North Star (Towboat/Rafter, 1906-1917?)

Date

• June 1909

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat/Rafter
• BUILT: Dubuque, Iowa, 1906
• BECAME: Eugenia Tully
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Bought by Patton-Tully Transportation circa 1917 and renamed Eugenia Tully
• OWNERS: Captain Elmer McClaney; Burlington Railroad (1911); Tully-Patton Transportation Company, Memphis, Tennessee
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain William Dobler (master and pilot, 1906); Captain R. H. Tromley (pilot, 1911); Joseph Adams (chief engineer)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1935; One of the last rafters built. Sold to the Burlington Railroad in October, 1911, she was in service at Metropolis, Illinois for several years until bought by Tully-Patton Transportation
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel rafter North Star and bow boat Harriet moving a raft; passing Alma, Wisconsin?