Jerry, If the info on the Silver Queen from Mr. Williams is as cool as it might be, be sure to let us who lurk in this good thread know a bit of it. Remember that I spent a lot of time picking and singing on Blackhawk Island just a bit north of Janesville---about a dozen years. That was as close to a paid vacation that Chris and Carol and I ever got. Wisconsin will always be hugely important to me---and the songs I unearthed there are a part of me forever. "The Shanty Boy On The Big Eau Claire" for one -- "The Pinery Boy." --"The Pokegama Bear" -- "Lost Jimmy Whalen" -- many more...

Love to you and Ruth,

Art