Steamboats #418
Posted by: BruceS
N 46° 27.612 W 117° 00.986
11T E 498737 N 5145181
Historical marker commemorating the history of steamboats in the Lewiston.
Waymark Code: WM2CD0
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2007
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Steamboats
Started May 13, 1861, as a steamboat landing, Lewiston immediately became
a primary commercial center for Idaho miners during their hectic gold rush to
Pierce that spring.
Steamboats continued to dock there until 1940, mainly after Columbia and
Snake river channel improvements made navigation practical in 1914.
Finally a series of locks and dams made Lewiston a seaport, and large scale
river shipping resumed in 1975. ~ text of marker