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Staples, Isaac: 64 



Steamboats: terms used, 15 ; principal 

 fuel, 60; use of coal, 67-68; size, 

 78; speed, 108; boilers, 109; riv- 

 alry, 154-156; all available used 

 in rafting, 185; more use for stern- 

 wheelers, 186; use in rafting, 191- 

 192; whistle signals, 196; see rac- 

 ing, raft-boats, rafting, etc. 



Stedman, James: engineer, 114 



Steele, Franklin: first mill in Minne- 

 apolis, 37 



Stephenson, Capt. Charles L: 23 



Sterling: steamboat, 24, 239, 240 



Sterling (111.) : 229 



Stillwater: steamboat, dismantled, 

 189, 223 



Stillwater (Minn.) : first logs from, 

 33, 56, 60; penitentiary, 63; 70, 74, 

 77, 82, 121, 143, 180, 185; largest 

 raft taken from, 203 ; 237, 249 



Stone, Elizabeth: wife of Cyprian 

 Buisson, 238 



Stone House (The) : 68 



Streckfus, Capt. John: 154; rivalry, 

 154-156; 181 



Stubb's Eddy: 74, 162 



Sucker State: steamboat, 156 



Suiter, Jacob: 74 



Suiter, VV. A: 85 



T.4BER Lumber Co: 177 



Tagg, Thomas: discovers coal, 149 



Talmadge, T. DeWitt: lecturer, 76 



Tampa (Fla.) : 254 



Taylor, Maj. Zachary: 166, 234 



Taylor's Falls (Wis.) : 77 



Ten Broeck: steamboat, author in 



charge, 67; wins race, 114; 126; 



rafting with, 135-148; described, 



136; burned, 176; 244 

 Tennessee river: 179, 182 

 Thistle: steamboat, in packet trade, 



182-185 



Thompson, Miss : 86 



Tibbals, W. R: pilot, 23 



Tibbetts, Bill: 68 



Tiber: steamboat, dismantled, 189 



Tidal Wave: steamboat, 77 



Towboat Minnesota: 82 



Tracey George S: lawyer, 182 



Tracey, S. K: lavpyer, 182 



Transportation: mail, frieght, and 

 passenger service, 48; harvesters, 

 100; roads, trucks, and busses ef- 

 fect river, 179 ; electric road effects 

 river, 181 



Trenton (Wis.) : 69 



Tromley, George: 19; pilot, 23-26; 

 claim on Packet Company, 45; 46, 

 56; encourages author, 67; 95, 136, 

 196, 243 



Trow, G. B: 35 



Turner, Capt. J. M: 20; biographical 

 sketch, 216-221 ; button factory, 220 



Turner and Hollinshed: 180 



Twain, Mark: statue, 167 



Union: steamboat, 185; first to tow 



rafts, 191, 192, 222; 221 

 Union Lumber Company: 33 

 Upper rapids: see Rock Island rapids 



V.\LLEY Lumber Co: 34 



Valley Navigation Co: 233; formed, 

 237 



Van Sant, J. W: advice to author, 

 125; 199 



Van Sant, Capt. Sara R: 19, 20; au- 

 thor's employer, 55; pardons Cole 

 Younger, 63; charters Artemus 

 Lamb, 76; charming host, 81; 100; 

 on racing, 114-117; 121, 122, 176, 

 199, 201 ; regarding Samuel Hitch- 

 cock, 238-239; biographical sketch, 

 250-254 



Van Sant and Musser Transportation 

 Co: 103, 130, 177, 186 



Verne Swain: steamboat, rivalry, 

 154-156 



Vernie Mac: 181 



Victory (Wis.) : 68 



Vigor: steamboat, 77 



Viola: steamboat, 186, 229, 249 



Virginia: rafter, 171; taken to Flo- 

 rida, 177 



