C.W. Cowles (Rafter, 1881-1909)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Rafter
• BUILT: Madison, Indiana, 1881
• BECAME: Kalitan, 1909
• OWNERS: 1881: Fleming Brothers, McGregor, Iowa; 1893: Valley Navigation Company, Joseph Buisson (president); unknown date: Captain George Winans; 1908: William Irvine, St. Paul; 1909: Deere Family, Moline, Illinois
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1881: David Hanks (captain); 1886: Albert Withrow (captain and pilot); 1887: Richard Dixon (captain and pilot); ca. 1890: Antonio La Rogue (pilot); 1893: Captain Joseph Buisson, John Buisson (pilot); 1896: Frank La Pointe (pilot); 1898: Captain Cypriano Buisson
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0328; Under the ownership of Captain Joseph Buisson, the C.W. Cowles ran logs to the Hershey mill at Muscatine, Iowa. She was rebuilt in 1909 at the Kahlke yard, Rock Island, Illinois; fitted up by the Deere family of Moline, Illinois as a pleasure boat and renamed Kalitan