1891, May Launched; cost $251,550; ran Chicago, Illinois to Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
1898 Rebuilt; pilothouse moved forward of mast; hurricane deck given
48 staterooms
1918 Owned U.S. Navy as troop transport; renamed BLUE RIDGE
1920 Owned Wrigley, Pacific Coast; renamed AVALON,
264.7 x 38.3 x 22.1', 1985 gross/1188 net tons, 2 decks,
7 watertight bulkheads; ran Los Angeles, California to Santa
Catalina Island
1923 Four watertube boilers at 165 pounds steam by Babcock & Wilcox
1951 In ordinary
1960, July 18 Burned at dock; reduced to freighter; owned E.J. Stotts,
Artesia, California; certified for Santa Barbara Channel
service
1965 Foundered
