Kit Carson (Rafter, 1880-1916)
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- Created Date
- 1880
- Description
BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Rafter
BUILT: South Stillwater, Minnesota circa 1880
FINAL DISPOSITION: Condemned at Memphis and dismantled in 1916
OWNERS: A. R. Young and Burlington Lumber Company; J. C. Daniels Lumber Company, Keokuk, Iowa, circa 1880; McDonald Brothers, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1890; Patton-Tully Lumber Company, Memphis
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain A. R. Young (master circa 1880); N. B. Lucas (pilot); Captain R. N. Cassidy (master, 1886-1889); William Wooders (pilot, 1886-1889); Sol S. Fuller (chief engineer, 1888-1889); Ira Fuller (on her for a time); Harry Walker (master, 1890); Captain Charley Meeds (first engineer, April 8, 1890); Captain William Slocumb (master and pilot, 1890-1894); Captain B. B. Bradley (master, 1892); Captain John Bradley (pilot, 1890-1891); Frank D. Wettenhall (pilot, 1890, 1891); George Dunbar (pilot, 1894); Captain H. Bresee (master and pilot, 1899); Captain William Dobler (master and pilot, 1900-1904); John Schmidt (pilot, 1901-1902); Captain Cornelius Knapp (master, 1916); Captain George Nichols (master and pilot for a time); Captain Peter O'Rourke (master and pilot for a time)
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1522; Built by Captain A. R. Young. Owned in 1883 by Burlington Lumber Company and Captain A. R. Young who commanded her. McDonald Brothers of La Crosse, Wisconsin, owned her in 1890. Later she was sold south to the Patton-Tully Lumber Company of Memphis, Tennessee
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Owned by J. C. Daniels Lumber Company, Keokuk, Iowa, circa 1880
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Subjects
- Sternwheel rafters
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- image
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- Kit Carson (Rafter, 1880-1916). 1880. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/RVRLYPHF7F6VQ8S. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1880) Kit Carson (Rafter, 1880-1916). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/RVRLYPHF7F6VQ8S
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/RVRLYPHF7F6VQ8S>.