A Raft Pilot's Log
A History of the Great Rafting Industry on the Upper Mississippi 1840 - 1915

Walter A Blair

1930

Fascinating History of Mississippi River rafting.

Partial Contents:
The Noted Raft-boat "Silver Wave"
The LeClaire Navigation Company
Pleasant Rafting with the good 'Ten Broeck"
What became of the Raft-boats
The First Use of a Steamboat to push and handle a Raft
The Largest Rafts
Some of the Men Prominent in the Rafting Industry
Sawmills and their Owners
Complete List of Raft Pilots, 1840-1913
Rapids Pilots who handled Rafts over the Rock Island Rapids
Rapids Pilots who ran Rafts over the Lower, or Des Moines, Rapids
Chief Engineers of the Rafters
Raft-boat Mates
Output of Logs from different Streams into the Mississippi

325 pages. Winning bidder to receive an Ebook on CD in Adobe PDF Format.