Steamboats of the Cowlitz River

By the later date, the monopoly Oregon Steam Navigation Company had taken over, driving competitors out with a price war.

Residents of the area brought in Captain Joseph Kellogg, his brother and two sons to organize a new service on the Cowlitz.

Other boats eventually placed on the Cowlitz run were Joseph Kellogg, Northwest, and Chester.

[2] She worked upstream from Kelso, where she connected with larger river boats, and could run in water only a foot deep.

The design was widely copied for use in Alaska and the Yukon for shallow-draft boats in the gold rush.