Old Times on the Upper Mississippi
wheels 28 feet diameter, 10 feet buckets; Captain David Whitten,
Clerks Chas. Horton and W. S. Lewis, 1857; Prairie du Chien and St.
Paul 1857, 1858, 1859, Captain Whitten; St. Louis & St. Paul, Captain
Whitten, 1860; Dunleith & St. Paul 1861, 1862, Captain J. Y. Hurd;
burned at La Crosse Nov. 25, 1878.
J. BISSEL--Captain Bissell, from Pittsburg, 1857; in Minnesota River
trade 1857, 1858.
J. B. GORDON--Minnesota River boat 1855.
J. M. MASON--Stern-wheel; sunk 1852, above Duck Creek Chain, Rock
Island Rapids; hit rock and stove.
JACOB POE--St. Paul 1857.
JACOB TRABER--Large stern-wheel; had double wheels, operated by
independent engines; very slow; at St. Paul 1856, 1857, 1858.
JAMES LYON--Stern-wheel; built at Belle Vernon, Pa., 1853; 190 tons;
at St. Paul, from St. Louis, 1855, 1856; 1857--Captain Blake; 1858;
went into Missouri River trade, and was snagged and sunk at Miami
Bend, Missouri River, 1858; total loss.
JASPER--Made seven trips Galena to St. Peters, Minn., 1843.
JAMES RAYMOND--Stern-wheel; built at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1853; 294
tons; show boat; at St. Paul 1858; William Fisher piloted her for one
season.
JEANETTE ROBERTS--Small stern-wheel; Captain Louis Robert 1857, 1858,
in Minnesota River trade; Captain F. Aymond 1859, same trade; same
trade 1860, 1861, 1862; 146 tons.
JENNIE WHIPPLE--Small stern-wheel boat, built for Chippewa River
trade; at St. Paul 1857.
JENNY LIND--Stern-wheel; built at Zanesville, Ohio, 1852; 107 tons;
one trip to St. Paul 1853; at St. Paul 1859.
JO DAVIESS--Captain D. Smith Harris, in Galena and St. Peters trade
prior to 1850.
JOHN HARDIN--Built at Pittsburg 1845, for St. Louis, Galena and upper
river trade.
JOHN P. LUCE--At St. Paul 1856.
JOHN RUMSEY--Stern-wheel; Captain Nathaniel Harris, Chippewa River
boat 1859.
JOSEPHINE--(First)--Ninth steamboat to reach Fort Snelling; arrived
there 1827; at Galena 1828, Capt. J. Clark; in Galena & St. Louis
trade 1829, Captain J. Clark.
JOSEPHINE--(Second)--Stern-wheel; St. Paul trade 1856, 1857, 1858.
JULIA--(First)--Side-wheel; snagged in Bellefontaine Bend, Missouri
River, about 1849.
JULIA--(Second)--In Upper River trade 1862.
JULIA DEAN--Small stern-wheel, at St. Paul 1855, 1856.
KATE CASSELL--Stern-wheel; built at California, Pa., 1854; 167 tons;
at St. Paul 1855; wintered above the lake; 1856--Captain Sam. Harlow,
Clerk Chas. Hargus; Geo. B. Merrick and Sam. Fifield made their first
appearance on the river as pantry boys on this boat this season;
Russell Ruley mate, Nat. Blaisdell, engineer; at St. Paul 1859.
KATE FRENCH--Captain French, at St. Paul 1857, from St. Louis.
KENTUCKY--Side-wheel; Captain W. H. Atchison, at Galena April 3,
1847, from St. Louis; in Sept. same year, Captain Montgomery, running
from Galena to the Rapids, and connecting there with the "Anthony
Wayne" and "Lucy Bertram" for St. Louis, not being able to run the
rapids on account of low water.
KENTUCKY NO. 2--Side-wheel; built at Evansville, Ind., 1851; 149
tons; at St. Paul 1855; owned by Captain Rissue, of Prescott; at St.
Paul 1857; sunk on bar at foot of Puitt's Island, one mile below
Prescott, 1858.
KEOKUK--Side-wheel; St. Paul trade 1858, 1859; Captain E. V. Holcomb,
in Minnesota Packet Company, La Crosse & St. Paul, 1860, 1861;
Davidson's Line, La Crosse & St. Paul, 1861; first boat at Winona,
April 2, 1862, Captain J. R. Hatcher; 300 tons.
KEY CITY--Side-wheel; new 1857; built for the Minnesota Packet Co.;
sister boat to "Itasca"; length 230 feet, beam 35 feet, 560 tons
burden; very fast; Captain Jones Worden, Clerk George S. Pierce,
1857, Galena, Dunleith & St. Paul run; same 1858, 1859; same captain,
in St. Louis & St. Paul run, 1860, 1861; same captain, in Dunleith
& St. Paul run, 1862. "Ned" West was pilot of the "Key City" every
season, I think, from 1857 to 1862. He was one of the very best
pilots on the upper river. He died at St. Paul in 1904.
