INDEX 



327 



Vivian: steamboat, sold, 186 

 Vriiinteer: steamboat, built, 129; de- 

 stroyed, 177 



Wabash: towboat, 175 



Wabash river: 175 



\\'abasha (Minn.): 48; trade be- 

 tween and Alma, 51; 77, 89, 180; 

 birthplace of Capt. J. Buisson, 230; 

 birthplace of Capt. Cyprian Buis- 

 son, 234 



Wages: crews, 69 



Walker, Jack: 237 



Wapsie Slough: 144 



Ward and Brady: boat store, 70 



War Eagle: steamboat, 246 



Warsaw (111.) : 166 



Washburn, Gov. C. C: 35 



\^'ater power: 37 



Webb, Capt. N. F: 23 



West Newton (Minn.): annual out- 

 put, 33; wood yard, 68; 237 



West Newton Slough: 21, 53; decline 

 of logging, 171 



\S'est Rambo: steamboat, 74; rebuilt, 

 171, 177 



Western Union railway: under wa- 

 ter, 104 



Weyerhaeuser, Fred: 48; president 

 M. R. L. Co., 54; 210 



Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann: 54, 

 81, 210 



Wharf-boat: at Bellevue, 105-106 



Wheeler, Capt. R. J: 143, 215, 229 



White, J. G. and Co: 178 



White, Wm: pilot, 23 



White Collar Line: 155, 159 



White Eagle: steamboat, 77 



W. H. Clark: steamboat, 220 



Whitmore, Henry: engineer, 23; 

 mechanic, 96; 99; skilled mechanic, 

 100-103 ; 108, 139, 199 



Wilcox, Capt. H. C: 51, 180 



Wild Boy: bow-boat, 73; dismantled, 

 189 



Wm. Hyde Clarke: steamboat, 185 



Wm. White: steamboat, 186 



Williams, Taylor: 67; opens coal 



mine, 149 

 Williams, White and Co: 99 

 Willie Wilson: steamboat, 24 

 Wilson, Mr. [Natty]: author's land- 

 lord, 95 

 Winans, Capt. George: 171, 177; first 

 to direct raft below Lake Pepin, 

 191; 192; handled largest raft, 

 203; biographical sketch, 221-223; 

 240 

 Wing dams: 63; described, 89 

 Winona: rafter, 171 

 Winona (Minn.): 54; wood yard, 

 68; 69; packet service, 77; wing 

 dams, 89 ; 182 

 Winona Lumber Co: 54 

 Wisconsin: 47; wood yards, 68; 167; 



sawmills, 256, 257 

 Wisconsin Historical Society: Pro- 



cced'ings, 21 

 Wisconsin river: 21, 27; earliest 

 lumbering on, 35; 36; wood land- 

 ings, 68; 93, 164 

 Wisherd, Capt. D. W: 189 

 Wiihee, Levi: 35 

 Withee, Oran: 35 

 Withrow, Alf: pilot, 139 

 Witte, John: wood yard, 68 

 W. J. Young, Jr: raft-boat, built, 81 ; 



queen of rafting fleet, 178; 240 

 Wolf river: 175 

 Wood, Billy: pilot, 156 

 Wooders, John H: pilot, 136 

 Woodward, Capt. Asa: 210 

 Wood yards: most noted, 68 

 Worden, Capt. Jones L: 159 

 Worth, Dave: wood landing, 68 

 Worth, Fred: wood landing, 68 

 Wright, Thos: chief engineer, 56 

 Wyalusing Bay: raft storage, 139 

 Wyman, Fred: 223; testimonial, 224 

 Wyman, X: steamboat, 221 



YouMANS Brothers and Hodgins: 54 

 Young, Capt. A. R: 64; largest raft- 

 boats, 82 ; 239 

 Young, Mr. C. H: 178 



