Ruby (Ferry, 1880-1898)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Ferry
• BUILT: 1880 at De Soto, Wisconsin
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Prairie du Chien on November 20, 1898
• OWNERS: Captain A.H. Schroeder; Gardner and Warehoune; Captain H. Douglass
• OFFICERS & CREW: George Harold (pilot, 1881); Lysander Darling (captain/pilot, 1882-83)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4871; She began her career as a packet, then was used as a rafter and finally as a ferry. Home port in 1894, Dubuque, Iowa. She may have operated at Dubuque. Still listed in 1895 but burned in 1898
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At the landing. Men are seated or are standing on both decks of the Ruby