Her owner when she was a mail boat was Captain Lawerence Beck. He was a real character and a great guy. They don't make um like that any more.Always had a cigar and a story. Lived in Alton all his life. His wife ran a guest home in the summer on main st. in Alton.
He had a large boat house at the Woodlands in West Alton where he dry docked her and worked on her in the winter. Kept her in the boat house in the bay in the summer. Hired Alton high school boys to help him with the mail runs in the summer. I'm sure he looking down with pride that his Tonimar is still on the lake.
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