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Show DAILY ers sat in 50 folding chairs set up on the observation deck. The ship's crew attempted to “get up steam,” but this second ef- fort also failed. Stil pany iaowgtr on Utah Lake, Captain DeM« HERALD uo tos poked Gado docked, s boop ended. The launching of the “Florence” on May 1, 1891, and pochepict penrege oad certainly could not be uneventful, but Provo resident William Freshwater i He simply wrote sulLN. Deen denrstsp ih Dispatch playfully claimed the applause their effort may have the of Fork to wonder if there had been an “The steam boat ‘Florance’ Mentegpl a a Seven hy teso.” Approximately 60 Eureka cit. izens for the “Florence” to arrive at ic Landing were inly not overawed. After cooling their heels well into the evening on the shores of the lake with nary a of the steamer, theylikely felt direction of Benjamin aprein kelseybes aap 5 ; After this lively rendition, a ing the popping of this terse entry in his journal: a cork came from the general incident, theDispatch perpetrator of the i i ered.” The is boat caused a number of the ers to become seasick. Some of them-unceremoniously erely fed the fish. Those heartless possibly even enraged. To Life On the Ocean Wave.” Simultaneously, Miss Dottie Noon, assisted by Mr. Swain, fea rns, and inspiring — even if ithad tidnot raise the flag with his permission. Moore and H.H. Bean, who was responsible for securing financial backing for the boat's construction, both expressed surprise on seeing the banner. Bean informed newspaper reporters the pennantheld the wrong name. The boat would be called the “Florence,” in honor of his only daughter. Bean’s daughter rode on the boat that day andwas prepared to christen the new craft.In light of this incident, the ceremony was postponed. — . The Evening Dispatchstated, “Notwithstanding the ‘freshness’ of the individual who ran up the flag without permission, the pretty steamer will be knownas the ‘Florence’ and that name will be painted on the vessel.” The “Helen” pulled the newly: misnamed “Florence” about a mile into the lake and then re- make matters worse, on the way home,their bandwagon overturned and some of the musicians had to walk the rest of the wayinto town. During the week, mechanics worked on the Florence's new engine, and they had it functioning properly by May 7. Now the steamboat was tomake her first voyage under her own power. About 9 a.m., Provo Street Railroad cars left the bank corner on Center and University with a load of passengers . in, the Enterprise Band. After arriving at the pier, boarded the Florence. Their well-filled picnic baskets prompted Ike stood vantly on the dock, to comderision, “This excursion ain't going tolast a th.’ A.O, Smoot climbed to the boat’s upper deck and made istening speect concluded with the following words that sounded almost like a toast: “Lady Florence — may meet all ‘At the conclusion of Smoot’s speech, the crowd gave three cheers for the “Florence” as Miss Orpha Roberts unfurled the proper pennanton the flagstaff at the boat's stern, and the yed “Gee Whiz.” Then voyageat 9:45 a.m. underared banner across whichthe name “Florence” was emblazonedin black letters. This was to be aaoe fraught with “pleaOriginally, Captain Charles DeMoisey planned to sail north to Lehi bet before he delivered his first aeee toTintic Landing. the christe1 yed aadeparture, DeMoisey de- cided tosail straight across the and creatures who were not ill laughed and “Life on the Ocean Wave,” “Annie Rooney” and “Down.Went McAfter a raucous three-hour ride, the “Florence” r BYU Photo Archives This pier at the Provo Lake Resort, which once stood westof the present Provo City Airport, may have served as the dockfor the new steamboat which was christened the Florence on May 7, 1891. A fleet of small boats lie at anchoron a lake appearing to be as smoothas glass. laketo the landing. During the first part of the voyage,the “Florence” plowed through the water at about seven per hour. Then what had been a mild headwind developed intoa stiff breeze and white caps appeared, occasionally washing over the ae The Evening Dispatch ported the “Florence” rodethe waves “with a graceful and easy motion.” Even so, some of the valiant voyagers beni feeling little peculiar and leaned pensively over the rail contemplating whether