Minnietta (Packet/Rafter, 1871-1876?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet/Rafter
• BUILT: 1871 at La Crosse, Wisconsin
• BECAME: Minnie H.
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled, rebuilt and renamed in 1880
• OWNERS: Captain E.E. Heerman
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain E. E. Heerman (master, 1871-72); Alvin E. Fuller (engineer); W.H. Huntington (clerk, 1872); Wm. Dustin (pilot, 1872); Eli Minder (pilot); Louis Duschee (clerk); Sol Fuller (1871); Louis C. Malin (pilot, 1872)
• RIVERS: Chippewa River; Missouri River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1834; She worked as a Chippewa River packet when new and towed rafts in season. Inspected as a towboat at Galena in 1873. In July 1874, she got caught in a cyclone at the Clinton bridge and lost her raft. In 1881, she was sold to the U.S. government for $4000. She was last registered at Galena in 1876