Pend Oreille River Navigation Co.
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- Dec 10, 1908A Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard TimesDespite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Jan 7, 1909Ice Brings the River Fleet to a StandstillA brutal early cold snap froze the Pend Oreille, halting steamboats, forcing mail onto sleighs, and stranding crews and freight.Newport, WA
- Jan 28, 1909The River Wakes Up—and Newport's Steamboats Go AdriftAfter three weeks frozen, Pend Oreille navigation resumes, but a broken boom and an ice floe send the Metaline and Fram downstream and leave the Ruth without a dock.Newport, WA
- Feb 4, 1909When the Ice Broke: Newport's Steamboats Reconnect the Pend OreilleWith the river finally open to Box Canyon, two navigation companies coordinated schedules at Newport, linking trains, mail and lumber camps to the upper Pend Oreille.Newport, WA
- Feb 11, 1909A River Pact Collapses, but the Metaline Returns to ServiceA signed steamboat connection between the Ruth and the Pend Oreille River Navigation Company fell through within days, even as Newport’s river fleet shifted schedules and put the Metaline back to work.Newport, WA
- Jun 10, 1909The River Is Still Rising: Newport Watches the Pend OreilleAt 16.6 feet above low water, the Pend Oreille has not yet crested. Calispel flats are flooded, dikes are holding, and boatmen are waiting for the water to turn.Newport, WA
- Aug 26, 1909The Train Reaches Usk, and the Steamboat FollowsOn September 4, 1909, the Idaho & Washington Northern begins double daily passenger service to Usk, where a new dock will connect trains with riverboats for Ione.Usk, WA
- Oct 7, 1909Steel on the Grade: Railroad Nears Ione, Newport Mail Speeds UpThe Idaho & Washington Northern pushes to within ten miles of Ione, moves its steamboat terminus to Jared's, and the Great Northern's fast mail cuts hours off Newport's eastern post.Ione, WA
- Nov 11, 1909The Last Steamboat Ties Up as the Railroad Reaches MetalineWith the Idaho Washington Northern extension complete, the Pend Oreille River's freight and passenger boats went out of service — ending an era that old-timers remembered as romantic and hard-won.Newport, WA