Frontenac (Rafter/Excursion boat, 1896-1912)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Rafter/Excursion boat
• BUILT: 1896 at Wabasha, Minnesota
• BECAME: Prince
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Renamed Prince circa 1912
• OWNERS: Laird, Norton Lumber Company; Captain Henry Slocumb; Captain A. W. Wishera; St. Charles Amusement Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Henry Slocumb (master, 1896, 1899-1900); R.H. Cassidy (pilot, 1896-1907); Captain R.H. Trombley (master, 1913); Frank Gladhill (pilot or captain?)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0855; Rafted 11 years (to 1907); then remodeled into an excursion boat and operated out of St. Paul about 5 years (to 1912) before being renamed Prince. Her engines came from the Juniata
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Color postcard of the Frontenac with a barge on the Mississippi at Winona