie, 1852; Captain Pierce
Atchison, at St. Paul, from Galena, May, 1855; later in season
Captain J. W. Parker, Dawley, clerk; Captain Parker, 1856; Captain
Sam Harlow and Captain Scott in 1857, in Galena, Dunleith & St. Paul
Line; same line 1858; Captain Laughton, in La Crosse & St. Paul Line
1859; Captain Laughton, in Dunleith Line 1860; Captain W. H. Gabbert,
in Dunleith Line 1861.
GOLDEN STATE--Side-wheel; built at McKeesport, Pa., 1852; 298 tons;
1856--Captain N. F. Webb, Chas. Hargus, clerk; 1857, Captain Scott,
Clerk Frank Ward, in Galena, Dunleith & St. Paul Line; at St. Paul
1859.
GOODY FRIENDS--At St. Paul 1859.
GOSSAMER--At St. Paul 1856.
GOV. BRIGGS--At Galena July 23, 25, and 28, 1846, in Galena & Potosi
run.
GOV. RAMSEY--Built by Captain John Rawlins, above the Falls of St.
Anthony, to run between St. Anthony and Sauk Rapids; machinery built
in Bangor, Maine, and brought by way of New Orleans and up the
Mississippi River.
GRACE DARLING--At St. Paul 1856.
GRAND PRAIRIE--Side-wheel; built at Gallipolis, Ohio, 1852; 261 tons;
made three trips from St. Louis to St. Paul 1853; in St. Paul trade
1856.
GRANITE STATE--Side-wheel; built at West Elizabeth, Pa., 1852;
295 tons; in Minnesota Packet Company, 1856--Captain J. Y. Hurd;
1857--Captain W. H. Gabbert, Galena, Dunleith & St. Paul Line.
GREEK SLAVE--Side-wheel; Captain Louis Robert, 1852; made 18 trips
Rock Island to St. Paul in 1853; St. Paul trade 1854; Captain Wood
1855; St. Paul trade 1856.
GREY CLOUD--Side-wheel; built at Elizabeth, Ky., 1854; 246 tons; St.
Louis & St. Paul trade 1854; 1855.
GREY EAGLE--Large side-wheel; built at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Captain
D. Smith Harris, for the Minnesota Packet Company; cost $63,000;
length 250 feet; beam 35 feet; hold 5 feet; four boilers, 42 inches
diameter, 16 feet long; cylinders 22 inches diameter, 7 feet stroke;
wheels 30 feet diameter, 10 feet buckets, 3 feet dip; 673 tons
burden; launched spring of 1857; Captain D. Smith Harris, Clerks John
S. Pim and F. M. Gleim; Engineers Hiram Hunt and William Briggs;
in Galena, Dunleith & St. Paul trade 1857, 1858 and 1859; in St.
Louis and St. Paul trade 1860, 1861; sunk by striking Rock Island
Bridge, May 9, 1861, at 5 o'clock in the evening going downstream.
Captain Harris was in the pilot house with the rapids pilot when a
sudden gust of wind veered her from her course and threw her against
the abutment; she sank in less than five minutes, with the loss of
seven lives. Captain Harris sold out all his interest in the Packet
Company and retired from the river, broken-hearted over the loss of
his beautiful steamer, which was the fastest boat ever in the upper
river. She had made the run from Galena to St. Paul at an average
speed of 16-1/2 miles per hour, delivering her mail at all landings
during the run.
H. S. ALLEN--Small stern-wheel; Minnesota River boat 1856, 1857,
1858, 1859; after 1860 went into St. Croix River trade as regular
packet between Prescott and St. Croix Falls, Captain William Gray,
Pilots Chas. Jewell, Geo. B. Merrick.
H. T. YEATMAN--Stern-wheel; built at Freedom, Pa., 1852; 165 tons;
wintered above lake, at Point Douglass, 1856-7; left St. Paul for
head of Lake, April 10, 1857, and was sunk at Hastings by heading
into rocks at levee, staving hole in bow; drifted down and lodged on
bar one-half mile below landing; in Minnesota River trade 1855, 1856.
H. M. RICE--Minnesota River packet 1855.
HAMBURG--Large side-wheel; Captain J. B. Estes, Clerk Frederick K.
Stanton, Dubuque and St. Paul packet, 1855; Captain Rowe, St. Louis &
St. Paul trade 1856, 1857; at St. Paul 1858.
HANNIBAL CITY--Sunk, 1855, at foot of Broken Chute.
HARMONIA--Stern-wheel; Captain Allen, at St. Paul, from Fulton City,
Iowa, 1857.
HASTINGS--At St. Paul 1859.
