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A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



Durant, Wheeler and Co: raft-boat 



fleet, 64; successful career, 229 

 Dutchman's creek: 35 



Eads, Capt. [Jas. B.] : jetty plan, 89 

 Eagle Point (la.) : Diamond Jo boat- 

 ways, 76; 95 

 Eau Claire (Wis.) : packet service, 77 

 Eau Claire Lumber Company: 33; 

 charters Le Claire Belle, 60; 113 

 Eclipse: steamboat, sold, 186; 223 

 Ed Durant, Jr: steamboat, 230 

 Edwards, R. A: 129 

 Effie Afton: steamboat, 161 

 EI!a: steamboat, 77 

 Empire Lumber Co: 220 

 E. M. Norton: towboat, 160 

 Enber, Lillian: wife of Cyprian Buis- 



son, 238 

 Engineers: list of, 279-285 

 Erie (Pa.) : birthplace of Capt. Haw- 

 thorne, 246 



E. Rutledge: rafter, 172; rebuilt, 175; 

 189 



Espy, Jean: chapter D.A.R., monu- 

 ment, 164 



Evansville: steamboat, 126, 186; dis- 

 mantled, 189 



Everett: bow-boat, 172, 224 



Favorite: steamboat, 154 



F. C. A. Denkmann: rafter, 172 ; name 

 changed, 175; largest log raft, 203; 

 described, 210 



Ferryville (Wis.) : packet service, 77 



Fetter, Capt. [A. E.] : 178 



Fetter and Crosby, Contractors: 178 



Fcvre river: 23, 24 



Finley's wood landing: 68 



Finn, Huckleberry: statue, 167 



Firebox reports: 108 



Fisher, Wm: pilot, 23 



Flagler, H. M: 177 



Fleming Brothers: 233, 237 



Flying Eagle: excursion steamer, 



wrecked, 176 

 Fort Armstrong: replica of old block 



house, 161 ; 166 



Fort Crawford: ruins, 164; 166 

 Fort Edwards: abandoned, 166 

 Fort Madison (la.) : last lumber raft, 



33! 55i 5^1 7°! r^f' delivered, 76; 



logs for, 117; monument, 164-165 

 Fort Shelby: 162 

 Fountain City (Wis.) : wood yards, 



68; 69; packet service, 77; 117 

 Frank: steamboat, 221 

 Franklin county (Kans.) : 165 

 Franzeni, Jo: 68 

 Fraternal orders: 230, 249 

 Frenchtown (la.) : wood landing, 68 

 Fritz: steamboat, 172 

 Frontenac: steamboat, iSo; last large 



rafter built, 188 

 Fugina, F. J : 180 

 Fulton (111.): packet service, 77; 139 



F. Weyerhaeuser: steamboat, sold, 

 175; 189 



Galena: steamboat, 212 



Galena (111.) : mines and steamboats, 

 23; early sawmills, 36; 81; home 

 of Capt. Kerz, 239 



Galena and Minnesota Packet Co: 

 Capt. Hanks in employ, 212; own- 

 ership and management of boats, 

 changed, 215; 216, 246 



Gallenor, Joe: cook, 81; practical 

 joker, 82; 96, III 



Cardie Eastman: steamboat, 129; 

 sold, 178 ; 233 



Gardiner, Batchelder, and Wells: 

 129, 233 



Gaunitz brothers: boat store, 70 



G. B. Knapp: steamboat, 77 

 Gem City: packet, 154 

 Georgie S: bow-boat, 172 



G H. Wilson: steamboat, dismantled, 



189; 221 

 Gilchrist, H. M: in coal mine, 149 

 Gilchrist, John: in coal mine, 149 

 Gile, Abner: 35 

 Gipsey: bow-boat, 172 

 Girdon, Capt. G. W: 23 

 Glenmont: rafter, rebuilt, 171; 189 

 Glenraont (Wis.) : 69 



