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He continued in their service fifteen years during 

 which time he worked on all their fine boats, but mostly 

 on the "Artemus Lamb." 



Not only did the captain hold his job but he held the 

 confidence and respect of his employers and the crews 

 of the different boats in the Lamb fleet, and he was held 

 in high esteem by all who knew him. 



He was a large, well built, strong man, full of energy 

 and enterprise, but mild and gentle in his disposition. 



Turned out as he was at the age of twelve to make 

 his own way in a rough new country and as he grew 

 older working in the woods in winter and on the river 

 in summer, he acquired no bad habits. In a day when 

 drinking and gambling were common; much of the 

 time working and dealing with men who used liquor, 

 tobacco and cards, he never cared for either. He did 

 not play the saint or preacher, but he didn't care for 

 those things, that was the end of it. Captain Hanks was 

 generous and kind to all, especially his family and rela- 

 tives. He retained his mental faculties and pleasant 

 manner until his death in 1917. 



CAPTAIN J. M. TURNER 



Captain J. M. Turner, still living (1928) and in 

 good health mentally and physically, began his river 

 life as a cabin-boy on the Galena and Minnesota Packet 

 Company's side-wheel steamer "City Bell" with Cap- 

 tain Lodwick in 1853 when he was sixteen years old. 

 She was running regularly between Galena and Saint 

 Paul. He remained on her in 1854 and 1855, and by 

 that time knew the river on that run. 



In 1856 he was cub pilot on the "Bill Henderson," 

 then a mail-boat running between Galena and Rock 

 Island on alternate days with the steamer "Jas. Means," 



