12 A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



in behind and pushing the big raft down river. The Lydia Van 

 Sant is made fast across the bow of the raft and by pushing 

 ahead or back, as directed by the pilot on the "J. W." the 

 bow-boat moves the bow to the right or left giving the raft 

 a different direction or "point." 



Watching the Morning Star going to Saint Paul, 



1912 183 



The Old Way — Steering by hand .... 183 



Fountain City^ Wisconsin, Bluff 450 feet high . 193 



Steamer Belle of Calhoun and Grand Tower Rock . 193 



Steamer Louisville 197 



Owned by Durant and Wheeler of Stillwater, Minn., dur- 

 ing the seventies. Captain R. J. Wheeler was her master. She 

 was subsequently owned by Knapp, Stout and Company of 

 Dubuque, Iowa, and Saint Louis, Mo., with J. H. Wooders 

 and later Andrew Locken as masters. She, with other boats of 

 this company, were bought by McDonald Brothers of LaCrosse, 

 Wis., about 1883, and Captain L. A. Day became master and 

 later R. M. Cassidy. She was worn out in the service of Mc- 

 Donald Brothers. 



Old Time Rafters lying at Read's Landing, 1871 . 205 

 These boats are waiting a rise on the Chippewa to bring 

 out their lumber. Left to right they are Hiram Price, L. W. 

 Crane, Annie Girdon, L. W. Barden, Buckeye, Clyde, St. Croix, 

 Wm. Hyde Clark, and Silas Wright, all adapted except the 

 Clyde. 



Captain S. B. Hanks 213 



Lived to be 98. 



Captain J. M. Turner 217 



Of Lansing, Iowa. 



Captain E. J. Lancaster 225 



Of LeClaire, Iowa. Long on Stillwater and Eclipse. 



Captain E. W. Durant 227 



Of Stillwater, Minn. President of Durant, Wheeler and Com- 

 pany. 



Captain Joseph Buisson 231 



Of Wabasha, Minn. President Valley Navigation Company. 



Captain Cyprian Buisson 235 



Of St. Paul, Minn. Twenty years on the Steamer B. Hershey. 



