HISTORY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY.

After several years' service for the Government she was con-
demned and dismantled.
The stern-wheel steamer "76," owned by Captain Sam Neff,
had been made over from a barge bought from the Appleton
Iron Furnace Company. She was 110 feet long and 30 foot
beam. The "76" did general freighting for some years and
was dismantled and reduced to a tow barge for Captain Neff's
new tug "Ajax."
The stern-wheel steamer "John Lynch " was built at Osh-
kosh in 1877, by Captain John Lynch and Tom Wall. She was
115 foot keel and 18 foot beam, and ran from Oshkosh to New
London. In 1883 she was purchased by L. B. Reed to run from
Oshkosh to Tustin on Lake Poygan. In 1885 the Lynch was
sold to Clark & Lefevre and run on the same route under the
command of Captain Paul Lefevre, and on May 2, 1902, she was
burned to the water's edge in Lake Poygan near the mouth of
the Wolf river.
The stern-wheel steamer "B. F. Carter" was built at Oshkosh
by the Cook & Brown Lime Company in 1877. Her length over
all is 125 feet, breadth of beam 24 feet. She was built by this
company to run between Oshkosh and the east shore freighting
lime, brick and stone from their quarries on the east shore to
Oshkosh. She came out under the command of Captain Her-
man Hitz, and he remained in continuous command for twenty-
eight years, when the veteran Captain retired from service by
reason of age. The "Carter" has been rebuilt several times and
is still in active service, always being the first steamboat to get
under way in the spring and the last boat to be laid up in the
fall.
The stern-wheel steamer "Gussie Girdon," built at Burling-
ton, Iowa, came over on these waters and ran between Berlin
and Portage for one season, then purchased by H. Steadman, of
Berlin, and run between Oshkosh and Berlin. In 1880 she was
hauled out at Berlin and dismantled.
The steamer "K. M. Hutchinson" was remodeled from a barge
in 1880, and converted into a stern-wheel boat, 118 feet long 22
foot beam. In 1886 she was hauled out and lengthened to 135
feet over all, and run on the Oshkosh and Green Bay route,
under the command of her owner, Captain Bangs. A series of
misfortunes attended her career. She was sunk a number of
times and once was beached near Fond du Lac and on August

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