they should have eaten sucha heavy breakfast. Sociability increased as the “Florence”sailed toward the western shoreuntil the passengers resembled the participeesof a large family reunion. Ernest Young coaxed melody aeey out of ae a =efone and D. pen thrummed his guitar. Whenthe “Florence” reached the west side of the lake, Capt. DeMoisey cruised up anddown the shore scanning the horizon for the whereabouts of the Eureka delegation. A sharp eye finally spied a horse and buggy, whereupon the Florence pro_ceeded to the landing. The arrival of the steamship _elicited lusty cheers from the Tintic delegation — one man and one boy.It appears the crowd, who had cometo the erally. When made an effort to run up to the pier, the gale blew the boat onto the beach. The crew made an unsuccessful effort to pull it. Then they took the loose end’ the boat back into deep water, _of the rope to shore, where they and it was with some difficulty attached it toa horse. The anithat the passengers were put mal pulled the buggy out of the ashore. lake andontothe landing. W.D.Roberts made a motion Whenthe Dallins attempted that the excursionists tender toreturnto the “Florence,” a Bean, Probert, Moore and the stiff wind blew their boat out banda voteof thanks for their into the lake. The gale alsotore courtesies. Some of the nausethe pennantandstaff from ated nauticals likely acquiesced halfheart the stern of the steamboat and thrust them into the lake. The The “Florence” survived a severe, wave-tossed test. Her men wereforced to row for land and put ashore anyplace steam engine performed well. they foundit possible. They fiMr. Sundberg,the engineer, nally reached terre firmasome maintained an average of distance down the beachfrom about 100 pounds ofpressure the “Florence.” in the boiler, and the propellor Oneof the brothers got out of revolved up to 200 turns per the rowboat and walked along minute when the boat was movthe shore to a pointcloser to ing. The steamboat averaged the steamboat. The other rowed: aes of about six miles per backto the “Florence,” picking ete Dispatitch asserted the upthe recently liberated pennant and staff on the way tothe “Florence”Fora “throughout boat. the ordeal of her stormy pasFinally, the rowboat returned sage a thoroughly seaworthy to shore once more, picked craft.” After her first voyage, up the second Mr. Dallin and some must have wondered if returned to the big boat. As she would perform so well fisoonasthe brothers scrambled . nancially. aboard, Capt. DeMoisey ordered the anchorraised, and the To be continued new steamboatsailed for her homeport at 3:40 p.m. — Roughwater buffeted the DD. Robert Carter is a historian boat on the return trip, and high from Springville. He can be waves even washed across her reached at 489-8256. “Tales deck on several occasions. From UtahValley” is now available at Borders, Pioneer During the roughest weather, Booksand BYUBookstore, William Roberts played the all in Provo and The Read drum,William Probert played Leafin Springville. the bass fiddle and Col. Moore landing on May landhadbeen so severely disappointed when the “Florence” didn’t show up, did not wish to be let down again. They stayed home. After the ers ate lunch, the “Florence's” crew unloaded her first freight delivery, anew double seated ora belonging to the Eureka Stage Line. In a week, this company would be prepared to provide transportation for freight and passengers from Tintic Landing to Eureka. Passengers and freight could travel the water/ land route in muchless time at half the expense of taking = stage route around the sout! end of Utah Lake. Unloading the wagon resembled an episode of the Keystone Cops. The “Florence” could get nocloser to shore than 65 to 85 feet because of shallow water. Somehow, men had to transportthe carriage across that span of water. The wheels, tongue and other miscellaneous parts presented no problem. The crew ferriedtheratoshoreina rowboat. Getting the carriage box ashore proved to be moredifficult. The men intended to float the carriage body withits awning to shore,but it promptly filled with water and sank to the bottom of the lake about four feet below. Two Dallin brothers, experienced boaters from Springville, rowed to the carriage and attached a rope to the Heart of Our Business! 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