FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at Higginsport, Ohio in the fall of 1900
OWNERS: McDonald Brothers (1890); Kratka Towing Company (1893); Captain Mirrell Looney (1894); Three States Lumber Company (1895)
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain N.B. Lucas (master, 1890; pilot); Captain Bud Smedley (master, 1897); Charles Trombley (2nd pilot); George Trombley (2nd pilot, master); James Tully (chief engineer); John McCissie (mate, 1895); Captain Felix King (master, 1895); Captain Sam Green (pilot, 1895); Chris Adolph (pilot, 1894)
RIVERS: Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2413; 5359; At one time she towed lumber and ties around Paducah and Cairo. Used regularly as a rafter but in 1894 she worked for the Carnival City Packet Company, along with the Lizzie Gardner, in the St. Paul-La Crosse trade. After she was dismantled, her engines went to the new towboat Hermann Paepcke
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Thistle being dismantled with parts used in the construction of the towboat Herman Paepcke (on the ways)