Pauline (Rafter/Packet, 1878-1900)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Rafter/Packet
• BUILT: Stillwater, Minnesota, 1878 at the Durant & Wheeler yard; built originally as a raft boat
• BECAME: Columbia
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled, March 1899 and her machinery used in the Columbia
• OWNERS: Jerry M. Turner, Lansing, Iowa, and A. F. Hollinshead; Captain William Henning and Frank F. Fugina; Empire Company; Standard Lumber Company; D. C. Law and A. F. Hollinshead (1881); Turner and Law of Lansing, Iowa (1886)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain J. M. Turner (master, 1890-1893); Captain A. F. Hollinshead (master, 1881, 1882); Walter Hunter (pilot, 1890); J. H. Short (master and pilot for a while); J. K. Tracy (master and pilot for a while); Isaac Newton (pilot); H. Shannon and M. Sparks (engineers); Joseph Fuller (chief engineer, 1891-1892); Captain Thomas Peel (master, 1891-1892); Frank Walker (pilot, 1894); Captain William Kratka (master, 1899)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4412/T2013; Started out as a rafter; Jerry Turner was her original owner. Turner and Hollinshead ran logs with her for the Empire Company and the Standard Lumber Company, 1883-1891. Her home port was St. Paul, July 22, 1878; Port of Dubuque enrolled her August 2, 1881, upon change of owners. In winter, 1891/1892 she was converted to a packet and ran in the Burlington, Nauvoo, and Keithsburg trade, under Captain Thomas Peel and running in competition with the Silver Crescent. The owners found her too small and she was sold; she was running excursions at Dubuque in 1898. Rebuilt in 1900 and renamed Columbia
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At shore, with passengers embarking for excursion