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Student volunteer Nate Stueve has worked to create an information
database, about steamboats that served communities in Cowlitz County from
the 1850s through the early 1900s.
The following excerpts of information, provide a
sample of the statistics and interesting details Nate has gathered during
his research:
The
forty-foot Black Hawk, notably the first steamboat to enter the Cowlitz River,
had been built in Sacramento in 1850 and shipped to Portland aboard the
Ocean Bird.
In the spring of 1852 Peter Crawford acted as
pilot for its trip on the Cowlitz to transport a load of potatoes.
It was dismantled in 1852.
The
97-ton Nestor was built in Catlin, Washington in 1902 for
Columbia and Cowlitz River Transportation Company, for service on the
Cowlitz River.
It was 82 feet long and 19 feet, 6 inches wide.
Its captains included C.P. Stayton and Charles
Wylie. The sternwheeler was abandoned in 1929.
In
1897 when the Northwest made three trips each week, a one-way ticket from Castle
Rock to Portland cost $1.25 and round trip was $2.00.
The
Spielei served on the Lewis River
from 1901-1940.
Thank
you, Nate for doing a terrific job!
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