"Cap" Yokey

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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
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6rr2kcn
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 955193
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr2kcn
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