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The General Allen

Old Boat Column

The General Allen

September 6, 2019

Originally the pleasure steamboat Minnesota, this petite sternwheeler was a product of the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind. In the autumn of 1915, Edmonds J. Howard, proprietor of the famed… Read More

The Rafter E. Rutledge The rafter E. Rutledge on the Upper Mississippi River.

The Rafter E. Rutledge

August 27, 2019

Built at Rock Island, Ill., in 1892 for the prominent lumber firm of Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann, the E. Rutledge was named for a wealthy lumberman from Chippewa Falls, Wis. The… Read More