Upper Mississippi River rafting steamboats
By: Edward A. Mueller.
Contributors: Dyer, Harry G., d. 1950.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Inland water transportation -- Mississippi River -- History.; Steamboats -- Mississippi River -- History.; Shipping -- Mississippi River -- History.; Timber -- Rafting -- Mississippi River -- History.; Mississippi River -- Navigation -- History.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "The written portion of this work centers around the accounts left by Harry G. Dyer"--Pref.
Includes index.