Details

Subject(s)

• Inland water transportation—Mississippi River—History [Browse]
• Steamboats—Mississippi River—History [Browse]
• Shipping—Mississippi River—History [Browse]
• Timber—Rafting—Mississippi River—History [Browse]
• Mississippi River—Navigation—History [Browse]

Related name

• Dyer, Harry G., -1950 [Browse]

Summary note

"Edward A. Mueller's extraordinary collection of over two hundred contemporary photographs and illustrations depicting the river rafting era are accompanied by short histories and anecdotes that preserve the story of the "rafters," the workboats that literally helped build a nation after the Civil War."--Jacket.

Notes

• "The written portion of this work centers around the accounts left by Harry G. Dyer"--Pref.
• Includes index.

Contents

Captain George Winans' life, record and recollections.-Log of Harry G. Dyer.-Listing of upper Mississippi River rafting steamboats and their owners.-Bell and whistle signals.-Lists: Steamboat nicknames; rafting pilots and masters; engineers; mates. PARTIAL APPENDICES: Upper Mississippi River ferries and ferry boats.-Upper Mississippi River bridges.-Mississipppi River distances as of the 1880s.-Mississippi River distances as of the 1940s.

ISBN

• 0821411136 ((acid-free paper))
• 9780821411131 ((acid-free paper))

LCCN

94043491

OCLC

31604587

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