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NORTHWESTERN PACKET COMPANY

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NORTHWESTERN PACKET COMPANY. Organized on November 19, 1863, NorthWestern Packet Company was led by John Lawler, Prairie du Chien, president; W. E. Wellington, Dubuque, superintendent; and George Blanchard, of Dubuque, secretary and treasurer.

Headquartered in Dubuque, the company added to its craft until by March, 1866, when it had ten first-class steamers and thirty-six barges varying in capacity from five thousand to twenty thousand bushels of grain. During the winter of 1865-6 the company spent one hundred thousand dollars in constructing barges. The capital of this company in boats was about five hundred thousand dollars.

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Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/franklin-t-oldt/history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl/page-26-history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl.shtml

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