St. Croix (Packet/Rafter/Towboat, 1870-1894)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet/Rafter/Towboat
• BUILT: 1870 at Maiden Rock, Wisconsin
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Hit a log while running the Dubuque bridge in 1894 and was lost
• OWNERS: 1870: Lorenzo Schricker; 1875: Mueller Lumber Company; 1886: Le Clair Navigation Company; 1887: Captain Walter Blair and Sam Van Sant; 1888: M.L. (?) and, D.R. Hanley and Thomas Forbush; 1890: Herbert O'Donnell
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1872: William Irvine (clerk); 1873: Captain George Winans (master); 1875: M.T. Winans (master); 1883: Captain George Tremley (master); 1886: Captain John O'Conner (pilot); 1888: Thomas Forbush (master); 1890: Captain Anthony Gallagher; Unknown dates: Captain Jacob Resser (pilot) and Captain Hiram Bersie
• RIVERS: St. Croix River; Chippewa River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2230 & 4925; The original cost of the St. Croix was $12,000. She served as a packet on the St. Croix River. Later she became a rafter/towboat for several owners over the years. In 1886 the Le Clair Navigation Company purchsed her for $4,000. She was enrolled at the Port of St. Paul on October 9, 1872; the Port of Dubuque on June 26, 1875; the Port of Galena on March 29, 1887; and the Port of Dubuque on April 7, 1888