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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

           [240-241]

           NICHOLAS LARSON was born July 25, 1844, on the island of Fohr,
        then under the dominion of Denmark, but now ruled by Germany. He
        attended the public schools until he was sixteen years of age, when
        he came to America, locating at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
           After having learned the machinist's trade MR. LARSON entered
        the employ of the Goodrich Transportation Company, and in 1871 was
        appointed first assistant engineer of the side-wheel passenger
        steamer Orion, on which he remained one season; this boat was
        wrecked a short time after on the beach at Grand Haven. In 1872
        MR. LARSON shipped on the Manitowoc, in 1873 on the Alpena, remain-
        ing two seasons, and in 1875 was appointed chief engineer of the
        steamer Muskegon, the machinery for which was taken from the hull
        of the Orion, and MR. LARSON remained in her engine room three
        seasons. In the spring of 1878 he took the screw steamer Oconto, a
        passenger boat plying between Chicago and Green Bay, holding this
        berth until the fall of 1879. His next boat was the side-wheel
        steamer Corona, which he ran three seasons. In 1881 MR. LARSON
        purchased the Isabella, a small side-wheel steamer, from parties in
        Oshkosh, and ran her from Peoria to Havana, Ill., in the passenger
        trade on the Illinois river, selling her after a poor year. In 1882
        he went down the river to New Orleans, and worked in the machine
        shops during the winter; also worked in the Crombell line of ships,
        fitting up engines for the shop, and in the spring he came to New
        York City on the New Orleans, one of the line. In 1883 he left New
        York City for Buffalo and took a canal-boat, as engineer from New
        York City to Buffalo. About this time MR. KELDERHOUSE built the
        Queen of the West, at Bay City, and he went there, put in the
        machinery, and ran that boat for six years.
           In 1887 the Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad Co. gave up business
        on the canal and sold their boats.  MR. LARSON bought one of them,
        the steamer Durant, and ran her for three years, towing canal boats
        for MR. BISSELL.  He then bought the consorts Carthage and Jonathan
        Scovill, and on one of his trips to New York City sold the latter.
        The other two boats he ran for four years, when he sold both at a
        good price. In 1889 he was again employed as chief engineer of the
        steamer Corona, now owned by the Woodlawn Beach Company at Buffalo,
        which he ran in the excursion business. In 1894 he entered the em-
        ploy of the Crystal Beach Steamboat Company, as chief engineer of
        the Pearl, holding this berth until the fall of 1898, and finishing
        the season on the Gazelle.
           In 1885 MR. LARSON was wedded to MISS CATHERINE VEIDINGER, of
        Buffalo, and one son, WILLIAM N., has come to this union. The
        family residence is at No. 85 Waverly street, Buffalo, N. Y.
        Fraternally MR. LARSON is a member of the Ancient Order of United
        Workmen, also of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association.

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