Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-14

, James Smith lives at st. Louis.
Louis Lorain, dead. 81 -. |
John Kountz, BonH Homme S. D. -
Thomas Anderson died in Missouri. i
Wesley Todd, died at Sioux City Ia.
James L. Kelly lives in Pennsylvania. |
John @. Waddell, died, ST. Joseph Mo. !
Joseph Dunlevy, died at Pittsburg. |
Clint Basic, Brunswick Mo-
West Jacobs, st. Louis.
Joe Jacobs, st. Louis.
Dan Comfort, st. Louis.
Archie Bryan, Washington Mo.
Henry Sims, died at st. Louis.
Nick Buesoen, lives at Alton Ill.
Jos. Gilman, died at Yankton.
James Wise, died at Bismarck.
Chas. W. Blount, sr. died at st, Louis.
Captain Joab Lawrence was manager
Of one Of the first feet of boats that op-
Grated from Sioux City.
Captain VIM. Kountz was another
large steamboat operator, his home was
in Pittshurg or Allegheny Pa. i
Times article states that Captain Jno.
B. LaBarge died at the wheel on the
steamer Helena at st. Louis; that is not
so, he dropped dead at the wheel just as
he rung the go ahead bell on the Helena
at Bismarck. Capt. J.C. Barr was on the
roof and ran to the pilot house, crawled
through the window, stopped the boat
just in time to save her from crashing
into another boat at the landing. =.
My additions to the list of steamboats,
are as follows: ..
Calypso, Spray, Imperial, wrecked in
Bon Homme chute; Waperly, Walter B.
Dance, Saint Johns. Colorado. Mary Nc
Donald, T. E. McGill, Katie P. Kountz,
Carrie V. Kountz, Emily,, sunk above
Rock Haven; Emily LaBarge, Octavia,
DeSmet, Mountaineer, John M. Cham
bers, ]. Fl. Trover, (this boat was left
high and dry by falling river at what is
known as Trover Point Montana, her
freight was hauled to its destination
and the boat wrecked.) Col. Mcleod,
sunk at Bismarck by the steamer Bntte
slipping off the ways and crushing her;
Ida Stockdale, sunk at Dry Island,
steamer Missouri, sunk at Blue Blanket
Island; Evening Star, May Lowry, Abner
O'Neil, sunk at Painted Woods, in 1892
Behan, sunk at Bismarck by ice, Carol,
burned at Hot Springs, S. D., Luella,
Silver City, David Watts, Success, Lily
ingstone, Leni Leota, Sallie, General
Grant, Esperanza, Fannie Tatum,
Carrier. Kate Kinney, Minnie Herman,
sunk at st. Stephens Mission; Spread
Eagle, Nick Wall, Bannock City, Butte,
Peninah No. 1, Peninah No. 2, Alex
Kendall, =" %''''s' -. =, .E,:F6S. j
!r @.:2'''"S'% FERRYBoATs. x q
Undine, Doctor Burleigh, Denver,
Union, Jim Leighton. :.
During the season of 1877, John B
Davis, representing Commodore W. F..
Davidson, Jack Rainey and others, h ad
the contract for transporting the govern
ment freight on the Missouri and Yellow
stone rivers. He brought a number of
boats around from the Mississippi, among
which were the Arkansas, Fanchon,
Victory. Savanna, Rankin, Tidal Wave,
Ashland and, the little Osceola, COM
manded by Capt. Mark D. Flower of St.
Paul. She was wrecked on the Yellow
stone river, having her entire upper
works above the hull torn off by
cyclone. &r~3 =, -,.. II &$ssI
There may be a number of other boats
and captains which some Of the old river
1 f'T-.
men land Capt. Tom Mariner says there.
are only a few of the best of us left) may
call to mind, butt want in closing to
mention . few Of the old time steamboat
clerks most of whom have gone to their
long home: f, q, /. .ss. 4 y. r $#&
Doc Terry, D. Rodefer, James
Greenough. Barney Earle. ". s. Evans.
Jr.. Mart Price, Jimmie Kecnan, Sam
Goulson, Frank Searles, Eph. Wood,
Eugene Cutting John @ A Parr and
not forgetting Dan Scott. the veteran
river trader, newspaper man and poet,
who, when jos & odd was pounding down
the river with the Josephinnte, q. one dark
night trying to beat another boat. perpe-
trated q little sstutf' for the papers in
which he said
There i q WOOD 20 yard ard JUST Just below. s
g. r. HIGBER.
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