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.
Emma Hayward
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Emma Hayward commonly called the Hayward, was a steamboat that served in the Pacific Northwest. This vessel was once one of the finest and fastest steamboats on the Columbia River and Puget Sound. As
Wide West
…Wide West, which had to anchor and was out of service for three weeks. The steamer had to be towed back to Portland by the Ocklahama and the Ordway. Emma Hayward took the place of Wide West on the Cascades run. On April 16, 1879, Wide West made the fastest run ever from Cascades downstream to Vancouver, Washington…
Emma Hayward at foot of Main Street, Seattle, W.T., circa 1885.
Advertisement published May 8, 1872, for an excursion of the Improved Order of Red Men to Sauvie Island.
Emma Hayward, center (next to pier), moored in Seattle, June 6, 1891. Large steamer on left is T.J. Potter.