Thistle (Towboat/Rafter/Packet, 1889-1900)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat/Rafter/Packet
• BUILT: 1889 at La Crosse, Wisconsin
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at Higginsport, Ohio in the fall of 1900
• OWNERS: McDonald Brothers (1890); Kratka Towing Company (1893); Captain Mirrell Looney (1894); Three States Lumber Company (1895)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain N.B. Lucas (master, 1890; pilot); Captain Bud Smedley (master, 1897); Charles Trombley (2nd pilot); George Trombley (2nd pilot, master); James Tully (chief engineer); John McCissie (mate, 1895); Captain Felix King (master, 1895); Captain Sam Green (pilot, 1895); Chris Adolph (pilot, 1894)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2413; 5359; At one time she towed lumber and ties around Paducah and Cairo. Used regularly as a rafter but in 1894 she worked for the Carnival City Packet Company, along with the Lizzie Gardner, in the St. Paul-La Crosse trade. After she was dismantled, her engines went to the new towboat Hermann Paepcke