i8o A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



caught fire while under way and burned on her down 

 trip with a tow. 



The "Daisy" was sold to a man from the south and 

 taken to either New Orleans or Mobile. 



The "Clyde" has had a long and interesting career. 

 She was the first iron raft-boat built at Dubuque by 

 the Iowa Iron Works for Ingram and Kennedy in 1870. 

 Hugh Douglas became part owner and master in 1872. 

 She was a side-wheeler, about ninety-six feet long and 

 had good power. She was a strong pusher and quite 

 fast running loose, but very hard to steer. She ran lum- 

 ber from the Chippewa to Hannibal and Saint Louis 

 for many years. 



In 1888 Turner and Hollinshead bought the "Clyde" 

 from the Empire Lumber Company and changed her 

 to a stern-wheeler, gave her new engines and cabin. 

 While she was narrow and did capsize once, she was 

 very fast, handled a tow well and made money. When 

 rafting ceased, she was chartered by United States en- 

 gineers and used on improvement work. She was then 

 sold by F. J. Fugina of Winona to the Arrow Transpor- 

 tation Company of Paducah, Kentucky, and is still 

 (1928) at the age of fifty-eight years, towing pig iron 

 from Sheffield, Alabama to Paducah. 



The "Ravenna" was raised after sinking near Ma- 

 quoketa Slough; was repaired and when rafting ceased 

 at Stillwater, she was sold to Captain H. C. Wilcox 

 and Sons who ran her several years between LaCrosse 

 and Wabasha in packet service with her name changed 

 to "LaCrosse." 



"Menominie" was dismantled and her machinery 

 used in the "Juniata," whose larger engines were put in 

 the "Frontenac." 



