T. J. Potter
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The T.J. Potter was a paddle steamer that operated in the Northwestern United States. The boat was launched in 1888. Her upper cabins came from the steamboat Wide West. This required some modification, because the T.J. Potter was a side-wheeler, whereas the Wide West had been a stern-wheeler. The boat's first owner was the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. The T. J. Potter was one of the few side-wheeler boats that operated on the Columbia River.
T.J. Potter
T.J. Potter in center, with smaller sidewheel steamer North Pacific on left, at Seattle, Washington, 1891
T.J. Potter following reconstruction in 1901.
folk art model of the T.J. Potter
Sarah Dixon (sternwheeler)
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Sarah Dixon was a wooden sternwheel-driven steamboat operated by the Shaver Transportation Company on the Columbia and lower Willamette rivers from 1892 to 1926. Originally Sarah Dixon was built as a mixed use passenger and freight vessel, and was considered a prestige vessel for the time.
Sarah Dixon (on right) and G.W. Shaver (on left), at Washington Street dock, Portland, Oregon, 1897.
Sarah Dixon as built in 1892, also showing Henry Pape (or Pope) (1852–1907), known as “Poppy” chief engineer, on left, and George McClellan Shaver (1865–1950), captain, on right.
Advertisement for Sarah Dixon on Clatskanie route, April 28, 1893.
Mount Coffin in 1900, scene of the sinking of Sarah Dixon on December 19, 1900.