Muller Boatworks of Stillwater Mn

Dan Lindberg

Ex Wood Hoarder
The following is info I've collected on Muller Boatworks so far.
Data is scarce but here is what I've found.

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Muller Boat Works / Taylors Falls Canoe & Kayak Rental
1872 - Present

Muller Boat Works started in Baytown MN, on the St Criox River in 1872.
Baytown was later changed/merged into Bayport MN.

The 82-ton sternwheeler Columbia was built by the Muller Boat Works in Baytown, and it took the last log raft from the St. Croix in 1914.
The boatyard was used for repairs and barge construction up through the Second World War.

Muller Boatyards of Stillwater, built a 14' Quincy skiff in the 40's or 50's, that was the reported to be the last boat built for the Mississippi River lumber trade.

The Boatyard transitioned into a tour boat company, Taylors Falls Scenic Boat Tours.

In 1905, two brothers named Kennedy, rowed tourists around the Dalles of the St. Croix pointing out the famous rock formations, but by the end of the year they were out of business. The following year the park commissioner asked the Mullers of the Muller Boat Company in Stillwater if one of the boys could come to Taylors Falls to give tourists rides through the Dalles. The Mullers sent Carl, their son, who was 16 at the time.

In 1910, Carl Muller added canoes and row boats for rent. Some canoes were rented in Taylors Falls and were paddled down river, some all the way to Stillwater. This was the start of the Taylors Falls Canoe Rental, which is still in existence today, as the Taylors Falls Canoe & Kayak Rental. Over the years the Company bought larger and larger boats and expanded into dinner cruises.

In 1972 the family bought the local ski area, Val Croix, renamed it Wild Mountain and merged the Ski and Boat operations into one company and use staff seasonally in the opposing seasons, summer on the boats and winter at Wild Mountain.

The family continues to run the Muller Boat Company/Taylors Falls Scenic Boat Tours, Wild Mountain Recreation Area & the Taylors Falls Canoe & Kayak Rental today.
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Attached are pics showing my neighbors Muller.

Note the heart shaped deck, the side profile and 5 digit S/N.
 

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