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Clara Brown (steamboat)

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Name
  
Clara Brown

Completed
  
1886

Identification
  
US registry 126378

Route
  
Puget Sound

Out of service
  
1907 (or 1930)

Builder
  
Hiram Doncaster

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Owner
  
Brown Wharf and Navigation Company; Hunt Bros.

Clara Brown was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet which operated from the late 1880s to the early 1900s, and possibly as late as 1930.

Career

Clara Brown was built in 1886 by Hiram Doncaster, for Capt. Thomas Brown, the owner of the Brown Wharf and Navigation Company. The vessel was named for Captain Brown's daughter. The vessel was placed in service on the Henderson Bay route in south Puget Sound and surrounding areas, serving communities such as Olympia, Kalmiche, Shelton, Steilacoom, Tacoma, and Seattle. The vessel became famous as the first one to reach Seattle with relief supplies after the great Seattle file in June 1889.

References

Clara Brown (steamboat) Wikipedia