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EAGLE POINT FERRY. In August, 1883. the council granted to John Reugamer, John Trexler, J. P. Schroeder, John Klein, Frank Schroeder and George Fengler, for a period of twenty-five years, free license and full right to operate a ferry to be known as "Eagle Point Ferry," from a place near Eagle Point, at Division street, across the river to the Wisconsin shore.
The name also applied to a steamer owned by Richard KIMBALL. The Eagle Point was used for transporting goods, ferrying, and excursions along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. When new the Eagle Point was valued at $7,000. It caught fire in 1892 and required $4,300 in repairs. On June 13, 1894 the boat was burned to the water's edge at the KIMBALL'S PARK landing. The assistance of the crews of two other boats, the Chauncey Lamb and the Linehansen, could not save it.
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Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County.