"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
Keywords Utah; Rivers and Lakes; Boats and boating; Men
Subject Yokey, Cap (Henry T.)--Photographs; Boats and boating--Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--Photographs
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
Spatial Coverage Green River (Wyo.-Utah)
Collection Number and Name P0063 River Boats Photograph Collection
Collection Name River Boats
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
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
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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