Jones & Laborde (J. H. Jones and George E. Laborde) manufactured both sailboats and power boats from 1903-1928. It sounds like Oshkosh Boat Works is their rowboat and canoe division.
The Jones & LaBorde Co., Oshkosh, Wis., designers and builders of racing sail boats, speed and pleasure launches, have selected Chief Oshkosh as the name for their new power row boats.
The Chief, who was born in 1795 at Menominee village, Green Bay, was very fond of the water (for boating purposes only, we assume). When he was alive, Oshkosh was only a small hamlet and was called Athens, but the settlers did not take kindly to this classic name, so they renamed their town Oshkosh in honor of the Chief.
The Chief Oshkosh model row boats equipped for detachable motors which Jones & LaBorde have produced are very handsome craft and carry in their design and construction the practical knowledge of the builders.
The Chief Oshkosh model row boats equipped for detachable motors which Jones & LaBorde have produced are very handsome craft and carry in their design and construction the practical knowledge of the builders.
They are quite different from the average row boat, the stern being wide and deep so that they will properly support the weight of the motor in addition to that of the operator without leaving the bow far out of the water.
Power Boating, Volume 15, 1916
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