Title |
"Cap" Yokey |
Photo Number |
P0063n48 |
Description |
Photo of H. T. "Cap" Yokey of GreenRiver on one of his boats, early 20th century |
Date |
1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930 |
Textual Date |
Circa 1900s, 1910s, 1920s |
Keywords |
Utah; Rivers and Lakes; Boats and boating; Men |
Subject |
Yokey, Cap (Henry T.)--Photographs; Boats and boating--Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Green River (Wyo.-Utah) |
Additional Information |
"Cap" Yokey lived on the Green River and built and operated several boats. In 1905, he built the steam-powered Black Eagle, equipped with a tube boiler and a 20 horsepower engine. On a trip down the Green to Valentine Bottom, 84 miles below the town of GreenRiver, the boiler tubes became clogged with mud and blew up |
Collection Number and Name |
P0063 Riverboat Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
River Boats |
Relation is Part of |
Utah River Running Archives |
Original Source |
N/A |
Donated By/Purchased From |
Unknown |
Rights |
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Type |
Image |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rr2kcn |
Setname |
uum_map_rr |
ID |
955193 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr2kcn |