Nez Perce Chief (sternwheeler)

Nez Perce Chief (sternwheeler)

Nez Perce Chief was a steamboat that operated on the upper Columbia, specifically the stretch of the river that began above the Celilo Falls. Her engines came from the Carrie Ladd an important earlier sternwheeler. Nez Perce Chief also ran up the Snake River to Lewiston, Idaho, a distance of 141 miles from the mouth of the Snake River near Wallula, Wash. Terr.

Read more about Nez Perce Chief (sternwheeler):  Operations in Gold Rush, Transfer To Other Parts of The Columbia River

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