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
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
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The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) was a rail and steamboat transport company that operated a rail network of 1,143 miles (1,839 km) running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho. It operated from 1896 as a consolidation of several smaller railroads.
OR&N 197 at Oregon Rail Heritage Center
Southern Pacific's Shasta Limited on the OWR & N.
Advertisement in 1887
The ghost town of Burke, Idaho was situated in such a narrow canyon that the O.R.&.N. and Northern Pacific operated on main street. (1914) The Tiger Hotel was built over the tracks due to space constraints.