History
Lone Star came off the ways at Lyons, Iowa in 1869. Originally the boat was a wood burning side-wheeler. In 1890 she was remodeled and reconfigured as a stern-wheeler. Lone Star was remodeled a second time in 1899 at the Kahlke Boat Yards in Rock Island, Illinois and again in 1922. On 21 April 1968, Lone Star was placed out of service. She was the last running and is now the last remaining intact wood hull paddlewheel boat that plied the Mississippi River.
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