HAWKEYE STATE--Large side-wheel; in Northern Line; at St. Paul 1859;
same trade, Captain R. C. Gray, 1860, 1861, St. Louis & St. Paul;
same line 1862; 523 tons; made 14 trips St. Louis to St. Paul 1866.
HAZEL DELL--At St. Paul 1858.
HEILMAN--Sunk 1856, half way between Missouri Point and second ravine
below Grafton, Mo.
HELEN--At Galena April 11, 1846, from St. Louis.
HENRIETTA--Stern-wheel; built at California, Pa., 1853; 179 tons; 2
trips to St. Paul, 1853; 1854--Captain C. B. Goll; St. Paul trade
1855, 1856, 1858, 1859.
HENRY CLAY--New 1857; in Northern Line; Captain Campbell 1857;
Captain Chas. Stephenson 1858; at St. Paul 1859; Captain Chas.
Stephenson 1860; Captain C. B. Goll 1861; sunk by Confederate
batteries at Vicksburg 1863.
HENRY GRAFF--Stern-wheel; built at Belle Vernon, Pa., 1855; 250 tons;
St. Paul 1856; 1857--Captain McClintock, Clerk Stewart, at St. Paul
from St. Louis.
HERALD--At Galena July 11, 1845, from St. Louis.
HERMIONE--Captain D. Smith Harris, at Galena, prior to 1852.
HEROINE--In Galena trade 1837; sunk or burned same year.
HIBERNIAN--At Galena, for St. Peters, 1844; same 1845, Captain
Miller, Clerk Hopkins.
HIGHLANDER--In upper river trade, burnt at the levee, at St. Louis,
May 1, 1849; valued at $14,000.
HIGHLAND MARY--(First)--Sunk, 1842, at foot of Thomas Chute.
HIGHLAND MARY--(Second)--Galena & St. Paul trade 1848, Captain Joseph
Atchison; arrived at St. Paul April 19, 1850, together with the
"Nominee", first arrivals of the season, Captain Atchison in command;
she was sold to Captain Joseph La Barge to run on the Missouri
in 1852; was greatly damaged by fire at St. Louis July 27, 1853.
(Captain Jos. Atchison died of cholera, which was very prevalent
on the river in 1850, and his boat was temporarily withdrawn from
service.)
HINDOO--Two trips to St. Paul, from St. Louis, in 1853.
HUDSON--(First)--Upper River trade about 1830, at which time she was
at Fort Snelling; sunk one mile below Guttenburg Landing, Iowa.
HUDSON--(Second)--Stern-wheel; 176 tons; still running, 1868.
HUMBOLDT--Eleven trips to St. Paul 1853; in St. Paul trade 1854.
HUNTRESS--In Galena trade 1846.
HUNTSVILLE--At Galena May 6 and May 17, 1846, from St. Louis; Clerk
Hopkins.
IDA MAY--St. Paul 1859.
ILLINOIS--Captain McAllister, in Galena trade 1841.
IMPERIAL--Large side-wheel; burned at the levee at St. Louis in 1861
by rebel emissary, as is supposed.
INDIANA--Fifth steamboat at Fort Snelling prior to 1827; Captain Fay,
at Galena, 1828.
INDIAN QUEEN--Captain Saltmarsh, at Galena 1840.
IOLA--Made five trips to St. Paul 1853; in St. Paul trade 1854, 1855.
IONE--In Galena trade 1840; made pleasure trip Galena to St. Peters,
1840; Captain LeRoy Dodge, in Galena trade 1842, also 1845. (Captain
James Ward, afterward one of the most successful steamboatmen from
St. Louis, was carpenter on this boat.)
IOWA--Captain Legrand Morehouse, Clerk Hopkins, in Galena trade 1842;
same captain, in Galena and St. Peters trade 1844, 1845. She was a
side-wheel steamboat of 249 tons burden, and cost her captain $22,000
to build. Snagged and sunk at Iowa Island Sept. 10, 1845, in her
third year; total loss.
IRENE--At Galena, for St. Peters, June, 1837.
IRON CITY--At Galena Nov. 7, 1844, from Pittsburg; at Galena Oct.
24, 1845; last boat out of Galena Nov. 28, 1845, at which date Fevre
River closed; at Galena April 11, 1846, from St. Louis, Captain J. C.
Ainsworth; same trade and same captain 1847, 1848; crushed and sunk
by ice at St. Louis, Dec. 31, 1849, killing the cook and steward.
ISAAC SHELBY--At St. Paul Nov. 14, 1857; in Minnesota River trade
1858, 1859.
ITASCA--Side-wheel; new 1857; sister boat to "Key City"; 230 feet
long, 35 feet beam; 560 tons; cylinders 22-inch, seven feet stroke;