A Raft Pilot's Log cont. Sawmills and their Owners 263 Muscatine, Iowa The Muscatine Lumber Company mill, burned in 1886. The Heshey Lumber Company mill, started by Jacob Hershey in 1852, was in control of Benjamin Hershey until his death and continued sawing to the last of the logs. My first contract, when I got charge of the steamer 'Last Chance' in 1882, was to run ten million feet of logs from Beef Slough to this mill. The Musser lumber Company had a large mill that sawed about forty-five million feet annually. Richard Musser, Peter Musseer and P.M. Musser were all fine men. I was clerk on one of the Van Sant and Musser raft-boats for three seasons and did occasional work for them later. Their mill was built in 1870 and it was vigorously operated every season. The Van Sant and Musser boats earned over a million dollars towing for the Musser Lumber Company. Burlington, Iowa The Harmar Manufacturing Company mill. The Burlington Lumber Company had a big mill that had a long, steady and prosperous career. Fort Madison, Iowa S. and J.C. Atlee mill ran steadily until the last. The old mill is still there and the business is carried on handling southern and western stock. 264 Keokuk, Iowa The Taber Lumber Company built a new mill when the old one burned and continued sawing after nearly all others had quit. Captain Taber, who had been in command of steamers in the Saint Louis and new Orleans trade, one of which was the famous 'Ruth,' was fatally injured by an automobile only a few years ago. The mill has been dismantled but the business has been carried on by his sons, Ben and Carroll Taber. Canton, Missouri The Canton Sawmill Company had a medium sized mill. Quincy, Illinois The Quincy Sawmill Company had a mill up in the bay. Hannibal, Missouri The Hannibal Sawmill Compnay had a good mill. Saint Louis, Missouri Shulenburg and Boeckeler mill. Knapp, Stout and Company mill. Hill-Lemmon and Company mill. H.S. Parker and Company mull. C.F. Leibke mill. chapter complete.