Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29
EXPERT ID TAKE ROOSEVELT
 ON TRIP
River Captains of Ripe Experi- ence Will Pilot Him Down Mississippi Next October, St. Lous to Memphis.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2S.-Staunch and reliable mariners will have charge of the United States steamer Mississip- | pi, which will carry President Roose- welt on his trip down the Mississippi River from this city to Memphis n October
 Captan Stephen E. GreenwelI, who has had charge of the steamer Miss l issippi since she came out, will be in command, and Captains Edward Full kerson and Augustus s. Shinkle will be the pilots.
 Captain GreenweIl has had twenty five years experience on the river He is a native of Missouri, having been born on a farm near Brazeau, Mo. He began service on the river with the St. Louis and Mississippi Valley Transportation company, then known as the Valley Line" He served as pilot and captain until the | line suspended operation twelve years ago, since which time he has been on boats in the Government service. | Captain Greenwell has been what the river men call lucky navigator, never having had an accident on q boat on which he was master or pilot. II | Government steamer Leota, at Keo- kuk, Ia. He was washed under the
 boat aud came up on the other side
 He swan to a landing place. The Leo ia went to Keokuk to get one of the 1 dredges to tow it to Memphis. While at Keokuk rainstorm came up. and Captain Greenwell feared some of the lines would part. He went down to
 see if they were safe, and while look
 ing over the side of the vessel he
 slipped and fell into the river | Captain Ed Fulkerson is a veteran
 steamboat man, having been a pilot Il in the St Louis & New Orleans An chor Line while that line was the largest one on the Mississippi. He l served with the Lee Line in the St.
 Louis and Memphis trade, and on the Government steamers. He has been
 on the river since his youth. He lives at St. Charles, Mo.
 Captain Fulkerson was born August 31. 1887, and went on the river in the
 fall Of 1853 on the steamer Iowa and served as third clerk and cub pilot i He served two years during the Civil War under command of Admiral Lee
 and in 1867 was pilot of the steamer Stonewall when she was burned al the Devils Tea Table" 130 miles be I low St Louis. when 360 lives lost The boat caught fire on the deck
 where hay was stored, and it always was thought roustabouts set the hay
 on fire while smoking.
 I He went under Captain Bixby on
 the steamer City of Alton; four years
 on the Charles Chouteau with Captain ThoTwegin and had the honor of car. ryfng the largest load of cotton ever T floated on the Mississippi, valued at I $1 ,000. 900.
 August ShinkIe (HGus'') Is also ons of the best known steamboat men
 about St. Louis. He is a native oi
 Higginsport, O.. but came to this city
 in 1851 A few years later the steam : boat traffic on the Mississippi River was in the height of its prosperity
 and Gus" emulatng the example C Mark Twain, started to "learn tht river"
 He qualified in a short time ana
 took a position with the old Commo
 dore Kountz Line of steamers, run
 ming between this city and New Or
 leans. The line was known as the Hone-chimney-ine," because the beats
 differed from the ordinary boats 1T
 that they had only one smokestack.
 Later he took position with the
 Valley Line, which he held unIil the
 company quit business. r.e has sery ed at times with the Government
 steamers. Both the pilots selected , have had very few accidents in theh long careers Ion the river"