Index 



Abner Gile: steamboat, use, 185 

 Acme Packet Co: 181 

 Active: steamboat, slow, 185, 192 

 Ada B: steamboat, for sale, 64; 



bought by author, 67 

 Adams, Thomas: 176 

 Admiral: steamboat, 221 

 A. J. Whitney: steamboat, 221 

 Albany (111.): tornado, 212, 229 

 Alex Mitchell: steamboat, 159 

 Alhambra: steamboat, 212 

 Alice Wild: steamboat, 24, 185 

 Alma (Wis.) : 47; trade between and 



Wabasha, 51; wood flats, 68; 77 

 Alton (III.) : Lovejoy memorial, 167 

 Alvira: steamboat, 185, 221 

 Amboy (III.) : railroad branch from, 



to Chicago, 25 

 American Lumberman: 21 

 Annie: steamboat, 77 

 Annie Girdon: steamboat, 186 

 Anthony, E. C: 182 

 Arkansas: steamboat, 77 

 Arnold, John: pilot, 23 

 Arrow Transportation Co: 180 

 ArtemusLamb: steamboat, chartered, 



76; 78 ; sold, 178; 216 

 A. T. Jenks: steamboat, 230 

 Atlee, Sam: 209 

 Atlee, S. and J. C: part owners of 



Le Claire Belle, 55; mill, 56; 177, 



204, 209 



Bad A.xe (Wis.) : 68 



Badger State Lumber Company: 33 



Bagley, Johnny: 56 



Bard, Adele: 135 



Bard, Elizabeth: 132; marries au- 

 thor, 135 



Barnes, Capt. J. D: monument to 

 Buffalo Bill, 160; 199 



Barth, William: discovers coal, 149 



Beaver: towboat, i6o 



Beebe, Capt. E. H: 23 



Beedle, Hiram, Jr: pilot, 23; 154 



Beef Slough: 21, 47-54; men employ- 

 ed, 48; output of logs, 53; 68; low 

 water, 99 ; log rafts, 103 ; closed, 

 112; 130, 139, 237 



Beef Slough Boom Company: 33; 

 organized, 47 



B. E. Linehan: steamboat, sold, 182 



Belle Mac: steamboat, total loss, 182 



Belle of Bellevue: steamboat, 24 



Belle of La Crosse: steamboat, 77, 159 



Belle of Pepin: steamboat, 77 



Bellevue (la.): 23, 68; wharf-boat, 

 105; 239 



Ben Franklin: steamboat, 175 



Betsy Slough: 69, 131 



B. F. Weaver: steamboat, dismantled, 

 189 



B. Hershey: steamboat, 78 ; uses bow- 

 boat, 172; sunk, 181 ; 234, 237 



Bill, Capt. Fred A: 20; tells of twin 

 boats, 210 



Bill Henderson: mail-boat, 216 



Black, Mr. : 187 



Black Hawk: chief, 162 



Black Hawk: steamboat, built, 188 



Black river: 21; first rafting, 35; 

 high, 131; decline of logging, 171; 

 179 



Blair, Capt. W. A: birth, 23; on 

 Silver Wave, 43 ; first year raft- 

 ing. 55'76; master Last Chance, 

 74; on Silver Wave, 82; at 

 Browns Corners, 95 ; last year 

 teaching, 105; pilot's license, 121; 

 mason, 135; marriage, 135; last 

 trip on Ten Broeck, 143; decides 

 to quit rafting, 186 



