Memoirs of Captain Hanks Mississippi River Pilot
Memoirs recount Captain Stephen B. Hanks, a Mississippi River pilot of over five decades, detailing trips from Stillwater to Davenport and Dubuque to Stillwater, raft handling, and a late season lumber raft deliverable to St Paul. He recalls winter stage lines, river communities, and raft construction with cribs and strings, noting seasonal boats and village life before railroads.
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Stillwater
Davenport
Bellevue
Dubuque
Keithsburg
Albany
Bro. Jonathan
Spring Creek
Muscatine
St. Paul
St. Louis
Burbank
Blakley
Concord
U. S. Mail
Dust Bug Warns Neighbors About Permanent Residents
The narrator recalls a 19th century river town winter life with young people, social clubs, and sleigh rides. He recalls how communities stayed lively in the 60s and 70s and notes the steady work of winter river trade, wheat handling at Winona and McGregor, and the rush to move a large Iowa and Minnesota crop amid a harsh winter and full storage facilities.
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Upper
Mississippi
Fulton
Clinton
Winona
McGregor
Minnesota
Iowa
Winter Rafting and River Voyage Recalls brushes with 1870s steamers
The narrator recounts seasonal travel by river in Winona and Cat Tail Slough, recalling Captains Jenks Killeen and Sheets, the raft Brother Jonathan, the Ida Fulton, and transfers aboard the Imperial after repairs. The tale covers storms, raft building, and service aboard Diamond Jo’s Line during a river season.
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Jenks
Winona
Brother Jonathan
Ida Fulton
Catiail Slough
Diamond Jo
Killeen
Anthony Sheets
Geo, Nichols Sr
Peter Schneider
Stopping the Clock Flo T Plan to Marry Later
Flo T stops the clock on marriage plans saying she does not intend to wed before Pim turns 40. Dot adds she will not reach 30 before Vm marries, revealing couple's delay strategy.
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Flo
Dot
The Office Boy Says When a Real Man Behind Eight Bell
A schoolyard quip frames a real man as breaking up into piers of eight when the eight bell sounds, suggesting orderly division and teamwork in a playful classroom vignette.
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