IMAGE
Lake Steamers Sign Item Info
- Title:
- Lake Steamers Sign
- Creator:
- Fullerton, Neil
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1967-04-17
- Description:
- Lake Steamers historical marker. On Highway 10, east of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Sign reads as follows: ' Lake Steamers. Built by the Army in 1880 to carry hay and supplies for Fort Coeur d'Alene, the 'Amelia Wheaton' was the first of a long list of steamers on this lake. Commercial steam boating began in 1884 with the mining rush. In later years, fleets of tall-funneled boats hauled freight, towed logs, and carried passengers and excursionists. Steamers served the lake and river communities until highways changed the transportation pattern.'
- Subjects:
- information signs historic sign steam engine historic marker
- Location:
- Silver Beach, Kootenai County, ID
- Latitude:
- 47.648
- Longitude:
- -116.7358
- Location:
- Silver Beach, Kootenai County, ID
- Source:
- White Pine: King of Many Waters collection, 1964-1970, MG 69, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
- Source Identifier:
- 69_2_I-16
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Lake Steamers Sign", White Pine - King of Many Waters Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/whitepine/items/whitepine59.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at [libspec@uidaho.edu](mailto:libspec@uidaho.edu). The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/