Globe showing North America and South America. An anchor is behind the globe. An eagle is on top of the bird. A scroll with the Latin phrase "Semper Fidelis" is above the eagle. The name "Alexander Mackenzie Watson" is below the...
Character portrait of Gertrude Mackenzie wearing a hat with bow and feathers, and a blouse with puffed sleeves, a brocade jacket, and a rope tied in a bow around her neck. Inscription on print: To Mr. Macauley, very sincerely Gertrude MacKenzie....
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
COL. A. MACKENZIE, a side-wheel snag-boat (160 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1900. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, she initially operated on the upper Mississippi River. When Captain David Tipton died at her wheel in Lake...