J.W. Mills (Rafter, 1872-1894)

Date

• ca. 1878

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Rafter
• BUILT: 1872, Paducah, Kentucky
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled summer of 1894
• OWNERS: 1872: W.J. Young Company; 1883: Captains Sam Van Sant and Walter Blair of Le Claire Navigation Company; 1894: Parmalee Brothers
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1872: Captain Paul Korz; 1883: Captain James Bellis; ca. 1890: W.A. Blair (master), John H. La Cock (pilot)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1309; This was the "family boat" of the W.J. Young Company for a period of time. Le Claire Navigation Company bought her for $7,000 in 1883 and she paid out in two seasons. She was traded to the Parmalee Brothers for the City of Quincy in the spring of 1894. They dismantled her that summer