Diomede Island, Alaska 22 Jun 1909

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Lois to in-laws in Michigan. Mr. Snell. Trading schooner Louise stopped. This boat took Roy from Teller to Nome in 1908.

Louise (schooner)
The Louise, a three-masted schooner of 346 tons and 450 M capacity, was built at Fairhaven, Calif., in 1892 by H. D. Bendixsen for Joseph knowland, San Francisco. She and the Beulah were sold by the Gardiner Mill Co. in 1917 to the Union Fish Co. for $50,000 the pair and went into the Bering Sea codfishery. In 1921 the Louise made a brief cruise off San Francisco with a moving picture company, and later in April sailed for the North. She put back 10 days later with loss of the jibboom, fore masthead and headsails; but was quickly repaired and sailed again, to take the highest fare of the year. In 1928 she was chartered as a tender to the Cape San Lucas tuna fleet, but returned to the cod fishery the next year. She was last operated in 1937 and in 1940 was sold to a Long Angelese owner. She is at present laid up in the Cerritos Channel of Los Angeles harbor.John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers,1850-1905, The Marine Digest. June 14, 1941, p. 2
Citation: Tacoma Public Library

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