R. R. Thompson was a large sternwheel steamboat designed in the classic Columbia River style. She was named after Robert R. Thompson, one of the shareholders of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, the firm that built the vessel.
R.R. Thompson circa 1890
Capt. John McNulty, who took R.R. Thompson through the Cascades of the Columbia
Wide West
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Wide West was a steamboat that served in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It had a reputation as a luxury boat of its days.
Wide West, probably on the Willamette River.
Advertisement for Wide West and other boats of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.
Passenger accommodation on Wide West. This is identified by one source as the ladies cabin, but note the cuspidors on the carpet beside the marble-topped radiator.
Forward passenger accommodation on Wide West. Note window labeled "office", probably that either of the purser or the freight clerk. Jacketed steam drum also shown, enclosed with a low rail.