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Old Times on the
Upper Mississippi

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Mouth of the Wisconsin River. The ancient highway between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi.This scene gives some idea of the multitude of islands which diversify both the Wisconsin andthe Mississippi Rivers.

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Old Times on the
Upper Mississippi

The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot
from 1854 to 1863

By

George Byron Merrick

Cleveland, Ohio
The Arthur H. Clark Company
1909

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William H. Hamilton, Engineer, Charles G.Hargus, Clerk, Thomas Burns, Pilot, mastersin their several professions. From each ofthem I learned something that has made lifebetter worth living, the sum of which makespossible these reminiscences of a "cub" pilot.8

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