ILLUSTRATIONS 



Steamer Kit Carson 123 



A large, powerful rafter with no unnecessary upper works 

 to catch the wind. She was built at Stillwater, 1880, for Cap- 

 tain A. R. Young and the Burlington Lumber Company. Sara 

 Hitchcock was her head-pilot for several years. Then she was 

 sold to J. C. Daniels of Keokuk, and Gara Denberg became 

 her master and pilot. McDonald Brothers were her last owners 

 in the rafting business. She was sold south and wore out at 

 Memphis. 



Steamer C. W. Cowles 127 



This excellent rafter was built at Madison, Ind., 1881, for 

 the Fleming Brothers of McGregor. Later she was owned by 

 The Valley Navigation Company, with Joseph Buisson as mas- 

 ter. Then Captain George Winans bought her, and when he 

 quit rafting sold her to the Deeres of Moline to tow their 

 houseboat "Narkatana.'' They put a new hull under the same 

 cabin and named her "Kalitan." She is in excellent condition 

 today. 



Steamer Ten Broeck 137 



This was a large, powerful rafter with three boilers, and 

 engines seventeen inches by four and one-half feet. Built at 

 Stillwater in 1882 for Gillispie and Harper. In 1886 The Le- 

 Claire Navigation Company bought her and the author took 

 charge for six years. She was low and wide, very little affected 

 by wind and would out-back or out-flank anything in the river. 

 Photograph taken four miles below Lynxville, Wis. 



Steamer W. J. Young, Jr 141 



A handsome rafter, built in 1883 for W. J. Young and Com- 

 pany of Clinton, Iowa. She is shown towing a half-raft of 

 logs. She was 160 feet long over all and 34 feet wide, with 

 engines fourteen inches by six feet. 



The Famous "Green Tree" at LeClaire, Iowa . . 151 

 Reproduced from an original photograph taken in 1880. 

 This elm's trunk is 13 feet in circumference and its branches 

 have a spread of 93 feet. It is the only Iowa tree in the Hall 

 of Fame. The little towboat shown is the Jennie Gilchrist. 



Residence of Brigham Young, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1845 . 157 



Old Home of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith . 157 



Still standing in Nauvoo, Illinois. 



Steamer J. W. Van Sant II 173 



Towing a "double-decker" raft of logs. Built in 1890 and 

 burned in 1907. Shown here in the foreground being hitched 



