They hailed a steamboat anyplace

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1973

Creator: Portland Community College

Format: 16mm

Description: Produced by Jack Sanders and Jim Blashfield. Re-creates the period 1840-1918 in western Oregon when the Willamette River was the main route for travel and trade. Documents the importance of the river steamboat during this era and reasons why they were supplanted by other means of transportation.