KEY STONE--Side-wheel; built at Brownsville, Pa., 1853; 307 tons.
KEY WEST--At St. Paul 1857.
KNICKERBOCKER--At Fort Snelling June 25, 1839.
LACLEDE--(First)--Built at St. Louis in 1844, for the Keokuk Packet
Co.; burned at St. Louis August 9, 1848.
LACLEDE--(Second)--Stern-wheel; built at California, Pa., 1855; 197
tons; at St. Paul 1855, 1856, 1857--Captain Vorhies at St. Paul from
St. Louis; St. Paul 1858.
LA CROSSE--At St. Paul, from Pittsburg, 1857--Captain Brickle; again
1861.
LADY FRANKLIN--Side-wheel; built at Wheeling, Va., 1850; 206
tons; at St. Paul June 19, 1851, for first time; in Minnesota
Packet Company; at St. Paul, from St. Louis, May 5, 1855, with 800
passengers--Captain J. W. Malin, Clerks Ed. W. Halliday, Orren Smith;
1856--Captain M. E. Lucas, at St. Paul; sunk at foot of Coon Slough
fall of 1856--snagged.
LADY MARSHALL--In St. Louis & Galena trade 1837.
LADY WASHINGTON--Captain Shellcross, at Galena, loading for Fort
Snelling, 1829.
LAKE CITY--Stern-wheel; built at Pittsburg 1857; Captain Sloan, at
St. Paul 1857; in St. Paul trade 1858, 1859; burned by guerrillas at
Carson's Landing, Mo., 1862.
LAKE OF THE WOODS--At Galena, from St. Louis, June 5, 1847.
LAMARTINE--First trip to St. Paul 1850; went up to Falls of St.
Anthony 1850; at St. Paul June 19, 1851.
LASALLE--At Galena from St. Louis, April 19, 1845.
LATROBE--Stern-wheel; built at Brownsville, Pa., 1853; 159 tons; at
St. Paul from St. Louis, 1855.
LAWRENCE--Sixth steamboat to reach Fort Snelling; arrived there in
1826.
LEWIS F. LYNN--Captain S. M. Kennett, at St. Peters, from Galena,
1844.
LIGHT FOOT--In company with "Time and Tide" took excursion from St.
Louis to Fort Snelling in 1845; Captain M. K. Harris, first boat at
Galena from St. Louis April 20, 1847; at Galena Sept. 25, 1846.
LINN--At Galena, for St. Anthony Falls, May, 1846. (Possibly intended
for "Lewis F. Lynn".)
LITTLE DOVE--Captain H. Hoskins, regular Galena & St. Peters packet,
season 1846.
LLOYD HANNA--Advertised for a pleasure excursion from Galena to St.
Peters, summer of 1840.
LUCIE MAY--Stern-wheel; built at West Brownsville, Pa., 1855; 172
tons; in St. Louis & St. Paul trade 1856, 1857; 1858--Captain J. B.
Rhodes, same trade; 1859, Northwestern Line, St. Louis & St. Paul;
sunk five miles below Lagrange, Mo., 1860.
LUCY BERTRAM--Running from St. Louis to the foot of rapids, summer of
1847, in connection with "Kentucky", running above rapids, forming a
low water line from St. Louis to Galena.
LUELLA--Stern-wheel; built at Nashville, Tenn., 1851; 162 tons; first
trip to St. Paul fall of 1852--Captain D. Smith Harris; seven trips
to St. Paul 1853, 1854, 1855--Captain Sam. Harlow, Galena & St. Paul
run; 1856; had boilers and engines of a much larger boat which had
been sunk, and was consequently very fast; dismantled at Dunleith.
LYNX--At Galena from St. Louis, 1844, Captain W. H. Hooper; Captain
John Atchison, Galena & St. Peters trade 1845, Mr. Barger, clerk;
Captain Atchison, in Galena & St. Peters trade 1846, 1847; sunk at
head of Atlas Island 1849; first through lake 1846.
MAID OF IOWA--At Galena June 15, 1845; running to Fort Winnebago
(now Portage, Wis.) on Wisconsin River, in connection with steamer
"Enterprise" on Fox River, the two forming a line from Green Bay to
Galena; Captain Peter Hotelling master and owner.
MALTA--Side-wheel; Captain Joseph Throckmorton, at Fort Snelling July
22, 1839; advertised at Galena in summer of 1840 for pleasure trip
to St. Peters; went into Missouri River trade, where she was snagged
in Malta Bend, August, 1841, and sank in 15 feet of water, in little
more than a minute after striking a snag; boat and cargo total loss;
no lives lost; Captain Throckmorton was in command at the time and
owned nearly all or quite all of the boat.
