Hattie Mayo

Mrs. Mayo played a key role in designing the boats and managing activities for passengers and crew upwards of 20 or more people per trip. A guest wrote this in the log book:

“I am willing to give her the prize as being 'the dandy fixer.'” Guest

“Mrs. Mayo had a great many things to arrange and adjust on this trip in regard to the furniture and fixtures, and I am willing to give her the prize as being 'the dandy fixer.' I know the many future guests will agree with me there is no doubt the North Star is the finest afloat on this river, not excluding many other waters. As for speed, she exceeds the owners' expectations and one will never have to turn his back to any other craft on the river except to leave them behind.

Mayo Family Member HATTIE MAYO (DR. WILL'S WIFE)

We left Wabasha at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and started up river in beautiful form, taking the strong current as if we were going downstream...at the rate of 12 miles per hour. We had many visitors (at each place the boat stopped). All through our run from Wabasha to Stillwater, we received the enthusiastic cheers and handclaps of the people in the villages along the shore.”

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