INDEX 



323 



rent, 27-2S; early rafting, 36; low 

 water, 63, 89; 1878 a dry season, 

 64; then and now, 77-93; wing 

 dams, 89 ; improvement work, 90- 

 91; last raft, 204-207; decline of 

 rafting, 265 



Mississippi River Logging Co: 21; 

 operations on Chippewa river, 33; 

 47; 53; dissolved, 54 



Missouri: harvesters from, 100; 

 erects statue of Twain, 167; saw- 

 mills, 264 



Missouri river: 89, 179 



Mitchell, Capt. Bob: at La Crosse 

 bridge, 46; 130, 187 



Mobile (Ala.) : 180 



Mcline: rafter, 172; capsized, 175 



Moline (111.) : 54, 143, 181, 224 



Mollie Mohler: steamboat, 186, 187 



Monitor: steamboat, 185 



Monroe, John: pilot, 136; aids author 

 prepare list of pilots, 267 



Montrose (la.) : 28, 121 



Monuments and inscriptions: 160-168 



Moonstone: steamboat, 185 



Morgan, Capt. D: 176 



Mormons: timber for buildings at 

 Nauvoo, 35 



Morning Star: steamboat, 81,204,238 



Morrell, Dave: wood landing, 68 



Mountain Belle: steamboat, renamed, 

 182 ; 186, 221, 223 



Mueller, Chr: 126, 139 



Mueller Lumber Company: 176 



Mullen, Moses: mate, 156 



Muscatine: steamboat, 77, 159 



Muscatine (la.) : destination of rafts, 

 36; 54, 132 



Musser: steamboat, remodeled, 179 



Musser Lumber Co: 54, 81, 103 



M. Whitraore: steamboat, 246 



Myers, \Vm: engineer, 23 



Myrick and Miller: 35 



Nackenhei.m (Germany) : birthplace 



of Capt. Kerz, 239 

 Natrona: steamboat, 186 

 Nauvoo (III.): Mormons, 35; 182 



Neptune: steamboat, 221 



Netta Durant: steamboat, 129, 140; 



rebuilt, 171; sold, 177; 229 

 Newcomb, Capt. M. H: 181 

 Newcomb, O. J: pilot, in Alaska, 267 

 New Orleans (La.) : 179, i8o, 181 

 New Ulm (Minn.) : massacre, 154 

 Noles Station: 144 

 Northern Light: steamboat, 23 

 Northfield (Minn.): 63 

 North Star: rafter, 171; 172 

 Northwestern: steamboat, 77; 159 

 Northwestern Lumber Co: 33, 220 

 Norton, Matthew G: 21 

 Novelty: steamboat, 237 

 Nunns, Annie A: 2i 



O.^Rs: described, 29 

 Ohio: 167 



Ohio river: 166, 178, 186 

 Oliver, Pearl: 68 

 Orinoco: steamboat, 175 

 O Ryan, Conny: 24 

 Osborne, James: 155; stabbed, 156 

 Ott, Charley: 68 

 Ottawa river: 51 



Ottumwa Belle: steamboat, 33, 177; 

 ran last raft, 203, 204, 266 



P,Miuc.\ii (Ky.) : 179, 180, 181, 182 

 Park Bluff: rafter, rebuilt, 171 

 Parmalee Brothers: 177 

 Pathfinder: bow-boat, 172; on last 



raft, 204; 221 

 Patton, Capt. L. E: 176 

 Paul, John: 35 



Pauline: steamboat, 182, 220, 229 

 Pearl: steamboat, 186, 221 

 Peavey, Capt. Hank L: 64 

 Peel, Capt. Thomas: 182 

 Penn Wright: steamboat, 64; burned, 



189 

 Penguin: steamboat, 77 

 Pepin (Wis.) : 77, 181 

 Pepin, Lake: 68, 70, 82; speed of 



rafts, 119; author has break-up, 



140; 191 

 Perrot, Jo: 185 



