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41-1/2” L x 26-1/2” H x 7”W
The White River in the State of Washington was shallow, full of bends and sand bars. It flooded frequently in wet-weather seasons, depositing massive logs downstream and hiding them in its depths, creating snags and jams. A boat on the River could not be too big, or have too round a hull, or too deep a draft below the water’s surface. And whatever propelled it could not be apt to catch snags. This gave preference to steamboats with stern-mounted paddlewheels. The mid-1870s and early 1880s were the heyday of steamboating on the River, and also the beginning of the hop-growing boom. Some five or six boats, all sternwheelers, simultaneously ran the route. Among the newcomers were craft named Wenat, Nellie, Lily, and Fanny Lake (and later, the Daisy, Glide, and Gazelle).
Nellie, that was my great-grandmother’s name
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