Table of Contents

REMINISCENCES OF A LA CROSSE COUNTY PIONEER-By William Van Zant.... 7
THE BEGINNINGS OF BANGOR-By Anna M. Jenkins......................13
EARLY DAYS IN ONALASKA-By Carrie Saunders......................     17
THE SWISS SETTLERS OF MORMON COULEE-By George Zielke ............. .21
EARLY TRANSPORTATION ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI-By Charles Jagow ... .25
EARLY STEAMBOAT AND PACKET LINES-By Ruth Bristow...................31
EARLY STEAMBOATS ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER-By Ruth Bristow.... .35
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT STORIES-By Harry G. Dyer............... 39
His DREAMS CAME TRUE. Sketch of Colonel Thomas B. Stoddard, First
    Mayor of La Crosse-By Ellis B. Usher............................45
RECOLLECTIONS OF T. B. STODDARD-By H. E. Rogers.................... 51
MUSIC OF EARLY LA CROSSE-By Mrs. John F. Doherty...................55
RAFTING ON BLACK RIVER-By Emil Heintz...............................59
LOG MARKING-By A. H. Sanford..................................... 67
LOG SCALING-By A. H. Sanford....................................... 69



                      iustrations

VIEW OF OAASKA....         . ..... .    ......................20
A BLACK RIVER PINERY LUMBER CAMP ................................24
STEAMBOAT "ANDY JOHNSON"............         . ......................37
STEAMBOAT "LA CROSSE" ............ ............................... 38
RAFT BOAT "OTTUMWA  BELLE" ......................................... . 38
RAFT BOATS AND RAFTS ......................................... 44
COL. T. B. STODDARD............... ..............................  46
LOGGING IN THE PINE FOREST.........................................50
LOADING LOGS AT THE SKIDWAY ......................................... 54
THE BINGO CLUB.............................................    ..... 58
SKIDWAYS AND CANT HOOK ........................................... . .60
BLACK RIVER RAFTING WORKS ....................................... 61
RAFT CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAMS. ........................................62
BOOM  BRAIL....................... ... ........... . .. ................   64
J. B. HOLWAY'S SAW MILL...................  . . .... .... . . . . .............65
VIEWS ON BLACK RIVER................................................66
LOG M ARKS........................ ............... ...................  68