Kit Carson (Rafter, 1880-1916)

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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: With log raft in foreground; while owned by Burlington Lumber Company?

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Sternwheel rafters
Log transportation
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