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The Otter and Tiger plied mostly between Mankato and New Ulm; while the Mankato, Dexter, and St . Anthony Falls, made frequent trips to St . Paul . As an instance of the speed of the Tiger, it is stated that on May I4th she made the run from Redwood Falls to Mankato in thirteen and a half hours. In the spring of this year the Jean- nette Roberts, one of the best known and longest in service of all the Minnesota steamboats, was sold to go to the Wisconsin river trade . lu 1871 the Otter was the ...first boat again at Mankato, ar- riving on April 4th from New Ulm. On April I5th came the Pioneer, the first boat from St. Paul. On April i8th, as the STEAMBOATING ON THE MINNESOTA RIVER. 157 Mankato was approaching 1 St. Peter on her first trip of the season, she struck a snag a few rods below the present wagon bridge in that city and sank. Her passengers and crew received no harm. After lying in the river channel for over a year, she was finally raised and taken below, never to enter the Minnesota again.
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