Thanks for the heads-up on that article - and the one next to it about his cub years. On 9/13/21 6:03 PM, Barbara Schmidt wrote: > Scott, > > The 1857 dates were first proposed by Edgar Branch. More recent research by > Michael Marleau indicates the year 1859 was the most likely dates of > service on that boat in the company of Capt. William B. Miller. See this > online article for the RUFUS J. LACKLAND. > > http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/LicensedPilot.html > > Fears’s compilation was evidently based on Branch’s older research and not > the updated research of Marleau. > > Barb