MANDAN--Side-wheel; fourth boat to arrive at Fort Snelling prior to
1827; snagged at mouth of Gasconade River, on the Missouri, sometime
in the forties; Captain Phil Hanna, master at the time.
MANSFIELD--Stern-wheel; built at Belle Vernon, Pa., 1854; 166 tons;
St. Paul 1856, 1857--Captain Owens; Clerk Bryant.
MARTHA NO. 2--Built at Shousetown, Pa., 1849; 180 tons; at St. Paul
April 24, 1851, from St. Louis; 1852.
MARY BLANE--Captain J. C. Smith, regular St. Louis and Galena Packet,
1848.
MARY C--At St. Paul 1853.
MATTIE WAYNE--Side-wheel; built at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1852; 335 tons;
at St. Paul 1856; greatly damaged by fire at St. Louis 1855.
MEDORA--Owned in St. Paul by William Constans, 1857; Captain Ed.
McLagan, in Minnesota River trade 1858.
MENDOTA--Captain Robert A. Reilly, at St. Peters, from Galena, 1844;
same captain, in St. Louis & Galena trade 1845; Captain Starnes, in
St. Louis & Galena trade 1846; snagged opposite Cat Island October,
1847, but raised.
MERMAID--Side-wheel; in collision with Steamer "St. Croix", near
Quincy, April 11, 1845; larboard wheel and cook's galley knocked off.
MESSENGER--Large stern-wheel; built at Pittsburg, Pa., 1855; 406
tons; very fast, in St. Paul trade in opposition to Minnesota Packet
Company, 1857, from St. Louis; raced with "Key City" for championship
of Upper River and was defeated.
METROPOLITAN--Very large side-wheel; St. Louis & St. Paul trade
1856; Captain Thos. B. Rhodes, same trade 1857; Northwestern Line,
same captain, 1858, 1859; Captain J. B. Jenks 1860; Captain Thos.
B. Buford 1861; sunk at St. Louis by breaking of ice jams, Dec. 16,
1865; valued at $18,000.
MILWAUKEE--Large side-wheel; one of the crack boats of the Minnesota
Packet Company, built at Cincinnati winter of 1856; 240 feet long,
33 feet beam; 550 tons burden; Captain Stephen Hewitt, in Prairie
du Chien & St. Paul run 1857, 1858, 1859; Captain John Cochrane,
in Dunleith & St. Paul run 1860, 1861; Captain E. V. Holcombe, in
Dunleith run 1862.
MINNESOTA--(First)--Stern-wheel; built at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1849;
at St. Paul, from Galena, 1849--Captain R. A. Riley; at St. Paul
June 25, 1851; 1857, 1858, Captain Hay, in Minnesota River trade.
MINNESOTA BELLE--Side-wheel; built at Belle Vernon, Pa., 1854; 226
tons; 1854, 1855, 1856--Captain Humbertson, in St. Louis & St. Paul
trade; 1857--Captain Thos. B. Hill, same trade; 1859, in Northern
Line, St. Louis & St. Paul, Captain Hill.
MINNESOTA VALLEY--At St. Paul 1856.
MISSOURI FULTON--Captain Culver, first part 1828; at Galena for St.
Peters, Captain Clark later in 1828; arrived at Fort Snelling May 8,
1836, Captain Orren Smith; same captain, in Galena & St. Peters trade
1837.
MOHAWK--Sunk 1859, at head of Clarkesville Island.
MONDIANA--At Galena, from St. Louis, June 6, 1847.
MONITOR--Small stern-wheel, 99 tons, from Pittsburg, at St. Paul,
1857.
MONONA--At Galena from St. Louis March 10, 1845, Captain Nick Wall;
sunk opposite Little Washington, Missouri River, Oct. 30, 1846;
raised; in Galena & St. Peters trade, Captain E. H. Gleim, 1846; at
Galena, from St. Louis, April 3, 1847, Captain Ludlow Chambers.
MONTAUK--(First)--At Galena Oct. 18, 1847, from St. Louis; at Galena,
from St. Louis 1848, Captain John Lee; regular packet.
MONTAUK--(Second)--Stern-wheel; built at California, Pa., 1853; 237
tons; at St. Paul from St. Louis, 1855; 1856--Captain Parker, from
St. Louis; 1857--Captain Burke, Clerks Mullen and Ditto, from St.
Louis.
MONTELLO--Small stern-wheel from Fox River, Wis., in Minnesota River
trade 1855; built over hull of barge--no boiler deck.
MOSES McLELLAN--Side-wheel; built at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855; 400
tons; Captain Martin, in Davidson Line, La Crosse & St. Paul, 1862.
MOUNT DEMING--At St. Paul 1857.
MUNGO PARK--At Galena from St. Louis April 16, 1845; regular packet.
MUSCODA--Captain J. H. Lusk, in Galena trade 1841.
NAVIGATOR--Large stern-wheel; Captain A. T. Champlin, in St. Louis &